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Drug Price Controls: On 9/13, Let's End the Indefensible 9-13 Small Molecule/Large Molecule Protection Disparity

In recent days, we at CFIF have marked the ignominious one-year anniversary of the Biden Administration's misnamed "Inflation Reduction Act" (IRA) by noting its particularly negative impact on pharmaceutical innovation and, in turn, the nation's health and wellbeing.

As acknowledged by the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security  as well as groups like the American Cancer Society, Americans are already confronting alarming and unprecedented drug shortages in the wake of the IRA.

To mark today's date of September 13 - or 9/13 - it's appropriate to note a different but significant 9-13:  That refers to the indefensible distinction that the IRA makes between what are known as "small-molecule" and "large-molecule" drugs.

Specifically, the IRA imposes destructive price controls…[more]

September 13, 2023 • 03:24 PM

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Notable Quotes
 
On the Biden Administration's Unprecedented Regulatory Push:
 
 

"In the span of a few weeks, the Biden administration has proposed regulations that would effectively ban gas stoves, force a massive shift to electric cars, sharply raise the cost of dishwashers, increase loan costs for frugal borrowers, regulate puddles as 'navigable waters,' and limit hunting and fishing across the country. It will soon release a proposed rule targeting power plants with hugely expensive carbon capture mandates.

"This is just the tip of the spear."

Read the entire artilce here.

 
 
— The Editorial Board, Issues & Insights
— The Editorial Board, Issues & Insights
Posted May 08, 2023 • 08:18 AM
 
 
On President Biden's Border Crisis:
 
 

"Tens of thousands of migrants are massing at the southern border, waiting for next Friday when President Joe Biden has promised to end the Title 42 health policy that has been used to deny migrants entrance into the country.

"Even before Title 42 expires, the border is being flooded with migrants from around the world, and a vast additional reservoir is gathering in Mexico, waiting for the dam to burst. Biden's policy will be to release them into the country where they will be allowed to stay as long as they want on condition that they claim they are afraid to return home.

"In anticipation of this humanitarian crisis, Biden has ordered an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the border where, according to legal limitations, they will act as bureaucrats rather than police. They are to assist the 2,500 National Guard troops who are already there helping U.S. Customs and Border Protection to process migrants into the country as quickly as possible.

"The new troops won't be enough. Biden could send a million men and women to the border, and the crisis would still only get worse. What is about to happen isn't due to a lack of manpower but bad policy. As long as this president lets migrants who claim asylum into the country indefinitely, more will come."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— The Editors, Washinton Examiner
— The Editors, Washinton Examiner
Posted May 06, 2023 • 07:05 AM
 
 
Reporting On Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema and the Debt Limit:
 
 

"Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema saved the filibuster and cut down President Joe Biden's agenda, delighting Republicans. Now they're breaking with Democrats on the debt limit, and Republicans hope they keep it coming.

"The two centrists, who spent Biden's first two years in office at odds with the left, are glaring outliers on the debt drama in the party's 51-member Senate caucus. While their Democratic colleagues insist on no negotiations until the debt ceiling is lifted, Manchin and Sinema are not only pushing for a bipartisan deal but positioning themselves as potential players in any future Senate talks on a way out of the crisis.

"The Arizona independent and West Virginia Democrat have communicated that message in their own ways. Manchin has urged Biden to work directly with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and regularly puts out statements pushing for bipartisan talks that show up in GOP press releases. Sinema has quietly dined with McCarthy and signaled her hopes for a negotiated solution to GOP senators."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Burgess Everett, Politico
— Burgess Everett, Politico
Posted May 04, 2023 • 06:29 AM
 
 
On President Biden and the Debt Ceiling:
 
 

"In arguing with Republicans over raising Washington's legal debt limit, President Joe Biden tries to make a virtue of intransigence.

"House Republicans passed a bill 217-215 last week to raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut deficit spending by $4.8 trillion over 10 years. It's the only legislation that exists to avoid default, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Monday could come as early as June 1. Yet, while declining even to consider it, the Biden Democrats say it is Republicans who are leading the nation off a cliff.

"But consider the facts. Deficit spending adds to debt -- sorry to state the obvious -- and since we're already $31.4 trillion in hock, it's logical and balanced to deal with them together. Republicans have done their part by agreeing to raise the ceiling so the U.S. doesn't default on what it owes lenders. Simultaneously, they ask reasonably for parallel bipartisan efforts to reduce spending so the nation will live more nearly within its means over the next decade.

"But Biden and his party refuse point-blank, feign outrage at the very suggestion, and demand a blank check. They say Republicans must accept the full faith and credit of the Democratic Party (of all improbable things), lift the debt limit with no strings attached, and accept on trust the Biden gang's assertion that it will go along with spending restraint in separate budget talks."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Hugo Gurdon, Editor-in-Chief of Washington Examiner
— Hugo Gurdon, Editor-in-Chief of Washington Examiner
Posted May 03, 2023 • 07:54 AM
 
 
Reporting on How Taxpayers Are Funding a George Soros-Linked Nonprofit With Hundreds of Millions of Dollars:
 
 

"A far-left nonprofit accused of siding with criminals for its work to deplete the justice system while working inside local prosecution offices is nearly entirely funded by federal government agencies, including Department of Justice.

