ICYMI: Nurses can do more to meet the nation’s health needs
Feb 10, 2020

United States of Care Executive Director Emily Barson and Americans for Prosperity Vice President, Economic Opportunity Russ Latino | USA Today   More than 100,000 doctors. Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? That’s the shortage of doctors the U.S. health care system could face in a little more than a decade.   As our population […]

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Americans For Prosperity Virginia Backs Health Care Legislation In 2020 Session
Jan 16, 2020

Virginia has become a leader in technology – particularly biotechnology and life sciences, which offer the promise of life-enhancing breakthroughs. Americans for Prosperity is focused on expanding access to health care products and services by eliminating barriers that inhibit entrepreneurship in health care. To accomplish these goals, AFP-Virginia is proud to support the following bills […]

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AFP Endorses Bill to Expand Health Savings Accounts
Jan 14, 2020

ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today endorsed the Personalized Care Act (S. 3112 / H.R. 5596), legislation that would empower patients by substantially expanding the number of Americans who may own a tax-free Health Savings Account (HSA), how much money they can save annually in one, and the range of medical services those […]

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Medicaid Expansion Will Hurt The Very Communities It Was Designed To Help
Jan 9, 2020

Grassroots group responds to Senate leadership Medicaid expansion plan TOPEKA, Kansas – Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS), The Sunflower State’s leading grassroots group dedicated to improving the lives of every Kansan, responded to the release of Senator Jim Denning’s Medicaid expansion plan. “This expansion will hurt the very people Medicaid was designed to help,” said AFP-KS […]

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Americans for Prosperity-Virginia Breaking Barriers: 2020 Legislative Session Priorities
Dec 19, 2019

The 2020 Legislative Session Priorities outline bold initiatives to break down barriers to opportunity that inhibit Virginians from improving their lives and reaching their full potential. CARE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH Virginia has become a leader in technology – particularly biotechnology and life sciences, which offer the promise of life-enhancing breakthroughs. Americans for Prosperity is focused […]

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The Nurse Practitioner Solution
Dec 18, 2019

One way to improve health care access is to expand the scope of practice of nurse practitioners. Read the AFP policy paper below to learn more! The Nurse Practitioner Solution by AmericansForProsperity on Scribd

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AFP: Supreme Court Should Deny Insurance Companies an Obamacare Bailout
Dec 10, 2019

Arlington, Va.—Today, the Supreme Court ​heard oral arguments from insurance companies requesting a bailout after participating in the Affordable Care Act “risk corridors” program, which Congress appropriately defunded. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) filed an amicus brief opposing the insurance companies, arguing that the Supreme Court must preserve Congress’s exclusive authority to tax and spend and not allow the […]

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ICYMI: When it comes to health care reform, look to the states, not the federal government
Nov 15, 2019

Americans for Prosperity Policy Manager David Barnes | The Hill   There’s much talk in Washington about health care, but far less action. By contrast, some state capitals across the country are pursuing bolder, more interesting reform. … Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed into law a repeal of most elements of the state’s certificate-of-need law, which restricts the […]

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AFP-FL Files Brief Opposing Unconstitutional Medicaid Proposal
Nov 14, 2019

Tallahassee, FL – Americans for Prosperity-Florida today joined by the Foundation for Government Accountability filed with the Florida Supreme Court a brief in opposition to a petition to place on the ballot an unconstitutional question which would negatively affect how health care is delivered in Florida. The brief explains how a group called Florida Decides Healthcare is […]

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