Health Care
Commentary
Trump Should Stand Firm Against Europe’s Drug Price Free-Riders
For decades, wealthy foreign governments have left it to Americans to pay for pharmaceutical innovation — and then insisted on enjoying the fruits of that innovation at a discount. President Trump has begun challenging that status quo through trade negotiations designed to pressure foreign countries into paying more for innovative ...
Drug Innovation
Unauthorized GLP-1 Knockoffs Risk Patient Safety and Future Innovation, New PRI Brief Warns
As federal regulators intensify enforcement against companies selling unauthorized knockoffs of blockbuster weight-loss drugs, a new Pacific Research Institute brief warns that the booming GLP-1 knockoff market is creating patient safety risks while undermining future breakthrough medicines. “GLP-1s are among the most promising medical breakthroughs in decades, helping patients struggling ...
Commentary
Medicaid’s fraud problem has become impossible to ignore
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is demanding records from 11 states as part of a widening investigation into potential Medicaid fraud. It’s just the latest sign that Washington is beginning to recognize the scale of abuse inside one of the nation’s largest entitlement programs. The Centers for Medicare and ...
Commentary
Americans Get Medicines First – Why?
Americans hear a lot these days about how Europe has healthcare all figured out. Progressives love pointing to countries like Britain, France, and Canada as models America should follow — especially when it comes to prescription drug prices. What they rarely mention is the price those countries pay for government-controlled ...
Commentary
AOC Says Single-Payer Is Forever – That’s the Problem
“Presidents come and go,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently declared. “Single-payer is forever.” That line was meant as a boast. Americans should hear it as a warning. For years, progressives have treated government-run healthcare as the ultimate political prize. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made Medicare for All the centerpiece of ...
Commentary
Washington Is Finally Taking Medicaid Fraud More Seriously
Vice President J.D. Vance recently intensified the Trump administration’s crackdown on healthcare fraud, warning states that they could risk losing federal Medicaid funding if they don’t adequately police abuse within the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also announced a nationwide six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollments ...
Commentary
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on Obamacare
Mark Cuban Is Right About ‘Big Medicine,’ but Wrong About the Cure
He’s hardly alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., among others, are targeting vertically integrated healthcare giants as drivers of rising costs and declining competition. They’re right about one thing — “big medicine” is real. But the healthcare giants they now condemn are, in large part, creatures ...
Commentary
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on government-run health care
Democrats’ latest healthcare fantasy would mean longer waits
First came Obamacare. Now, some on the Left are trying to take the next step toward socialized medicine — “free” primary care for all. A new report from the Searchlight Institute, authored by several architects of the Affordable Care Act, urges Democratic policymakers to guarantee primary care with no out-of-pocket ...
Commentary
Read the latest on drug innovation from Sally Pipes
Big Medical Breakthroughs Start With Small Gains
That may not sound like much. For someone facing a terminal diagnosis, what difference does a few extra months really make, especially if the drugs that enable them cost tens of thousands of dollars, as so many cancer drugs do? That question misses the point. In medicine, the most important ...
Commentary
Medicare for All will bring real, human consequences in NJ
Democratic congressional candidates everywhere from Illinois and Maine to New Jersey and Pennsylvania are embracing Medicare for All. More than 100 House Democrats have backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest proposal, and state-level versions are gaining traction in places like California. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, recently summed up the mood on ...
Trump Should Stand Firm Against Europe’s Drug Price Free-Riders
For decades, wealthy foreign governments have left it to Americans to pay for pharmaceutical innovation — and then insisted on enjoying the fruits of that innovation at a discount. President Trump has begun challenging that status quo through trade negotiations designed to pressure foreign countries into paying more for innovative ...
Unauthorized GLP-1 Knockoffs Risk Patient Safety and Future Innovation, New PRI Brief Warns
As federal regulators intensify enforcement against companies selling unauthorized knockoffs of blockbuster weight-loss drugs, a new Pacific Research Institute brief warns that the booming GLP-1 knockoff market is creating patient safety risks while undermining future breakthrough medicines. “GLP-1s are among the most promising medical breakthroughs in decades, helping patients struggling ...
Medicaid’s fraud problem has become impossible to ignore
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is demanding records from 11 states as part of a widening investigation into potential Medicaid fraud. It’s just the latest sign that Washington is beginning to recognize the scale of abuse inside one of the nation’s largest entitlement programs. The Centers for Medicare and ...
Americans Get Medicines First – Why?
Americans hear a lot these days about how Europe has healthcare all figured out. Progressives love pointing to countries like Britain, France, and Canada as models America should follow — especially when it comes to prescription drug prices. What they rarely mention is the price those countries pay for government-controlled ...
AOC Says Single-Payer Is Forever – That’s the Problem
“Presidents come and go,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently declared. “Single-payer is forever.” That line was meant as a boast. Americans should hear it as a warning. For years, progressives have treated government-run healthcare as the ultimate political prize. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made Medicare for All the centerpiece of ...
Washington Is Finally Taking Medicaid Fraud More Seriously
Vice President J.D. Vance recently intensified the Trump administration’s crackdown on healthcare fraud, warning states that they could risk losing federal Medicaid funding if they don’t adequately police abuse within the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also announced a nationwide six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollments ...
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on Obamacare
Mark Cuban Is Right About ‘Big Medicine,’ but Wrong About the Cure
He’s hardly alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., among others, are targeting vertically integrated healthcare giants as drivers of rising costs and declining competition. They’re right about one thing — “big medicine” is real. But the healthcare giants they now condemn are, in large part, creatures ...
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on government-run health care
Democrats’ latest healthcare fantasy would mean longer waits
First came Obamacare. Now, some on the Left are trying to take the next step toward socialized medicine — “free” primary care for all. A new report from the Searchlight Institute, authored by several architects of the Affordable Care Act, urges Democratic policymakers to guarantee primary care with no out-of-pocket ...
Read the latest on drug innovation from Sally Pipes
Big Medical Breakthroughs Start With Small Gains
That may not sound like much. For someone facing a terminal diagnosis, what difference does a few extra months really make, especially if the drugs that enable them cost tens of thousands of dollars, as so many cancer drugs do? That question misses the point. In medicine, the most important ...
Medicare for All will bring real, human consequences in NJ
Democratic congressional candidates everywhere from Illinois and Maine to New Jersey and Pennsylvania are embracing Medicare for All. More than 100 House Democrats have backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest proposal, and state-level versions are gaining traction in places like California. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, recently summed up the mood on ...