Investigations
AFP Foundation and AFP-Michigan Urge MDHHS to Eliminate Barriers to Health Care Access in Certificate of Need Review
LANSING, MI – On Friday, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) and Americans for Prosperity–Michigan (AFP-MI) submitted joint comments to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) calling for the state to substantially deregulate its Certificate of Need (CON) Review Standards. The organizations argue that Michigan’s current CON regime limits access to care, stifles innovation, and…
Read MoreAFPF Provides Input on CON Laws to DOJ Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force
Arlington, VA | Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) filed a public comment on how certificate-of-need (CON) laws harm patients and stifle innovation in the health care industry. AFP Foundation submitted the comment to the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s newly launched Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force was formed pursuant…
Read MoreVA Omaha Leaders Rig Consult System to Deny Veterans Access to Community Care
The VA’s manipulation of wait-time data isn’t just a scandal—it’s a betrayal of veterans’ right to timely care. A recent investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirms what veterans, whistleblowers, and Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s previous investigations have been sounding the alarm on for years: VA leaders are deliberately…
Read MoreFederal Court Rules the Biden Administration Illegally Cancelled ANWR Lease Sales
In a late March decision, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that the Department of the Interior (DOI) acted unlawfully when it canceled oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) held by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA). The court emphasized that, under the Tax…
Read MoreNew study shows North Carolina’s CON law blocked $3 billion in health care investment in 3 years
A new analysis by Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) shows North Carolina’s certificate-of-need (CON) program denied $2.8 billion in proposed health care investment since January 2022. The CON law requires health care providers to obtain approval from the Department of Health and Human Services before acquiring, replacing, or adding facilities, services, or equipment. AFP…
Read MoreTrump’s Executive Order Marks a Key Step Toward Reining in the Defense Production Act
By Kevin Schmidt and Thomas Kimbrell President Trump’s recent Executive Order rescinding the Biden Administration’s abuse of the Defense Production Act (DPA) is a welcome course correction—and a crucial reminder of why the DPA itself is in desperate need of reform. For too long, presidents of both parties have stretched the DPA far beyond its…
Read MoreWaste Watch: Five Alarming Examples of Government Waste You Paid For
Taxpayers deserve a government that works for them — one that’s transparent, accountable, and fiscally responsible. Unfortunately, recent watchdog reports and findings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) highlight how federal agencies routinely fail to meet those standards. Over the past two months alone, audits and investigations published by Inspectors General have uncovered wasteful…
Read MoreAFP Foundation-Kansas Finally Receives Long-Awaited KORA Documents on STAR Bonds
After more than three years, Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas has finally received the last batch of documents from our Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) request filed in November 2021 regarding the Kansas Department of Commerce’s administration of the STAR Bonds program. This long-overdue release follows an investigation by the Kansas Office of Attorney General, which…
Read MoreThe Biden VA’s “Independent” Echo Chamber on Community Care
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Executive Roundtable, or Red Team report on the supposed “Urgent Need to Address Community Care Spending,” sold itself as an independent and authoritative report, but instead it was a conduit for the VA and the Biden Administration to publish its own views through third parties, wasting taxpayer dollars and government time…
Read MoreKevin Schmidt in the Washington Reporter: Three ways the Trump administration can clean up the Biden disinformation mess
Read the article at the Washington Reporter. The Trump administration is off to a good start protecting Americans’ online speech by dismantling the Biden administration’s “disinformation” regime. On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship” and dissolved Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory boards. These actions mark a…
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