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The country’s push toward health care reform, designed to make countless Americans better off, is continuing apace. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a new rule this week that would make permanent some of the agency’s previous reforms to the practice of telemedicine. Specifically, the rule change would allow home health agencies to continue using remote patient monitoring, phone calls, two-way audio-video, and […]
Arlington, VA – Ahead of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) urged members to reject the EARN IT Act – a misguided measure that places the encrypted services of every American in jeopardy. Despite recent changes, the bill would still allow state lawmakers to weaken encrypted communications and follow the failed regulation model of FOSTA-SESTA. Technology experts and civil […]
The coronavirus pandemic presented challenges to state legislatures across the country, and Virginia’s was no exception. After adjourning on March 12, lawmakers reconvened in a special session to tackle several measures that were suspended in the wake of COVID-19. Despite these difficulties, several laws were enacted that will remove barriers for Virginians and empower them to build lives marked by opportunity. Among […]
The Iowa legislature recently completed a unique and challenging 2020 session. Despite a lengthy suspension due to coronavirus, there were some important policy advances that will help people in our state get ahead and build better lives. Among the positive moves by Iowa’s elected officials this year: Occupational Licensing: Last week Governor Kim Reynolds signed a measure to require Iowa licensing boards to […]
Arlington, VA – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule that would lock in some of the expansions of telehealth services made by the agency early in the COVID-19 crisis. The rule would allow home health agencies to continue utilizing remote patient monitoring, phone calls, two-way audio-video and similar technologies to connect […]
Arlington, VA – Ahead of today’s vote in the House of Representatives, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) called on Congress to reject H.R. 1425, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. Among other problematic policy proposals, the legislation would create a government run reinsurance scheme to give taxpayer funding to insurance companies while canceling insurance plans for Americans […]
The open nature of American health care, and the efforts of governors to suspend top-down government regulations on medicine, has helped America weather the COVID-19 crisis, said Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips in an interview with National Review editor Rich Lowry earlier this week. The two discussed the relative inability of Europe’s socialized health care systems to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the American health […]
Americans for Prosperity has signed on to a coalition letter praising the Trump administration for its recent executive order that paves the way for meaningful innovation in health care as the medical field continues to evolve in response to the coronavirus. “The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for flexibility in our health sector and […]
COVID-19 caught our country off guard and exposed a tragic reality: America’s health care system is standing in the way of medical professionals helping people. To confront the pandemic, we need to reimagine our entire health care system. Doing so means breaking down the barriers that have long prevented patients from getting the quality medical […]
