In our latest Liberty Update, CFIF highlights the debut of the "Most Favored Patient" initiative, which…
CFIF on X CFIF on YouTube
Image of the Day: Drug Prices Are CHEAPER in the U.S. Than Other Developed Nations

In our latest Liberty Update, CFIF highlights the debut of the "Most Favored Patient" initiative, which offers the optimal blueprint going forward for lower drug costs, greater access and better healthcare.

Well, the policy heavyweights behind Most Favored Patient come from the group at Unleash Prosperity, including Steve Forbes, Stephen Moore, Phil Kerpen, and Thomas Philipson.  And in addition to their new work at Most Favored Patient, they've unveiled a new commentary explaining how drug prices in the U.S. are actually cheaper than in other developed nations with which we're often unfairly compared:

It IS true that Americans pay more for new drugs under patent. That, of course, is because American pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars inventing the major breakthrough…[more]

August 20, 2025 • 08:24 PM

Liberty Update

CFIFs latest news, commentary and alerts delivered to your inbox.
Trusting China in Inviting Another Pandemic
By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, May 01 2024
It's one thing to die from natural causes. Worse, to die from a disease leaked by Chinese scientists in a lab and allowed to wipe out millions. That is now almost certainly the explanation for the origins of COVID-19.  And even worse? U.S. taxpayers paid for it. The U.S. government hasn't learned a thing. Disease watchers are tracking the spread of H5N1 – bird or avian flu – across the globe as it invades mammals for the first time, leaving South American beaches littered with dead sea lions. In the U.S., 34 dairy cattle herds in nine states are infected.…
 
The 'Biden Bump' That Didn't Last Long
"The election is clearly changing now, moving towards Biden," the influential Democratic strategist…
Read more...
Joe Biden Says There Are Very Fine People on Both Sides of the Oct. 7 Debate
"I condemn the antisemitic protests ..." President Joe Biden told reporters after days of anti-Jewish…
Read more...
 
Drug Shortages Reach Record High Following Biden’s Price Controls
Want to find a rare point of intellectual consensus amid our stubborn ideological divisions?  …
Read more...
Stop the 'Emergency Spending' Charade Already
This week, Congress moved closer to passing four separate bills with $95 billion in funding for Ukraine…
Read more...
 
Why Small Businesses Hate Bidenomics
If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad? The latest Small Business Optimism…
Read more...
There's No Right to Sleep Outdoors
In a Supreme Court showdown Monday over whether the homeless have a "right" to camp in public…
Read more...
 
Groupthink Chorus Emerges at Trump Trial
Covering former President Donald Trump's trial on television is a difficult job. There are no cameras…
Read more...
CFIF Applauds Tennessee General Assembly for Passing Significant Certificate of Need (CON) Reform Legislation
CFIF stands ready and willing to work with lawmakers and stakeholders to address remaining CON regulations…
Read more...
 
The World Is Paying a Deadly Price for Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy
If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles…
Read more...
Unrestrained AI Threatens Americans’ News Access
Amid its other accumulating dysfunctions, artificial intelligence (AI) poses a new extinction-level threat…
Read more...
Notable Quote   
 
"Following President Pen-And-Phone and President Autopen, President Donald Trump is also making use of the White House quill. But his directives have tended to be more practical than political. For instance, last week he issued an executive order banning employee collective bargaining at a number of federal agencies.The American people should be grateful that he's willing to take on the bureaucracy…[more]
 
 
— Issues & Insights Editorial Board
 
Liberty Poll   

The Vlad Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un parade and frontyard barbecue was meant to scare you. Did it?