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As the debate over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) effort to increase government control over drug pricing heats up, a familiar proposal has also drawn scrutiny. Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s (D-Texas) bill, H.R. 1046, the Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act, was introduced on February 7, 2019 and has 126 cosponsors in the House. This legislation would […]
Two important news items regarding pharmaceutical prices have been announced within the past week: a judge’s decision on a Trump administration rule that would have forced drug companies to provide the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) of a drug in their television ads and a forthcoming executive order concerning drug prices.
Senate should be reminded when considering drug plans for Medicare and Medicaid that competition always leads to lower drug costs.
The year 2019 has been a landmark year for sports betting, with one in four Americans living in a state where the practice is legal. Since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal prohibition, states are now permitted to pass sports betting legislation. After the decision, 17 states have fully embraced the ruling, while others have rejected or […]
On June 19, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated he would be willing to sign the Climate and Community Protection Act into law. The long-term goal of the plan is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent by 2050, with benchmark goals including renewable energy powering 70 percent of the state by 2030 […]
The city of Baltimore’s schools are badly failing, despite spending more per capita than almost anywhere in the country. To understand why, one needs only to look where the money is going: into the pockets of crooked public education administrators. Baltimore pays its administrators more than anywhere else in the nation, ranking first among all […]
As the American Medical Association’s (AMA) shrinking membership tilts further and further to the left, real questions need to be asked about the organization’s influence over the Medicare for All debate. After the AMA resisted Medicare in 1966, roughly 70 percent of doctors were registered members of the group. During the Clinton era, the AMA […]
Math is hard. Especially when it comes to the USPS and its attempts to save money.
The American people received an early Independence Day present on July 1 when President Trump signed into law H.R. 3151, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019.
Listening to the Democratic presidential debates these past two days has been alarming. Pandering to specific groups, the candidates are prepared to have the federal government cover the costs for a myriad of programs. The New York Times wrote, “The Democrats’ two nights of debates showed that liberalism is on the march in the party. […]
