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Pennsylvania is uniquely positioned to enact critical health care reforms that would empower additional providers to deliver quality health care to more patients — now, during the COVID-19 crisis, and in the future. Two reform bills are under consideration in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, SB 25 and HB 15, that would improve access to quality care. How would they work? Strong scope-of-practice reform Even though advanced practice […]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, every state had laws on the books that restricted patients in one state from receiving treatment from health care providers in another. In a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Health Care Reimagined campaign, Dr. Nicholas Lorenzo, a neurologist, notes that “if you were going to see a patient in Florida — and let’s say you have […]
Government transparency always matters. During times of crisis, it’s even more critical for officials to share vital information with the public. Openness is essential to any attempt at halting Americans’ growing mistrust of government. A 2020 PEW report found that “among all Americans, confidence in the federal government and elected officials continues a decades-long descent. […]
U.S. Senator Rick Scott and Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips | Tampa Bay Times The COVID-19 pandemic has presented Americans with a vivid lesson in the costs of regulation. As the crisis escalated in March and April, hand sanitizer disappeared from store shelves. Many distillers were eager to pitch in and shift their facilities […]
The House of Representatives will vote this week on legislation that would improve the transparency and accountability citizens can expect from their government. HR 7617 includes a provision that pressures the Department of Justice to release redacted legal memos from the Office of Legal Counsel and provide Congress with an explanation if they do not release them. As Americans […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity today announced it sent a letter to Senate leadership and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee urging support for the COVID-19 Safer Detention Act, co-sponsored by Senators Richard Durbin and Charles Grassley, in the upcoming COVID-19 relief bill. The COVID-19 Safer Detention Act would safely reduce […]
It takes 15 to 20 years on average to produce a vaccine, says Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, in a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Health Care Reimagined campaign. In part, that long development process is a symptom of the red tape that has hurt the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to quickly […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new video featuring AFP President Tim Phillips answering key questions about Dreamers and why Congress must stop kicking the can down the road on this issue. Watch the Video Here Video Highlights: Did you know: It’s been nearly twenty years since Congress first attempted to […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity commended the Senate for prioritizing the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Senators Mitt Romney, Joe Manchin, Todd Young, Doug Jones, and Krysten Sinema, would create bicameral, bipartisan “Rescue Committees” tasked with proposing reforms that would save and improve endangered trust fund […]
