As Washington continues to debate our healthcare system nationwide, there are reforms that can be enacted today to improve access to care without expanding the federal government’s reach. The Goldwater Institute is working to expand patient choice, access, and affordability by crafting, promoting, and defending state policies that protect healthcare freedom and the right to make one’s own medical choices.
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New Hope for Patients: Goldwater Expands Right to Try
Recent Highlights
How Tennessee’s Outdated Certificate-of-Need (CON) Laws Limit Healthcare Access and Threaten the State’s Future
Healthcare can be expensive and complex. But Tennessee’s rules and restrictions are making it worse, often for those who can least afford care. Adopted in the 1970s, certificate-of-need (CON) laws require a government ...
Is Racism to Blame for Healthcare Disparities?
I was a surgeon for over 50 years. I challenge anyone to come into an operating room after the patient’s entire body has been surgically draped so that only the gaping open wound is exposed. Look deep inside the body....
FDA Spurns Innovation—and Turns Its Back on Desperate Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic showed Americans how accelerating innovation in medicine can save countless lives. But now, it appears the federal government has once again turned its back on rapidly approved vaccines and the...
A Tale of Two Patients: Shoving Patients Off the Telehealth Cliff Is Bad Medicine
Lucas, a 35-year-old husband and father of three young girls in Logan, Utah, is facing a difficult decision : whether or not to incur the costly expenses of traveling to Boston for follow-up and care for his rare bone ...
More About Our Healthcare Work
Giving Patients Hope
Patients in need of lifesaving treatment cannot seek out the the latest in cutting-edge treatments because of government red tape. Goldwater’s Right to Try for Individualized Treatments (Right to Try 2.0) gives them new hope. Learn more about it here.
Modernizing Healthcare
Lifesaving treatments are on the horizon—but they’re tied up in mounds of red tape. The U.S. government and the 50 states must make reforms to get these treatments quickly to Americans who need them most. Read about the Goldwater Institute’s plan to put patients first and unleash innovation in American healthcare.
Ensuring Truth in Medicine
The federal government routinely censors the communication of valuable and truthful information that could help save people’s lives. Yet it does just that—and government promises to change this approach may be proving hollow. Read about our plan to ensure truth in medicine.
Defending Healthcare Freedom in Court
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Property Rights
Goldwater is protecting a cornerstone of Americans’ liberty: the right to own and use their property as they see fit.
Jobs & Economy
When government stands in the way of people who just want to pursue their career, Goldwater breaks down barriers to work.
Free Speech
Free speech is under attack in America. But Goldwater is leading the fight to protect Americans’ right to speak their minds.
Healthcare
Goldwater is unleashing innovation in healthcare, fighting to protect and expand patient choice, access, and affordability.
Constitutional Rights
Anytime government threatens to trample the U.S. Constitution, Goldwater is ready to go to court to defend our rights.
Limited Government
Goldwater takes down cronyism, sweetheart deals, and government overreach so Americans are treated fairly and equally.
Education
Goldwater is expanding school choice nationwide so families can get their children the education they deserve.
Academic Transparency
Parents have a right to know what's being taught in the classroom, and we're defending that right.
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