Policy Agenda
Putting Patients First Through Competition and Innovation
Every year that COPN stays on the books, Virginians pay higher prices for fewer choices, while rural hospitals close and new imaging centers, surgical facilities, and mental-health providers are forbidden from opening where they’re needed most. A full repeal, combined with commonsense reforms that let doctors practice across state lines via telehealth and allow direct primary care to flourish, will flood the market with new supply, drive down costs, and deliver the kind of convenient, high-quality care that patients in free-market states already enjoy. AFP-Virginia will mobilize patients, providers, and small businesses to demand these changes because real healthcare reform isn’t about bigger government subsidies—it’s about tearing down the crony barriers that protect special interests at the expense of Virginia families.