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House E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing on Healthcare Affordability Offers Opportunity to Advance Real Reform

Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee holds a hearing entitled "Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain" that offers another opportunity to advance substantive reform.

CFIF applauds the Committee, and members Brett Guthrie (R - Kentucky) and Morgan Griffith (R - Virginia), for their collective efforts on this issue of affordability.  In that effort, we also continue our own effort to emphasize the importance of avoiding destructive government price controls, which only serve to make lifesaving pharmaceuticals less available to Americans, not more available.  It's also critical to maintain focus on ongoing reform in the pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) arena, which actually can bring improvement, as we've consistently…[more]

February 11, 2026 • 09:54 AM

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“Operation Choke Point” Breathing Its Dying Breaths
By Timothy H. Lee
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Notable Quote   
 
"As the U.S. and allies continue strikes on Iran, Chinese leaders watch from Beijing as the leadership of their second major partner this year is being decapitated under a military onslaught.When President Donald Trump took office for the second time last year, he faced a more closely aligned 'axis' of adversaries that, during the four-year Biden administration, had been clustered closer together…[more]
 
 
— Steven Richards, Just the News
 
Liberty Poll   

Many military experts believe that "boots on the ground" will be required to neuter Iran's destructive demeanor. Would you approve or disapprove of that step?