Medicare

Price controls are failing. We need a better way.

Popular and effective, the Medicare Advantage (MA) program has become the preferred way to receive health benefits for more than half of the 64 million elderly and disabled Americans who rely on Medicare for their health insurance coverage.

Ad part of AFP’s new six-figure push to pass legislation that would enact site neutral payment policies in Medicare. Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity announced the release of a new ad urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to end unfair billing in Medicare by enacting site neutral payment reform. “Why does Medicare pay hospital […]

Through targeted digital ads, Americans for Prosperity will encourage key lawmakers to support site neutral payments. The ads will run across various online platforms, targeting 56 House districts across 26 states.

In letter to Congress, group promotes site neutral payments as a way to reduce costs for patients and discourage hospital consolidation.

Lawmakers in Washington are reportedly making progress on a deal to impose price controls on pharmaceutical drugs, a scheme that would have disastrous consequences for cancer patients and their loved ones.

Putting Washington in charge of drug prices would stifle innovation and lead to fewer life-saving cures.

The new six-figure spot from the grassroots organization highlights how Congress’s price control plan will lead to as many as 342 fewer new cures.

“America – we lead the world in access to new drugs and cures for cancer, AIDS and COVID. But some in Washington would put that at risk with a 95 percent drug tax and a loss of control over the medicines you need.”