Health Care

Health Care Myths and Facts

• February 12, 2024

Summary Pennsylvanians want personalized, flexible, accessible, and cost-effective health care. Market-based reforms to make price information available, expand telemedicine, and modernize Pennsylvania’s Nursing Law can reduce health care costs and…

Fact Sheet

Health Care

Expanding Health Care Access: The Easy Way

• David T. Mitchell, Moiz Bhai
• May 9, 2023

Key Findings Full practice authority for nurse practitioners (NPs) would increase the amount of time NPs can see patients by about 45 minutes each week.This translates into almost one more…

Executive Summary

Health Care

The Case for Nurse Practitioner Reform: Full Practice Authority in Pennsylvania

• Dr. David Mitchell, Dr. Moiz Bhai
• December 5, 2022

Key Points More than 580,000 Pennsylvanians live in areas with a shortage of primary care professionals relative to the population. This shortage exists throughout the state but concentrates in rural…

Backgrounder

Health Care

Report: Access to Health Care in Pa. Stymied by Restrictive State Laws

• November 15, 2022

Harrisburg, PA – A new report from the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s leading free-market public policy research organization, found that Pennsylvania state laws that restrict the work of advanced practice…

Press Release

Health Care

How Pennsylvania Is Progressing in the Race to Rebuild

• July 12, 2021

The 2021 state budget includes some policy changes to spur recovery and better governance, but much more needs to occur.

Fact Sheet

Caring for Kids and Communities: The 2021 State Budget

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 22, 2021

A successful recovery is not dependent on government aid; it requires education lifelines for families, regulatory and tax relief for small businesses, and health care reforms to bolster patient access…

Backgrounder

Health Care

Pennsylvania’s Healthcare Should Always be Crisis Ready

• Tirzah Duren
• May 6, 2020

COVID-19 has done its part to highlight the weaknesses of Pennsylvania’s healthcare sector. Primarily, what has been revealed is a lack of flexibility, and regulations that make it difficult to…

Report

Education

Ten Reasons for Optimism

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 28, 2017

This week state lawmakers advanced a plethora of good policy, from legislation to finally end the government liquor monopoly to a bill that would improve health care in rural areas.

Media

Health Care

Senate Acts to Improve Health Access, Lower Costs

• James Paul
• April 18, 2017

All Pennsylvanians deserve access to quality, affordable health care. That's why it was encouraging to see the Senate advance SB 25 out of the Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee.

Media