While Windy City children can finally start heading back to school, the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) 11-day strike resulted in no reform, to the detriment of students, taxpayers, and the fiscal health of the entire state of Illinois. With a median salary of $78,000, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers make more than 60 percent of […]
H.R. 3 would mutilate American biopharmaceutical development of innovative medicines that are tackling serious diseases.
The expansion of HRAs is expected to benefit more than 11 million employees and their families.
Democrats should learn what price controls REALLY mean.
The D.C. City Council could approve one of the highest soda taxes in the nation. On October 7, 2019, D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) introduced the Healthy Beverage Choices Act, which would place a 1.5 cent-per-ounce excise tax on sweetened beverages. The tax would be the third highest in the country, after Seattle, Washington and […]
Current state of NIH facilities could undermine life saving research.
PBMs provide a valuable service in delivering drug benefits to beneficiaries.
In 1982, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) were charged by Congress to share patient information for servicemembers transitioning from DOD into the VA health care system. This transition process has been anything but seamless, with medical records being attached to gurneys each time a patient was moved, and […]
For weeks, there was little information on what would be in the legislation since it was being discussed and written behind closed doors.
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 […]
