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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need Law
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) law harms patients and deters billions of dollars in health care investment in the state. North Carolina is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of West Virginia’s Certificate of Need Law
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how West Virginia’s certificate-of-need (CON) law harms patients and deters millions of dollars in health care investment in the state. West Virginia is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the government before adding or…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Investigation Reveals True Cost of West Virginia’s Certificate of Need Law
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) released a report revealing how West Virginia’s certificate-of-need (CON) law harms patients and deters millions of dollars in health care investment in the state. West Virginia is one of 35 states with CON laws, which require health care providers to gain approval from the government before adding or…
Read MoreAFP Submits FOIA to Investigate the Food and Drug Administration’s Failures in Baby Formula Crisis
Arlington, Va. – The non-partisan grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) this week submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request probing the federal government’s role in causing and exacerbating the national baby formula shortage. A mountain of evidence already indicates the overbearing federal regulatory regime – including draconian FDA labeling requirements and tariffs on competing products…
Read MoreNew Report Analyzes Civil Asset Forfeiture Data in Kansas
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), a national nonprofit that educates Americans about the benefits of a free and open society, released a report on civil asset forfeiture activities in Kansas. Kansas’ civil asset forfeiture laws allow law enforcement to seize and keep people’s money and property if law enforcement suspects it is connected to criminal…
Read MoreAFP Foundation gets CMS to release state-level Medicaid improper payment data after years of stonewalling
Newly released data shows which states are contributing most to Medicaid’s burgeoning improper payment rate of more than 20%.
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas Opens Investigation into Department of Commerce STAR Bond Program
TOPEKA, Kan. – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas (AFPF-KS) filed a Kansas Open Records Act request with the Department of Commerce seeking records about the Sales Tax and Revenue (“STAR”) Bonds financing program. The request demands access to all internal or external studies or reports on the STAR Bond program, all project feasibility studies, and e-mail…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Multi-State Investigation Shows True Cost of Certificate of Need Laws
AFPF’s new report, Permission to Care, illustrates how certificate of need laws have harmed patients in Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Multi-State Investigation Shows True Cost of Certificate of Need Laws
AFPF’s new report, Permission to Care, illustrates how certificate of need laws have harmed patients in Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Read MoreAFP Urges Administration to Hold Agencies Accountable for Helping Small Businesses
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and a coalition of 20 partner organizations issued a letter to Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging him to hold agencies accountable for reporting how they treat small businesses fairly. A year ago, the President issued Executive Order 13892, “Promoting the…
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