Speaker Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Proposal is Here – It’s Not Good
All summer, Washington, D.C. has been waiting to see what Speaker Pelosi’s top aide Wendell Primus and staff would produce in the way of a drug pricing bill. It… Read More
Open Letter to Lawmakers Urging Rejection of Draft Pelosi Prescription Drug Plan
Dear Representatives and Senators: On behalf of National Taxpayers Union (NTU), I write to express our significant concerns with the draft version of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s prescription drug… Read More
Pelosi Drug Plan Will Destroy U.S. Healthcare System
According to a leaked draft, House Democrats will propose drug pricing legislation that imposes broad government price controls, imports foreign pricing, and imposes on a new tax on manufacturers. Read More
Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Statement on Nancy Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Legislation
ALEXANDRIA, VA,September 10, 2019 – The Coalition Against Socialized Medicine (CASM), a broad coalition of leading conservative and free-market groups such as the American Conservative Union, Heritage Action,… Read More
Why Are Republicans Caving to Socialist Price-Setters?
If you look around, it’s hard not to conclude that we are in an especially critical political moment. The Democrats, half driven to madness by anti-Trump rage and freed to state… Read More
Why price controls on Medicare Part D are a bad prescription
Policymakers should focus on market-oriented solutions like the administration’s rebate proposal… Read More
No, a European-style health system isn’t the answer
As candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination present their visions for “Medicare for all,”politicians on both sides of the aisle are increasingly looking to imitate Europe’s… Read More
Trump’s Diabetic Shock
The reality behind Bernie’s wailing about the price of insulin. Read More
America Must Reject Drug Price Fixing
In the never-ending struggle to lower drug prices, it’s tempting for policymakers to push the “Easy” button for government price-fixing. The trouble is, simple fixes and top-down solutions would cripple… Read More
America Needs a Pharmaceutical Trade Negotiator
Americans pay significantly more for prescription drugs than patients in other wealthy nations. Read More