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The FDA’s decades-old requirement that drugs prove “efficacy” before approval has slowed access to promising treatments, raised costs, and left patients waiting. A “Safe to Try” approach would keep regulators focused on safety while allowing doctors and patients to decide what works.
On July 21, 2026, AFP submitted a public comment letter to the federal Medicaid agency in support of the Trump administration’s proposed Medicaid Program Integrity Rule, one of the most significant Medicaid integrity reforms in decades.
“Medicare for All” promises free, universal health care, but government-run monopolies inevitably produce rationing, long waits, lower quality, and massive taxpayer costs. Instead, may we suggest a “triple shield” of affordable portable insurance, direct primary care, and expanded health savings accounts to restore choice, competition, transparent prices, and timely access to care?
As we celebrate 250 years of independence, it’s time states let that freedom ring in health care, too. Repealing certificate of need laws is a small but meaningful first step.
Health care affordability has now become voters’ number one domestic concern. And with good reason. Health care costs are going through the roof. AFP polling shows voters are demanding relief. But that’s only half the story. You wouldn’t know it from the news, but President Trump and congressional Republicans enacted 27 health care wins this past year – incremental reforms that will help make health care more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans. The Health Care Affordability Crisis American health care has reached a tipping point. Consider: Health insurance prices have tripled in […]
The recently introduced Take Care of America’s Veterans Act takes long-needed steps to protect veterans’ health care options. A Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) report released today shows why this legislation is critical.
New Hampshire has always prided itself on being first, on being bold, and on trusting its citizens to make decisions about their own lives. This is not a hard call. It is a chance to lead and a chance to honor the people who fought so hard to make this freedom possible.
The evidence is clear that CON laws are barriers to accessible, affordable, and high-quality care. By restricting competition and limiting investment in new supply, these restrictions make it harder for providers to respond to patient needs. States seeking to expand access and lower costs should move away from burdensome and obsolete CON programs and toward an open and competitive health care system.
If the goal is more access, lower costs, higher quality, and a more competitive health care system, the solution is clear: roll back CON laws and stop letting state planners block investment in care. Tennessee’s Senate has taken a meaningful step in that direction. The House should follow through.
