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Read the latest on Biden administration's drug price controls
Drug Price Controls Underperform, Unworkable
According to the White House, the program will save the federal government an estimated $6 billion in 2026, the first year the new prices will be in effect, while reducing costs for seniors by $1.5 billion. Those figures might seem impressive. But they are almost certainly inflated. In fact, it’s ...
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Learn about the damage from lawsuit abuse
Tort Abuses Threat To Innovation And Product Availability
Not only is continued invention necessary for expanding our prosperity, but it is also key for mitigating problems such as global climate change or finding new technologies and treatments for troubling health conditions. Take the state and municipal lawsuits being filed against energy companies as an example. When announcing his ...
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Read the latest about the problems with PBMs
Insulin Lawsuits Obscure A Dirty Business
The plaintiffs say they’re fighting for patients. They’re less forthcoming about the fact that they’ve profited handsomely from the system they’re now decrying. For years, these cities and states have insisted on a cut—if not all—of the rebates that these pharmacy benefit managers extract from drug makers when negotiating over ...
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Read the latest about VP Harris' healthcare platform
Harris commits to worst of Biden healthcare policies
One proposal Harris has explicitly backed would enshrine President Joe Biden’s enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are slated to expire in 2025. “Republicans want to let those credits expire, increasing premiums,” the Democratic platform asserts. “Democrats will fight to make them permanent.” Read the full article at the Washington Examiner
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Read the latest on the new PRI book
Adopting policies the ‘California Way’ could skyrocket energy costs
Ask any Californian paying their summer power bills and they’ll tell you a different story. Government data also offers a fact check – Energy Information Administration figures show the average monthly price of electricity was 34.3 cents per kilowatt hour in May (second to Hawaii), compared to 14.7 cents in ...
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Harris’ and Walz’s Healthcare Vision a Socialist One
Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden at the White House last Thursday for an event on healthcare policy. The two presented a unified vision for the future of America’s health sector. But the space between them on this issue, historically speaking, is difficult to ignore. As recently as ...
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This Bipartisan Bill Would Upend America’s Pharmaceutical Industry
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz have pivoted hard to the center in recent weeks in their bid for the White House. But their records indicate that they’d launch even more government intervention in the healthcare market. Harris was the most progressive member of the Senate during ...
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How the GOP can get tough on health care
Nearly eight in 10 Americans worry “a great deal” or “a fair amount” about the availability and affordability of health care, according to polling from Gallup. So it’s surprising that the Republican Party’s platform this year doesn’t devote much space to the topic. It’s even largely silent on the Biden-Harris administration’s ...
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Medicaid’s Waivers Are Out of Control – But Also Show How to Save the Program
Are rental vouchers a form of “health care?” Federal bureaucrats evidently think so. They’ve recently approved waivers for states to fund these benefits through Medicaid, the joint federal-state health insurance program that covers over 76 million Americans. These waivers constitute an enormous federal subsidy to state governments, with up to ...
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Biden’s Disdain for Democracy Revealed in Backdoor Bailout
Few likely noticed when the Biden administration announced a “voluntary Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration” late last month. The initiative aims to “test” whether a new approach to reducing premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans will “increase the efficiency and economy of services” under the program — at least according to the ...
Read the latest on Biden administration's drug price controls
Drug Price Controls Underperform, Unworkable
According to the White House, the program will save the federal government an estimated $6 billion in 2026, the first year the new prices will be in effect, while reducing costs for seniors by $1.5 billion. Those figures might seem impressive. But they are almost certainly inflated. In fact, it’s ...
Learn about the damage from lawsuit abuse
Tort Abuses Threat To Innovation And Product Availability
Not only is continued invention necessary for expanding our prosperity, but it is also key for mitigating problems such as global climate change or finding new technologies and treatments for troubling health conditions. Take the state and municipal lawsuits being filed against energy companies as an example. When announcing his ...
Read the latest about the problems with PBMs
Insulin Lawsuits Obscure A Dirty Business
The plaintiffs say they’re fighting for patients. They’re less forthcoming about the fact that they’ve profited handsomely from the system they’re now decrying. For years, these cities and states have insisted on a cut—if not all—of the rebates that these pharmacy benefit managers extract from drug makers when negotiating over ...
Read the latest about VP Harris' healthcare platform
Harris commits to worst of Biden healthcare policies
One proposal Harris has explicitly backed would enshrine President Joe Biden’s enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are slated to expire in 2025. “Republicans want to let those credits expire, increasing premiums,” the Democratic platform asserts. “Democrats will fight to make them permanent.” Read the full article at the Washington Examiner
Read the latest on the new PRI book
Adopting policies the ‘California Way’ could skyrocket energy costs
Ask any Californian paying their summer power bills and they’ll tell you a different story. Government data also offers a fact check – Energy Information Administration figures show the average monthly price of electricity was 34.3 cents per kilowatt hour in May (second to Hawaii), compared to 14.7 cents in ...
Harris’ and Walz’s Healthcare Vision a Socialist One
Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden at the White House last Thursday for an event on healthcare policy. The two presented a unified vision for the future of America’s health sector. But the space between them on this issue, historically speaking, is difficult to ignore. As recently as ...
This Bipartisan Bill Would Upend America’s Pharmaceutical Industry
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz have pivoted hard to the center in recent weeks in their bid for the White House. But their records indicate that they’d launch even more government intervention in the healthcare market. Harris was the most progressive member of the Senate during ...
How the GOP can get tough on health care
Nearly eight in 10 Americans worry “a great deal” or “a fair amount” about the availability and affordability of health care, according to polling from Gallup. So it’s surprising that the Republican Party’s platform this year doesn’t devote much space to the topic. It’s even largely silent on the Biden-Harris administration’s ...
Medicaid’s Waivers Are Out of Control – But Also Show How to Save the Program
Are rental vouchers a form of “health care?” Federal bureaucrats evidently think so. They’ve recently approved waivers for states to fund these benefits through Medicaid, the joint federal-state health insurance program that covers over 76 million Americans. These waivers constitute an enormous federal subsidy to state governments, with up to ...
Biden’s Disdain for Democracy Revealed in Backdoor Bailout
Few likely noticed when the Biden administration announced a “voluntary Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration” late last month. The initiative aims to “test” whether a new approach to reducing premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans will “increase the efficiency and economy of services” under the program — at least according to the ...
