Health Care Innovation
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RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings Can’t Leave This Question Unanswered
On this Wednesday and Thursday, two powerful Senate committees will hold confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. is no stranger to controversy. But his most radical policy position may be one that relatively few people ...
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Read about a last minute Biden administration plan the Trump administration should undo
CMS’ Drug Price Controls Have Expanded to the Next 15 Medicare Part D Drugs
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H.L. Mencken Back in 2022, the Biden Administration reasoned that drug costs are too high and devised a clear and simple answer: incorporate a Maximum Fair Price (MFP) provision into the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ...
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A Year Later, Florida’s Drug Importation Plan Is Misguided As Ever
When president-elect Donald Trump joked about making Canada the 51st state, he had an unlikely supporter: Bernie Sanders. “Does that mean that we can adopt the Canadian health care system and . . . lower the cost of prescription drugs,” the Vermont senator wrote on X. “I’m all for it.” ...
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Learn about case that could threaten medical innovation
PRI Files Amicus Brief in Key State Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Future Medical Innovation in California
In the case, the plaintiffs filed cases against the Gilead pharmaceutical company over the company’s failure to bring an alternative medication used to treat AIDS, hepatitis, and other diseases to the marketplace called TAF under a speedier timeline, even though TAF and the originally developed medicine called TDF are both ...
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Learn more about California's doctor shortage
California needs more than medical schools to solve doctor shortage
California doesn’t have enough doctors. This year, the state met just 54% of its primary care needs. It would take 881 more physicians to eliminate all the state’s designated primary care shortage areas, where more than 5.8 million Californians currently reside. California’s leaders are trying to conjure up more physicians. ...
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Learn more about how Harris' plan might promote healthcare fraud
Will Harris’ Promises of New Era for Healthcare Invite Fraud?
For a former prosecutor and Calif. Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris sure seems to have a laissez-faire attitude toward fraud. In the race to enroll as many Americans as possible in Medicaid and in Obamacare exchange plans, the Biden-Harris administration has looked the other way as millions of Americans receive publicly ...
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Learn more about how competition can lower premiums
Competition Is The Cure For Rising Health Insurance Premiums
The presidential election is just a week away. And the rising prices of many products and services are on voters’ minds. Just over 40% of Americans say inflation is their biggest concern heading into November, according to a recent survey. In few markets are rising prices more apparent than in ...
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Learn how drug price controls hurt patients, innovation
Senator Sanders’ Price Controls Will Harm Patients
In a patently politicized press release, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, claims that the U.S. price of Ozempic is too high. As evidence, he cites generic companies that claim they can sell Ozempic for less than $100 a ...
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Read the latest on Biden administration's drug price controls
Drug Price Controls Underperform, Unworkable
According to the White House, the program will save the federal government an estimated $6 billion in 2026, the first year the new prices will be in effect, while reducing costs for seniors by $1.5 billion. Those figures might seem impressive. But they are almost certainly inflated. In fact, it’s ...
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Learn about the damage from lawsuit abuse
Tort Abuses Threat To Innovation And Product Availability
Not only is continued invention necessary for expanding our prosperity, but it is also key for mitigating problems such as global climate change or finding new technologies and treatments for troubling health conditions. Take the state and municipal lawsuits being filed against energy companies as an example. When announcing his ...
RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings Can’t Leave This Question Unanswered
On this Wednesday and Thursday, two powerful Senate committees will hold confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. is no stranger to controversy. But his most radical policy position may be one that relatively few people ...
Read about a last minute Biden administration plan the Trump administration should undo
CMS’ Drug Price Controls Have Expanded to the Next 15 Medicare Part D Drugs
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H.L. Mencken Back in 2022, the Biden Administration reasoned that drug costs are too high and devised a clear and simple answer: incorporate a Maximum Fair Price (MFP) provision into the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ...
A Year Later, Florida’s Drug Importation Plan Is Misguided As Ever
When president-elect Donald Trump joked about making Canada the 51st state, he had an unlikely supporter: Bernie Sanders. “Does that mean that we can adopt the Canadian health care system and . . . lower the cost of prescription drugs,” the Vermont senator wrote on X. “I’m all for it.” ...
Learn about case that could threaten medical innovation
PRI Files Amicus Brief in Key State Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Future Medical Innovation in California
In the case, the plaintiffs filed cases against the Gilead pharmaceutical company over the company’s failure to bring an alternative medication used to treat AIDS, hepatitis, and other diseases to the marketplace called TAF under a speedier timeline, even though TAF and the originally developed medicine called TDF are both ...
Learn more about California's doctor shortage
California needs more than medical schools to solve doctor shortage
California doesn’t have enough doctors. This year, the state met just 54% of its primary care needs. It would take 881 more physicians to eliminate all the state’s designated primary care shortage areas, where more than 5.8 million Californians currently reside. California’s leaders are trying to conjure up more physicians. ...
Learn more about how Harris' plan might promote healthcare fraud
Will Harris’ Promises of New Era for Healthcare Invite Fraud?
For a former prosecutor and Calif. Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris sure seems to have a laissez-faire attitude toward fraud. In the race to enroll as many Americans as possible in Medicaid and in Obamacare exchange plans, the Biden-Harris administration has looked the other way as millions of Americans receive publicly ...
Learn more about how competition can lower premiums
Competition Is The Cure For Rising Health Insurance Premiums
The presidential election is just a week away. And the rising prices of many products and services are on voters’ minds. Just over 40% of Americans say inflation is their biggest concern heading into November, according to a recent survey. In few markets are rising prices more apparent than in ...
Learn how drug price controls hurt patients, innovation
Senator Sanders’ Price Controls Will Harm Patients
In a patently politicized press release, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, claims that the U.S. price of Ozempic is too high. As evidence, he cites generic companies that claim they can sell Ozempic for less than $100 a ...
Read the latest on Biden administration's drug price controls
Drug Price Controls Underperform, Unworkable
According to the White House, the program will save the federal government an estimated $6 billion in 2026, the first year the new prices will be in effect, while reducing costs for seniors by $1.5 billion. Those figures might seem impressive. But they are almost certainly inflated. In fact, it’s ...
Learn about the damage from lawsuit abuse
Tort Abuses Threat To Innovation And Product Availability
Not only is continued invention necessary for expanding our prosperity, but it is also key for mitigating problems such as global climate change or finding new technologies and treatments for troubling health conditions. Take the state and municipal lawsuits being filed against energy companies as an example. When announcing his ...
