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80% of voters support directing financial assistance to individuals, not insurers. ARLINGTON, VA – A new national survey, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), reveals a clear message from voters: health care costs are too high, government and insurance companies have too much control, and Americans want reforms that […]
Dear Senator, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity’s grassroots volunteers and supporters across the nation, we urge you to vote “NO” on the Schumer Obamacare Bailout bill, which would extend for another three years the temporary, pandemic-era Biden Covid Credits at a cost to taxpayers of more than $30 billion a year without any reforms. […]
This is a guest blog written by Dean Clancy, Senior health policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity America’s health care system should put patients first. Instead, it’s putting insurance companies first, and the 2021 Affordable Care Act subsidy expansions are a major reason why. Sold in 2021 as a short-term Covid response, these subsidies wiped […]
JACKSON, MS – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS) State Director Starla Brown published an op-ed in the Magnolia Tribune entitled, “Modernizing Mississippi’s Workforce: Why Portable Benefits Are the Next Step” Read excerpts of the article below. “Even as our workforce has evolved, the traditional benefits system has lagged behind. The current benefits system is designed […]
You might be asking: Why are some in Washington still insisting that health care costs will skyrocket if the Affordable Care Act expansions expire? Democrats insist that when the temporary Obamacare Covid expansions expire — as intended — costs will skyrocket for the most vulnerable. This claim just doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Despite […]
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to recent reports that Democrat Leadership is continuing to refuse to reopen the government without an expansion of the ACA – the same position they’ve held since the shutdown began. AFP Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “Democrats have been begging Republicans to help them expand COVID-era […]
ARLINGTON, VA—The government is now facing the longest shutdown in American history. While Americans feel the impact of closed agencies and stalled services, Democrats have admitted to using the crisis as leverage to push for a renewal of enhanced ACA subsidies. In a Fox News op-ed, AFP Advisory Council Member Mary Katharine Ham and Senior […]
Health care in America has major problems. You see it every day with skyrocketing insurance costs, no transparency, endless paperwork, and doctor burnout, while you’re stuck in the middle. Every bill, form, and “covered” charge that isn’t actually covered reminds us that the system no longer works for people — it serves bureaucrats and insurance […]
Over the past decade, health care costs have only gone up, and they’re projected to continue rising for the foreseeable future. Americans deserve better. They are demanding affordable health care solutions that will lower our premiums and improve our health care. Fortunately, Americans for Prosperity has a solution — the Personal Option — that will […]
