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Now more than ever, it’s essential that health care providers have enough capacity to deliver care to patients in need. So, why do states keep laws on the books that intentionally restrict the supply of care providers can offer? “In 36 states, there are rules that limit the ability for health care to expand,” says Angela Erickson of […]
Politicians and special interests are demanding that Congress provide hundred of billions of additional dollars to bail out state and local governments. However, two recent government reports show that state and local governments are not substantially utilizing the bailout funds already available to them. More than 75 percent of Coronavirus Relief Fund dollars already in […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and a coalition of 24 partner organizations issued a letter to Administrator Paul Ray, the head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, urging him to continue to hold agencies accountable for the implementation of Executive Order 13891, “Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved […]
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 […]
