Insight to Action
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis is the podcast for Americans for Prosperity.
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Episodes
A Personal Option Series - Health Care Safety Nets
October 01, 2021 17:29 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBHost: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Here are the other episodes in the series: A Personal Option Series - A Personal Option For Health Care - https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4e27f20 A Personal Option Series - Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price - https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9edb2a8 A Personal Option Series - Are Affordable Drugs Possible Without Price Controls? - https://share.trans...
A Personal Option Series - The Right to Try Experimental Treatments
September 17, 2021 17:02 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBHost: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Here are the other episodes in the series: A Personal Option Series - A Personal Option For Health Care - https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4e27f20 A Personal Option Series - Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price - https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9edb2a8 A Personal Option Series - Are Affordable Drugs Possible Without Price Controls? - https://share.trans...
A Personal Option Series - Up Front Pricing
September 03, 2021 16:06 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBHost: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for Americans
A Personal Option Series - Seeing the Doctor of Your Choice
August 20, 2021 16:21 - 25 minutes - 21.2 MBHost: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for Americans
Afghanistan
August 17, 2021 20:45 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBThe 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 Insight to Action, I talk with John Byrnes and Russ Duerstine, both with Concerned Veterans for America. They explain why this all happened, the reality of the situation in Afghanistan, and why veterans who served there shouldn’t feel like it was all for nothing.
Are We Creating a Safe Haven for Terrorists By Leaving Afghanistan?
July 16, 2021 18:47 - 30 minutes - 28.8 MBWe 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 against the United States. The only way to prevent that from happening, we’re told, is to prevent our enemies from having a safe haven. But is this true? I’m Duane Lester and in this episode of Insight to Action, I speak with John BYnres, the Director of Education for the Concerned Veterans for America, and Tyler Kotesky, ...
A Personal Option Series - Are Affordable Drugs Possible Without Price Controls?
July 02, 2021 17:21 - 27 minutes - 24.6 MBHost: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for Americans
Are Affordable Drugs Possible Without Price Controls?
July 02, 2021 17:21 - 27 minutes - 24.6 MBWhy 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 force prices to the moon? Maybe it's both. In this Insight to Action, Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity, explains why things are the way they are and how we can create a system that provides affordable prescription drugs for our health care needs.
A Personal Option Series - Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price
June 04, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 23.9 MBHost: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for Americans
Good Health Insurance at an Affordable Price
June 04, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 23.9 MBPart 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 mean? What is “good insurance?” and how do we determine what an affordable price is for more than 350 million people? In this Insight to Action, Dean Clancy once again joins us to talk about A Personal Option. We dig into the questions above and hopefully get some clarity.
What is "Medicare for All" and Why is it an Awful, No-Good, Terrible Idea
May 28, 2021 17:00 - 40 minutes - 41.8 MBYou 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 program, or is this something entirely new? In this Insight to Action, Charlie Katabi, Americans for Prosperity’s Health Policy Analyst, explains not only what this would look like, but how it could make things a great deal worse.
Is the VA Cooking the Books...Again?
May 14, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 28.5 MBThere 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 long wait times and possible refusals to allow vets to get care in the community. In this Insight to Action, Darin Selnick and John Byrnes of Concerned Veterans for America, explain what they are seeing and what can be done to correct it.
Congress Wants to Control Prescription Drug Prices - Here's Why that Would Be a Disaster
May 07, 2021 15:40 - 25 minutes - 22 MBRight 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, history has shown the disastrous consequences of price controls. In this Insight to Action, Dean Clancy, Americans for Prosperity’s Senior Health Care Policy Fellow, and Geoff Holtzman, the Director of Communications for the Health Care Priority Initiative, explain not only the dangers of price controls, but better alt...
Study: Does Civil Asset Forfeiture Actually Work?
April 30, 2021 18:39 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAdvocates 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 about the conclusions of his study, “Does Forfeiture Work?” Also joining the podcast is Jeremiah Mosteller, the Senior Policy Analyst, Criminal Justice Reform for Americans for Prosperity and Dr. Dick Carpenter, who serves as a senior director of strategic research for the Institute for Justice
How will the PRO-Act impact independent contractors?
April 23, 2021 14:48 - 27 minutes - 24.5 MBHow 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 folks paying their bills by delivering meals for DoorDash? What are businesses who rely on independent contractors supposed to do if they are forced to hire people they can’t afford? In this Insight to Action, we talk with Tom Bingham, a member of the Stand Together Community who works in the gig economy, about his experie...
How Did AFP-NM Team Up with Ben & Jerry's?
April 16, 2021 15:33 - 53 minutes - 54.5 MBOn 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 conference was to urge support for HB4, which would bar the use in state courts of the qualified immunity defense. HB4 became law in New Mexico on April 7th. How did this ideologically diverse coalition come together? That’s what we’re talking about today on Insight to Action.
Foreign Policy in 2021 and Beyond
April 09, 2021 19:56 - 35 minutes - 36.1 MBWith 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 in the White House? I’m Duane Lester and in this Insight to Action, I talk with Julianna Heerschap from Americans for Prosperity’s Policy Department and John Byrnes and Russ Duerstine from Concern Veterans for America. We talk about Afghanistan, the Veterans Administration and the greatest national security threat fac...
Does America have a spending problem?
March 30, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 32.1 MBShow Notes & Timestamps Do we have a spending problem or a taxing problem? [2:00] Where is the biggest problem with spending? [3:07] Outside of the biggest problem, what is something else we should know about where spending is concerned? [6:37] Isn’t this just money we owe ourselves? [7:38] What is the Stand Together Vision for federal spending? [10:25] How do we look at spending through the lens of equal rights? [15:59] How do we look at spending through the lens of mutua...
The Looming Debt Crisis
March 23, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 26.5 MBShow Notes & Timestamps The debt is more than 100% of our GDP. Why is that important? [2:49] What is driving the debt? [3:56] Isn’t this just money we owe ourselves? What’s the big deal? [6:00] Is there a threat of China calling in debt we owe them? [8:07] The Stand Together Vision: We break barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potential. This moves our society toward one of mutual benefit, where people succeed by helping others improve their lives. Hist...
Stories From California - Kira Davis Explains the Impact of AB5 and the Threat of the PRO-Act
March 08, 2021 14:53 - 33 minutes - 33.5 MBShow: Stories From California - Kira Davis Explains the Impact of AB5 Date Recorded: March 5, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Education and Training Guests: Kira Davis, Independent Writer, Podcaster, and Film-maker
What is good energy policy for 2021?
March 04, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 60.1 MBShow: What is good energy policy for 2021? Date Recorded: January 20, 2021 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Education and Training Guests: Clint Woods, Policy Fellow for Regulations at Americans for Prosperity Erica Jedynak, Director of Economic Opportunity at Stand Together
A Personal Option For Health Care
February 17, 2021 22:41 - 37 minutes - 43.1 MBShow: A Personal Option For Health Care Date Recorded: January 13, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for Americans
A Personal Option Series - A Personal Option For Health Care
February 17, 2021 22:41 - 37 minutes - 43.1 MBShow: A Personal Option For Health Care Date Recorded: January 13, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education Guests: Dean Clancy, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: A Personal Option for Health Care Health Care: a Personal Option v. 'The Public Option' Facebook Live: Empowering Solutions to Health Care for Americans
Do States Need a Bailout?
February 17, 2021 20:44 - 35 minutes - 35.4 MBShow: Do States Need a Bailout? Date Recorded: February 1, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Education and Training Guests: Anna McCauslin, Senior Policy Analyst, State Fiscal Policy at Americans for Prosperity Michael Lambert, Federal Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity
Understanding the Dangerous Possibilities of the PRO-Act
February 11, 2021 23:41 - 28 minutes - 27.5 MBShow: Understanding the Dangerous Possibilities of the PRO-Act Date Recorded: February 5, 2020 Host: Duane Lester, Director of Issue Education, Americans for Prosperity Education and Training Guests: Akash Chougule, Vice President, Economic Opportunity Initiative at Stand Together Austen Bannan, Senior Policy Analyst - Employment Policy at Americans for Prosperity Additional Links: The PRO Act Is Anti-worker AFP: Reject the PRO Act