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A Personal Option Series - Health Care Safety Nets
What should be done to help those in a free society who are unable to afford the health care they need? No one wants their neighbor dying on the street because they lo...
A Personal Option Series - The Right to Try Experimental Treatments
Imagine the worst case scenario – you’ve been diagnosed with a terminal illness. However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel – an experimental treatment giving ...
A Personal Option Series - Up Front Pricing
If you go in to get a broken leg set, how much is it going to cost you? Have you ever wondered why you can’t know that before you go to the hospital or to the doctor’s...
A Personal Option Series - Seeing the Doctor of Your Choice
Many Americans can’t see the doctor of their choice. Why not? What barriers are keeping them from it? In this Insight to Action, I talk with Dean Clancy, a Senior Poli...
Afghanistan
The world is watching as the Taliban retakes Afghanistan. In America, opinions on who is to blame and what should have been done are being shared everywhere. In this I...
Are We Creating a Safe Haven for Terrorists By Leaving Afghanistan?
We hear the warnings that leaving will create a vacuum, a vacuum that will be filled with enemies of America who will use their new power to plan and execute plots aga...
A Personal Option Series - Are Affordable Drugs Possible Without Price Controls?
Why are prescription drugs so expensive in America, but so affordable in Canada? Is Big Pharma gaming the system or are there other barriers impacting the market that ...
A Personal Option Series - Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price
Part of Americans for Prosperity’s vision for health care is that We believe that all Americans deserve good insurance at an affordable price. But what does that even ...
What is "Medicare for All" and Why is it an Awful, No-Good, Terrible Idea
You hear a lot of chatter about Medicare for All, but what exactly do proponents of that plan want? What is the plan? Are we looking at just expanding the current prog...
Is the VA Cooking the Books...Again?
There are new stories of Veterans Administration cooking the books. Instead of taking care of veterans who need health care, the VA seems to once again be covering up ...
Congress Wants to Control Prescription Drug Prices - Here's Why that Would Be a Disaster
Right now in the United States Congress, there is a bill that will implement price controls on prescription drugs. While some might think this sounds like a good idea,...
Study: Does Civil Asset Forfeiture Actually Work?
Advocates of civil asset forfeiture claim it is a powerful weapon in the failed war on drugs. But is it? In this Insight to Action, we talk with Dr. Brian Kelly ab...
How will the PRO-Act impact independent contractors?
How will the Protecting the Right to Organize Act impact independent contractors and members of the gig economy like Uber drivers? How will it change the lives of folk...
How Did AFP-NM Team Up with Ben & Jerry's?
On March 1st, Americans for Prosperity New Mexico hosted a press conference moderated by the ACLU and featuring the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. The press c...
Foreign Policy in 2021 and Beyond
With the entrance of a new administration, how have the goals of the Foreign Policy priority initiative adjusted? What is the goal now that the Biden Administration is...
Does America have a spending problem?
We're spending trillions more than we're bringing federally. Many say America doesn't have a spending problem. It has a taxing problem. We'll dig into that and more in...
The Looming Debt Crisis
$28 trillion. The United States, as of this writing, has $28 trillion in debt. This is a BIG problem.
Stories From California - Kira Davis Explains the Impact of AB5 and the Threat of the PRO-Act
Kira Davis, a freelance writer, podcaster, and film-maker describes how AB5 devastated the lives of tens of thousands of California's independent contractors, upending...
What is good energy policy for 2021?
What does good energy policy look like in 2021? Our guests discuss this and how it fits into the Stand Together Community's Vision for a society of mutual benefit.
A Personal Option Series - A Personal Option For Health Care
American health care is some of the best in the world, but the current system is plagued by bureaucracy, insecurity, and hidden prices. It treats insurance companie...
Do States Need a Bailout?
Do states need a bailout because of Covid-19? In this episode, Michael Lambert and Anna McCauslin, both policy analysts with Americans for Prosperity, outline the curr...
Understanding the Dangerous Possibilities of the PRO-Act
What is the PRO-Act and why does Americans for Prosperity oppose it? Learn the answers to these questions from AFP's VP of Economic Opportunity Initiative and a Senior...