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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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The Midterms in Prospect: The Governors (Part 1)
By Troy Senik
Wednesday, October 08 2014
Over the last four weeks, I’ve produced a series of pieces examining the midterm races in the U.S. Senate, which — given the fact that the House of Representatives is universally understood to be staying in Republican hands — has represented the focal point of media coverage of the 2014 elections. Lost in the focus on the federal government, however, is the tremendous change that could be coming to the states in a year where nearly three-quarters of governors are either up for reelection or leaving office. What follows is a brief précis of the gubernatorial races to watch…
 
Move over Lois Lerner: Lawsuit Says IRS Destroying Evidence in Separate Case
Private lawsuits against the IRS are nothing new, but one claim against the tax-gathering agency should…
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Republicans More Informed Than Democrats, According to Pew Research
Few traits better characterize contemporary liberals than their false sense of intellectual superiority. …
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New Harvard Study: "A Troubling Divergence in the American Economy"
What elements of American society boost our international competitiveness, and which ones weaken us? …
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The Midterms in Prospect: The Senate (Part 4)
Over the past month, this column has presented analysis of this year’s U.S. Senate races by region.…
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New Fed Court Strikes Down Key ObamaCare Subsidy
This week, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that the IRS is violating the terms of ObamaCare by giving…
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Inversion: America Has Gone From Attracting Global Business to Penalizing It
Throughout our nation's history, Americans have taken justifiable pride in cultivating a domestic climate…
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The Midterms in Prospect: The Senate (Part 3)
Over the past two weeks, I’ve presented analysis of this year’s U.S. Senate races by region…
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Report: Obama Admin Can’t Say How Much It Spends To Promote ObamaCare
A new Government Accountability Office report says the primary agency charged with ObamaCare’s…
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A New Inconvenient Truth: Antarctic Ice Levels Reach Record High
For global warming alarmists, the inconvenient truths just keep accumulating.  The unintentional…
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The Midterms in Prospect: The Senate (Part 2)
Last week, I began a three-part series on this fall’s midterm races for the U.S. Senate, with each…
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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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