Healthcare Access and Affordability

Episode 15: Healthcare Access and Affordability. Brian and Andy discuss healthcare in Virginia and explore ideas on increasing access and affordability of healthcare in the Commonwealth. They discuss the identified problem - a mismatch between high demand and low supply -and the CLPVA’s platform position and ideas on how to resolve this crisis of supply and to bring prices down, including: The elimination of Certificate of Need laws  Allowing Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners, and The elimination of restrictions on cash-based / non-insurance-based practice.   Relevant links from this episode include: Code of Virginia § 32.1-102.1:2⁠. Certificate of public need required; registration of certain equipment and capital projects required. Excerpt: “No person shall undertake a project described in subsection B of § ⁠32.1-102.1:3⁠ or regulations of the Board at or on behalf of a medical care facility described in subsection A of § ⁠32.1-102.1:3⁠ without first obtaining a certificate from the Commissioner.” American Association of Nurse Practitioners: Issues at a Glance: Full Practice Authority. To date, over half of states and U.S. territories have adopted FPA licensure laws for NPs. These include: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. Medical Economics: Why cash is the first step to eliminating barriers in health care, 30 June 2023 Commonwealth Classical Liberal Podcast, CLPVA Episode 3: Individual Liberty FOR ALL, Sep 2023 House committees introduce new healthcare price transparency legislation, 08 Sep 2023 H.R.3029 - Health Care PRICE Transparency Act (2021-2022) Marc Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs   Learn more! Classical Liberal Party of Virginia Open markets. Open minds. Free people. https://clpvirginia.org Join Us https://clpvirginia.org/join Facebook: Classical Liberal Party of Virginia Instagram: classicalliberalpartyva Twitter: @clpvirginia Chris on Bluesky: @frashure.bsky.social Andy on Threads: @andy_jabbour Andy on Bluesky: @andyjabbour