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Prescription Drug Costs Best Addressed By Competition, Not Price Controls
Dear Chair Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Committee: On behalf of National Taxpayers Union (NTU), the nation’s oldest taxpayer advocacy organization, I write in regard to your… Read More
Price Controls in the BBBA Will Destroy the Development of Future Cures
Rumblings on Capitol Hill and encouragement from the Biden administration are making the passage of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) in some form a genuine threat. Even though Sen. Read More
Price Controls Will Create an Invisible Graveyard of Americans
The Build Back Better Act (BBBA), H.R. 5376, contains lethal policies that will leave Americans defenseless. The prescription drug price controls embedded in this deplorable legislation will… Read More
President Biden Again Calls for Price Controls
President Biden made a brief speech on December 6, 2021, discussing the pharmaceutical price controls that are contained in the massive $1.75 trillion “social infrastructure” bill, the Build Back Better Act… Read More
Consumer Watchdog Opposes Rushed, Harmful Drug Pricing Proposals
Washington, D.C. – The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is deeply troubled by the drug pricing provisions the Biden administration is trying to keep in the so-called Build Back Better Act. These… Read More
Statement on President Biden’s Prescription Drug Remarks
National Taxpayers Union President Pete Sepp issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s December 6 remarks on the prescription drug provisions of the Build Back Better Act: “Unfortunately,… Read More
Prescription Price Controls Harm Access to Life-Saving Medication
‘It is no secret that the costs of prescription drugs are very high in the United States. Studies from Harvard Medical School indicate that one in four American patients have… Read More
Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Statement on Congressional Democrats’ Latest Drug Price Setting Plan
This dangerous proposal would put America one step closer toward socialized healthcare and to becoming a welfare state. Bureaucrats set prices under socialism—not in America. Read More
Analyzing the New Prescription Drug Pricing Proposal For Reconciliation
This week, Democratic lawmakers released the broad outlines of a deal negotiated between moderates and liberals to include prescription drug pricing provisions in the reconciliation bill. NTU raised immediate concerns with… Read More
Congress Should Listen to Voters and Reject Drug Price Controls
A clear message about what kind of government the American people want was sent last night by voters in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and other states across the country. … Read More