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Pharmaceuticals

General Waste, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

Vaccines Benefit America’s Physical and Fiscal Health

November 6, 2025 Eric Maus

The United States is the global leader in developing innovative and life-saving cures and treatments thanks to the investments made by pharmaceutical companies in the United States, including the vaccines that helped end the coronavirus pandemic.  Vaccines are crucial to the physical and economic health of not just Americans but also people across the rest […]

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Urges Gov. DeSantis to Reject Prescription Drug Price Controls
340B, General Waste, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

Senate HELP Committee Hearing Is Next Step for 340B Reform

October 28, 2025 Eric Maus

The 340B Drug Discount Program was given the laudable goal of helping federally funded clinics and public hospitals that serve a large uninsured population cover the cost of drugs and provide discounts to patients.  However, like many other well-intended federal programs 340B has gone off the rails due to the lack of clear intent and […]

340B, Biopharmaceuticals, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals

President Trump Can Cut Wasteful Spending to Reduce Drug Prices and Healthcare Costs

October 1, 2025 Eric Maus

President Trump has made lowering drug prices and reducing healthcare costs for Americans a top priority of his second term, along with encouraging more biopharmaceutical investment and innovation in the U.S.  Citizens Against Government Waste suggests that he can achieve both objectives without imposing price controls, which includes Most Favored Nation (MFN) polices, reforming the […]

The Senate Should Not Implement Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals
340B, General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Taxpayers, Transparency, Waste

WSJ Reinforces Waste and Abuse in Healthcare

September 24, 2025 Alec Mena

Federal healthcare programs are often well-intended but end up costing more than expected and become subject to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.  One of the best (or worst) examples of such a result is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).  The lack of clear intent […]

340B, Biopharmaceuticals, Corporate Welfare, General Waste, Government Waste, Healthcare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals, Reform, Regulations, 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 […]

340B, Entitlements, General Waste, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

Price Controls on Medicaid Would Be Disastrous and Fail to Cut Wasteful Spending

May 4, 2025 Eric Maus

President Trump has made government efficiency a top priority.  These efforts include eliminating improper payments and ensuring that only those who are eligible for government programs receive the benefits, including Medicaid.  As President Trump said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, May 4, 2025, “if illegal immigrants are in the mix, if people that aren’t […]

USPTO-FDA Study Debunks Critics and Demonstrates the Importance of Protecting IP
Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals

USPTO-FDA Study Debunks Critics and Demonstrates the Importance of Protecting IP

September 6, 2024 Deborah Collier

USPTO-FDA study reinforces the need to protect pharmaceutical intellectual property rights for the future of new drug development.

Not-So-Happy Birthday to the Inflation Reduction Act
Biopharmaceuticals, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals

Not-So-Happy Birthday to the Inflation Reduction Act

August 15, 2024 Christina Smith

The Inflation Reduction Act will ultimately raise drug costs and reduce future cures.

General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, International, Pharmaceuticals, States

FDA Hurts Patients By Authorizing Florida’s Drug Importation Program

January 12, 2024 Christina Smith

On January 5, 2024, the U.S. FDA authorized Florida’s drug importation program. 

General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals

Misguided Use of March-In Rights Will Harm Patients

December 6, 2023 Christina Smith

The use of march-in rights to steal intellectual property will neither lower costs nor create more access to healthcare.

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