Price Controls
Presidential Executive Orders Will Not Lower Drug Costs
On Friday, July 24, President Trump discussed his four Executive Orders that he claims will lower drug costs. They will not.
Wasteful Spending on 340B Keeps Growing and Growing
One of the many programs whose problems seem to have gotten lost during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the 340B drug safety-net program.
Union Opposes Rate-Setting to Solve Surprise Medical Billing
An issue that continues to bubble under the surface of the coronavirus pandemic is how to prevent surprise medical billing.
Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Implement Rate Setting is Unseemly
Price control always distorts markets and lead to shortages.
Congress Should Oppose More Government Interference in Drug Pricing
Price controls will simply cut off access to lifesaving drugs and force manufacturers to limit investment in new cures.
Cased Closed – The International Pricing Index is Foolish Policy
On Thursday, the CEA effectively closed the door to adopting a bad drug pricing policy.
Free Market Leaders Speak Out Against Healthcare Price Controls
We must keep Congress and the Trump administration from imposing price controls.
The IPI - Are We All Socialists Now?
Adopting these policies would validate socialized medicine schemes like price controls and rationing.
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...
When Will Politicians Learn, Price Controls Do Not Work?
A new bill would create an independent federal agency that would determine and regulate the cost of prescription medications.
Price Controls for Dummies
Democrats should learn what price controls REALLY mean.
Importing Foreign Drugs Will Not Lower Drug Costs
This morning, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to review two potential ways to allow “safe” im
