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Free Market Leaders Speak Out Against Healthcare Price Controls

We must keep Congress and the Trump administration from imposing price controls.

Thomas Schatz February 12, 2020
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Let's Not Import Bad Ideas Like International Price Indexing

How long do you think television companies would stay in business if the government told them to charge $200 for a TV even though the TV costs $250 to manufacture?  Not very long, but that is exactly what the socialists in Congress want to do with...

Elizabeth Wright December 11, 2019
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CBO Releases the "Savings" Expected from Speaker Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Bill

H.R. 3 exerts so much government authority over the pharmaceutical industry.

Elizabeth Wright December 6, 2019
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Senate Finance Committee Drug Pricing Changes - Market Driven or More Destructive Price Controls?

Senate should be reminded when considering drug plans for Medicare and Medicaid that competition always leads to lower drug costs.

Elizabeth Wright July 8, 2019
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House Speaker Pelosi's Bizarre Drug Price Negotiation Plan

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is expected to soon release her long-awaited drug pricing proposal.  According to news reports, the plan is expected to require the Department of Health and Human Ser

Elizabeth Wright June 10, 2019
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Adopting Foreign Countries’ Price Controls: A Really Bad Idea

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) was troubled and mystified when the Trump administration issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that would change Medicare Part B

Elizabeth Wright October 31, 2018
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President Trump’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Costs: A Lot to Unpack

On Friday, May 11, President Trump released his report on what his administration will do to lower drug costs.

Elizabeth Wright May 18, 2018
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Another Dumb Idea from Democrats on Drug Costs

Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Rep.

Elizabeth Wright October 25, 2017

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