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AFP-SC Unveils “South Carolina Freedom Initiative” 2025 Legislative Agenda COLUMBIA, SC—Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC), the state’s most recognizable grassroots mobilizer, is unveiling a new legislative agenda for 2025 containing a policy plan over the next several years that aims to make the Palmetto State the freest in the south. Southern states from West Virginia […]

AFP-MS Highlights the Risks of Medicaid Expansion and Advocates for Real Healthcare Solutions Jackson, MS – Americans for Prosperity – Mississippi (AFP-MS) State Director Starla Brown published a new op-ed featured in the Magnolia Tribune, addressing how Medicaid expansion would be a costly mistake for Mississippi. The expansion of Medicaid would likely burden both state and federal budgets, […]

AFP-AL Highlights the Damaging Effects of Alabama’s CON Laws on Healthcare Providers in the State Birmingham, AL – Americans for Prosperity – Alabama (AFP-AL) State Director Adam Thompson and AFP Policy Analyst Sofia Hamilton published a new op-ed featured in Yellowhammer News. In the piece, they address how Alabama’s certificate of need (CON) laws are blocking critical healthcare expansions, […]

Tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary of the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The law has had little impact on inflation but has had a big impact on the pharmaceutical industry; just not in the way that the Biden-Harris Administration would have you believe. According to recent reports, the IRA’s drug price-fixing scheme is leading to […]

Events Showcase How AFP is Offering Greater Choice in Healthcare. “Fund patients, not systems.” – Well said @DeanClancy! I don’t know about you, but we are still buzzing 😊 with excitement over the #personaloption energy at our 🍦 “Scoops & Solutions” 🍨 events last week. Checkout the 📽️ highlight reel below. 👇 pic.twitter.com/cVBuTHap03 — AFP […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced the launch of a new summer campaign focused on promoting Personal Option-style health care reforms in Congress. The effort consists of digital ads that will target lawmakers in Washington, a series of events on Capitol Hill aimed at raising awareness about the Personal Option, and a […]

Price controls are failing. We need a better way.

“This report should serve as a wakeup call to lawmakers that it’s time to fund patients, not insurance companies,” said Dean Clancy, senior health policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity.

Writing in STAT News today, Americans for Prosperity’s Sofia Hamilton and Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Thomas Kimbrell explain how certificate of need laws (CON) deny access to quality and affordable health care – especially to people in rural areas. “States with these laws have 30% fewer rural hospitals and 13% fewer rural ambulatory surgical centers,” […]