The Goldilocks problem: How to get generic drug prices "just right"?
Former Obama White House advisor Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel had an interesting op-ed in the Sunday New York Times - interesting because Dr. Emanuel, an advocate for drug price controls, actually suggests...
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Health care and education aren’t exactly the darling issues of conservatism. Taxes, defense, and crime are probably the “Big Three”. This isn’t to say that conservative policy wonks aren’t doing...
View ArticleDon't Forget About the FDA
After Obamacare and entitlement reform, FDA reform should be the #2 priority for market-oriented health-care reformers. Like it or not, it’s the gatekeeper for every new drug and device marketed in...
View ArticleFormer Obama Adviser Warns of the Perils of Price Controls
Former Obama White House adviser Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel wrote a surprising op-ed last week in the Sunday New York Times on the growing shortage of generic cancer drugs — 14 of 34 generic cancer drugs, he...
View ArticleMore Price Controls, Fewer Jobs, and Less Innovation
One common deficit-reduction idea — proposed by President Obama and floated in Congress’ bipartisan “supercommittee” — is to impose additional rebates on Part D drugs for “dual eligibles.” In other...
View Article'Shoot Me Last' Is Not a Viable Health-Care Business Strategy
Earlier this week I interviewed Rep. Paul Ryan on Obamacare’s impact on health-care innovation, and he explained how Washington’s addiction to health-care price controls breeds Stockholm syndrome among...
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Making Health Care Worse
As Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan recently argued, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) was sold on “three broken promises.” The administration pledged that its massive health-care-reform law...
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Tear Down the Medicaid Wall
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama conceded that the “biggest driver of our long-term debt is the rising cost of health care for an aging population.” However, he offered only...
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Obamacare Forecast: We All Pay More
One of the little-understood aspects of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is that before it was passed, a handful of states — New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island —...
View ArticleThe Goldilocks problem: How to get generic drug prices "just right"?
Former Obama White House advisor Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel had an interesting op-ed in the Sunday New York Times - interesting because Dr. Emanuel, an advocate for drug price controls, actually suggests...
View ArticleRequired Reading.
Health care and education aren't exactly the darling issues of conservatism. Taxes, defense, and crime are probably the "Big Three". This isn't to say that conservative policy wonks aren't doing...
View ArticleDon't Forget About the FDA
After Obamacare and entitlement reform, FDA reform should be the #2 priority for market-oriented health-care reformers. Like it or not, it's the gatekeeper for every new drug and device marketed in...
View ArticleFormer Obama Adviser Warns of the Perils of Price Controls
Former Obama White House adviser Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel wrote a surprising op-ed last week in the Sunday New York Times on the growing shortage of generic cancer drugs — 14 of 34 generic cancer drugs, he...
View ArticleMore Price Controls, Fewer Jobs, and Less Innovation
One common deficit-reduction idea -- proposed by President Obama and floated in Congress’ bipartisan “supercommittee” -- is to impose additional rebates on Part D drugs for “dual eligibles.” In other...
View Article'Shoot Me Last' Is Not a Viable Health-Care Business Strategy
Earlier this week I interviewed Rep. Paul Ryan on Obamacare's impact on health-care innovation, and he explained how Washington's addiction to health-care price controls breeds Stockholm syndrome among...
View ArticleMaking Health Care Worse
As Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan recently argued, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) was sold on “three broken promises.” The administration pledged that its massive health-care-reform law...
View ArticleRomney vs. Obama, Round 2
Given President Obama’s poor performance in the first debate, much commentary has been focused on what the president needs to do (and say) next time. But the president isn’t the only one who could...
View ArticleTear Down the Medicaid Wall
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama conceded that the “biggest driver of our long-term debt is the rising cost of health care for an aging population.” However, he offered only...
View ArticleObamacare Forecast: We All Pay More
One of the little-understood aspects of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is that before it was passed, a handful of states -- New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island --...
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