"The Vera Institute of Justice -- a Soros-linked nonprofit -- has received $290 million from the federal government over the last 12 months alone for its work in immigration -- to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation -- and the criminal justice system. If its current contracts are extended for the next four years, disbursements could reach over $1 billion."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Hannah Grossman, Fox News
— Hannah Grossman, Fox News
Posted May 02, 2023 • 08:36 AM
 
 
On Hunter Biden’s Legal Troubles:
 
 

"This week, Hunter Biden's defense team traveled to Delaware seeking an update on the federal criminal investigation that has dragged on for almost five years. The reason seems clear: Time is running out on Hunter and the Biden family.

"After years of delaying disclosures and admissions, Hunter could now be pushing to cap off the criminal side of the scandal before more information is released in Arkansas and Washington. For the White House, even a criminal plea is preferred if they can avoid one particular claim -- and they may be succeeding."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University
— Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University
Posted May 01, 2023 • 08:08 AM
 
 
On Electric Vehicles and the Political Left's Elitism:
 
 

"The left's elitism is on full display through its policies. Take President Biden's push to force Americans to abandon gas-powered vehicles. His tougher new emissions standards could require as much as 67% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2032 to be all-electric; last year, though, electric vehicles accounted for just 5.8% of all the 13.8 million new vehicles sold in the country. The price tag of EVs is just too high, according to six in 10 Americans, which is why they wouldn't purchase one any time soon.

"Shelling out an average of more than $58,000 for a car is an afterthought for coastal elites with comfortable six-figure incomes, but it's out of reach for many U.S. households. Furthermore, fewer EVs may qualify for the full $7,500 federal tax credit that is supposed to make them affordable under new rules proposed by the U.S. Treasury Department."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Patrice Onwuka, Director of the Center for Economic Opportunity at Independent Women's Forum and Co-Host of WMAL's O’Connor & Company
— Patrice Onwuka, Director of the Center for Economic Opportunity at Independent Women's Forum and Co-Host of WMAL's O’Connor & Company
Posted April 28, 2023 • 07:52 AM
 
 
Reporting On the Debt Ceiling:
 
 

"House Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill to raise the borrowing limit and implement sweeping spending cuts, marking a victory for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after days of grueling negotiations that put the deep divisions within the GOP conference on full display. ...

"The bill faces no chance of moving in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called it 'an extremist hard-right agenda.'

"House Republicans, however, see the measure as their opening offer in negotiations with President Biden to raise the nation's borrowing limit.

"The White House -- which slammed the GOP proposal -- has been adamant that it wants a 'clean' debt limit increase, foreshadowing the challenge that awaits both sides in striking a deal to prevent a default."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Aris Folley and Mychael Schnell, The Hill
— Aris Folley and Mychael Schnell, The Hill
Posted April 27, 2023 • 08:18 AM
 
 
On How Reelection of President Biden Could Result In a 10-Year Presidency for Kamala Harris:
 
 

"If President Biden wins reelection in 2024 and decides not to serve his full four-year term, it could open the door for up to 10 years of a Kamala Harris presidency.

"The possibility of Biden leaving office before the conclusion of a second term was the subject of an exchange at the White House briefing on Tuesday. Biden and Harris formally announced their 2024 reelection campaign in the morning.

"Should Biden serve half of his second term or more before handing the reins over to Harris, she could serve for the rest of his term and run for president at the top of the ticket in 2028. She could also run again in 2032 for another four-year term.

"If Biden serves less than half of a second term, Harris could only run once at the top of the ticket and serve only one four-year term, per the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Biden would be 86 at the end of his second term, and Harris would be 63."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Nicholas Ballasy, Just the News
— Nicholas Ballasy, Just the News
Posted April 26, 2023 • 07:47 AM
 
 
On Public Support for School Choice:
 
 

"It's been said we live in one of the most divisive and bitterly antagonistic political eras in our nation's history. That's certainly true for some of the public debates over tough issues we face today. But data from the latest I&I/TIPP Poll show there's one policy issue about which both major parties have near total agreement: school choice.

"Fed up with substandard public schools and feeling trapped, Democrat and Republican voters heartily support greater school choice by more than 2-to-1, according to April's online I&I/TIPP Poll."

Read the entire article here.

 
 
— Terry Jones, Editor of Issues & Insights
— Terry Jones, Editor of Issues & Insights
Posted April 25, 2023 • 08:21 AM
 
Notable Quote   
 
"The 2024 presidential election is over a year away, but the left's legal assault on common-sense election integrity measures has already begun.Last month, a district court in San Antonio ruled that Texas cannot enforce the provision of Senate Bill 1 which established a voter identification requirement for mail in voting in Texas. The next day, a district court in Atlanta ruled against Georgia Senate…[more]
 
 
— Chad Ennis, Vice President of Honest Elections Project
 
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