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Key Healthcare Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress

The new Congress should promote patient centered care, increase accessibility, affordability, and transparency.

December 4, 2024 — Christina Smith 1733338858

Medicare Must Be Reformed and Saved Not Expanded

Expanding benefits for medicare will hasten the program’s impending depletion. 

November 4, 2024 — Christina Smith 1730756712

340B Drug Discount Program is a Nightmare

Like many other well-intended programs 340B has ended up both wasting money and failing to provide benefits for patients.

October 10, 2024 — Christina Smith 1728594150

Price Controls Are Always a Bad Idea

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

October 4, 2024 — Christina Smith 1728048852

The Case for 340B Reform Is Made on Capitol Hill

At a Capitol Hill briefing on the urgent need for reforms to the 340B Drug Pricing Program, the case was made for prompt action to fix the program.  The event took place at the Senate Visitors Center on September 23, 2024, and was hosted by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW).

The panel was moderated by Monica Popp, founding partner of Marshall and Popp, and the speakers were CCAGW President Tom Schatz; Pioneer Institute Senior Fellow & Director of Pioneer Life Sciences Initiative Dr. William Smith; and Patients Rising Chief Mission Officer Terry Wilcox.

September 23, 2024 — Thomas Schatz 1727124887

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

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

September 5, 2024 — Deborah Collier 1725572841

The IRA Has Undermined Medicare Part D

The Inflation Reduction Act creates instability in the Medicare Part D Program.

August 28, 2024 — Christina Smith 1724848729

Not-So-Happy Birthday to the Inflation Reduction Act

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

August 15, 2024 — Christina Smith 1723741220

CAGW Submits Comments on FTC's Interim Staff Report on PBMs

Overregulating PBMs will drive up prescription drug costs and be a disservice to the millions of patients that benefit from them.