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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

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Blamestorming: Carter, Clinton and Obama Point Fingers
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, September 23 2010
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"It is either true or false that Governor Cook misrepresented her primary residence status on one or more mortgage applications. The evidence put forth publicly by @pulte strongly suggests that she lied on one or more mortgage applications, in other words, mortgage fraud.It should be straightforward for Governor Cook to disprove the alleged fraud and it shouldn't require a team of lawyers and litigation…[more]
 
 
— Bill Ackman, CEO Pershing Square
 
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