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Medicare/aid

The Ohio Solution for Getting the Country Back to Work
340B, Congress, Corporate Welfare, General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Medicare/aid, Reform, States, Waste

Senate HELP Committee Questions Cleveland Clinic’s 340B Funding Transparency

September 30, 2025 Alec Mena

The 340B Drug Discount Program was created in 1992 and requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell drugs to “Covered Entities” (CEs), including non-profit hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic, at discounts of 20 to 50 percent.  The program grew from $9 billion in 2014 to $66 billion in 2023, making it the second-largest federal […]

340B, Biopharmaceuticals, Corporate Welfare, General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals, Reform, Regulations, State Issues, States, Waste

Markwayne Mullin Wants to Make 340B Work for Oklahomans

August 8, 2025 Alec Mena

The federal 340B Drug Pricing Program was intended to provide discounts on drugs to patients but the lack of a clear intent and patient definition, along with inadequate oversight, has led to the program being exploited by hospitals and contract pharmacies to generate millions of dollars in profit.  The discounts are supposed to be provided […]

Price Controls Are Always a Bad Idea
Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals

Price Controls Are Always a Bad Idea

October 4, 2024 Christina Smith

Prices controls have always disrupted the marketplace and created shortages or excesses.

Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare/aid

The Human Cost of Pharmaceutical Price Controls is Too High

July 23, 2022 Christina Smith

Price controls will result in the loss of life due to a lack of future research and development. 

The Senate Should Not Implement Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals
Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, CMS, General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals

The Senate Should Not Implement Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals

July 1, 2022 Christina Smith

Price controls on pharmaceuticals will not lower prices and will lead to fewer future cures. 

Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, Biosimilars, General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals

Price Controls in the BBBA Will Destroy the Development of Future Cures

January 29, 2022 Christina Smith

The price controls found in the BBBA leave patients worse off.

Budget, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals, Taxes

The Resurgence of the Build Back Better Act is Inevitable

January 11, 2022 Christina Smith

The BBBA is more big government socialism, with a price tag of $4.9 trillion over 10 years.

Price Controls Will Create an Invisible Graveyard of Americans
Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals

Price Controls Will Create an Invisible Graveyard of Americans

December 18, 2021 Christina Smith

The Build Back Better Act will cost lives by devastating the development of future cures.

Obamacare Survives Third Court Challenge
Healthcare, CMS, General Waste, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Obamacare

Obamacare Survives Third Court Challenge

June 18, 2021 Elizabeth Wright

The Supreme Court tossed out ObamaCare lawsuit, California et al v. Texas, stating the plaintiffs have no standing.

Healthcare, Budget, CMS, General Waste, Medicare, Medicare/aid

Lack of Trust in Public Health Authorities Will Impact Debate on Medicare for All

May 28, 2021 Elizabeth Wright

The U.S. public health system has a trust problem due to their handling of COVID-19.

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