Foundation For Government Accountability's Initiative To Limit Medicaid Expansion Named Finalist For 2014 Templeton Freedom Award

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Naples, Fla.-based Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) was named one of eight finalists for this year's prestigious Templeton Freedom Award for its Uncover ObamaCare initiative which resulted in 24 states saying no to ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion.

FGA CEO Tarren Bragdon said, "It's a tremendous honor to be named a finalist for the Templeton Freedom Award. FGA's Uncover ObamaCare initiative is about stopping the spread of government dependence throughout the states, and we are thrilled to have our work recognized by such a powerful voice for freedom."

The FGA has been front and center throughout the country recruiting, educating and supporting state leaders and activists with the courage and commitment to defeat ObamaCare's dangerous provisions in their own states. Through a powerful combination of in-depth research, on-the-ground education and innovative legislative strategies, FGA's Uncover ObamaCare initiative has kept 9.4 million Americans from becoming dependent on government and will save taxpayers almost $500 billion over the next decade.

Who: FGA and Atlas Network
What: FGA named a finalist for the annual $100,000 Templeton Freedom Award
When: Nov. 13, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner closing ceremony – Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York, NY 10013 (Bowery and Grand St.)
Press Contact: [email protected] or (202) 449-8441

Awarded since 2004, the Templeton Freedom Award is named for the late investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton. The award annually honors his legacy by identifying and recognizing the most exceptional and innovative contributions to the understanding of free enterprise, and the public policies that encourage prosperity, innovation and human fulfillment via free competition. The award is generously supported by Templeton Religion Trust and will be presented during Atlas Network's Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner gala dinner ceremony Nov. 13, 2014 in New York City. The winning organization will receive a $100,000 prize and the runners-up will receive $5,000.

The 2014 Templeton Freedom Award finalists are:

• Acton Institute: Acton University
• Center For Political Studies (CEPOS): Private Property Project
• Civismo: Low Taxes for Spain campaign
• Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA): Initiative to limit Medicaid expansion
• Goldwater Institute: Education Savings Accounts initiative
• Illinois Policy Institute: Campaign to stop an unfair progressive income tax
• IPEA (Agora Institute for Strategic Thinking): One Million Youth for Mexico Campaign
• Lithuanian Free Market Institute: Municipal Performance Index

About Atlas Network
Atlas Network is based in Washington. It is a nonprofit organization connecting a global network of more than 450 free-market organizations in over 90 countries to the ideas and resources needed to advance the cause of liberty. Strengthening the worldwide freedom movement – AtlasNetwork.org

About The FGA
The FGA is based in Naples, Fla. It promotes better lives for individuals and families by equipping policymakers with principled strategies to replace failed health and welfare programs nationwide. TheFGA.org

SOURCE Atlas Network