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New investigation reveals true cost of certificate of need laws to patients
Certificate-of-need laws result in higher health care costs, reduced access to important medical services, and worse patient outcomes, according to a new report from Americans for Prosperity Foundation. In Virginia, South Carolina, Michigan, and Iowa, the four states in which the effects of CON restrictions are covered in Permission to care: How certificate of need laws harm patients and stifle…
Read MoreA new report shows how little-understood laws are hurting patients
Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books that make quality, affordable health care more difficult to access. These restrictions, called certificate-of-need laws, prevent hospitals and other providers from making necessary investments in their services, equipment, and facilities without government permission. While CON laws are intended to ensure that providers don’t…
Read MoreA new report shows how little-understood laws are hurting patients
Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books that make quality, affordable health care more difficult to access. These restrictions, called certificate-of-need laws, prevent hospitals and other providers from making necessary investments in their services, equipment, and facilities without government permission. While CON laws are intended to ensure that providers don’t…
Read MoreRecords confirm VA’s use of inaccurate wait time numbers
Documents obtained by Americans for Prosperity Foundation through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, which are part of an ongoing lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs, reveal the VA’s failure to follow the VA MISSION Act and its own regulatory requirements by refusing to refer eligible veterans for community care. The documents…
Read MoreStop Letting Judges Punish Defendants for Acquittals
New AFP Foundation brief seeks to close legal loophole banning religious schools from tuition assistance
Should a child’s opportunity for education turn on the religious perspective of the child? Should it turn on the religious perspective of the school? What if the school is just a little bit religious? Or too religious? Would that matter? It would if the child lives in an area of Maine with no public school.…
Read MoreAxon Enterprise v. FTC gives Supreme Court a chance to protect separation of powers
Cheerleading, social media, and free speech: What the Supreme Court’s decision in Mahanoy School District v. B.L. means for students’ First Amendment rights
One of the biggest student free speech cases in the last half century started with a high school cheerleader and a profanity-laced Snapchat. The implications of that terse, ephemeral message extend well beyond the original hundred-plus friends with whom the freshman student shared her post. In a decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1…
Read MorePresident Biden reduces transparency of agency rules
On his first day in office, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order revoking several of his predecessor’s executive orders designed to bring greater transparency and fairness to federal regulations. In the order, Biden directed all executive branch agencies to rescind “any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies” deriving from those executive orders he revoked.…
Read MoreFree speech case attracts support from hundreds of diverse groups
More than 40 amicus briefs make the case for continued protection of privacy rights for all Americans Hundreds of organizations and individuals representing a rich mix of ideas and beliefs submitted more than 40 friend-of-the-court briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court defending Americans right to privacy from those in power. Though many of the signers…
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