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The Michigan state legislature late Wednesday overturned restrictions imposed by regulators on access to cancer immunotherapy already approved by the FDA and covered by Medicare – a vote welcomed by Americans for Prosperity. The move reverses a decision last month by the state’s Certificate of Need Commission (CON) to require providers of immune effector cell […]
Lansing, Mich. – Patients won today: That was the message Americans for Prosperity-Michigan issued on the heels of the passage of a Joint Resolution that overturns excessive regulations placed on cancer immunotherapy by the unelected and unaccountable Certificate of Need (CON) board. Annie Patnaude, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Michigan, issued the following statement: “Thanks to the courageous work of […]
A group of health insurance companies believes Congress owes them hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars — and won’t take “no” for an answer. Under President Barack Obama, some insurance companies decided to offer plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges despite facing extreme risk. To no one’s surprise, the insurance companies eventually incurred losses under this bad program. They did all this with […]
MADISON, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Wednesday thanked members of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services for passing Senate Bill 28, which includes reforms to promote access to Direct Primary Care, during today’s executive committee meeting. AFP advocates building a patient-centered health care system that increases access to affordable, high-quality health […]
– The Tar Heel State’s Grassroots Organization Thanks Rep. for Opposing Medicaid Expansion— RALEIGH, N.C.—Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) today launched a digital ad campaign that thanks Representative Jon Hardister for publicly opposing North Carolina’s version of Medicaid expansion, HB 655. The effort will utilize targeted digital advertisements to promote the lawmaker’s principled stance against […]
RIDGELAND, MS—Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS) yesterday held an event focusing on how to advance innovative, patient-centered health care reforms across the state. This event kicked off the grassroots organization’s upcoming efforts for the 2020 legislative session that will seek to tackle one of the Magnolia State’s toughest issues. The panel featured leaders in health care who focus on […]
Lansing, Mich. – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan today called for a public hearing following a move by the State Certificate of Need Commission (CON) to extend its regulatory powers to innovative cancer treatment known as chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CAR T for short). AFP-MI State Director, Annie Patnaude issued the following statement: “It’s alarming that an […]
With so much campaign rhetoric about “Medicare for All”, we’re exploring what a government takeover of health care would really mean for Minnesotans. Twila Brase from Citizen’s Council for Health Freedom shares some dark lessons from countries that have already fallen to socialized medicine. Then in the second half: Students and families aren’t the only […]
ARLINGTON, VA – The House of Representatives will vote today to repeal the so-called “Cadillac tax” on employer health insurance, a provision in the Affordable Care Act that has yet to take effect. Americans for Prosperity welcomes the repeal of this harmful tax, the implementation of which has been delayed repeatedly due to bipartisan opposition. […]
