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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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A Conservative Christmas List
By Troy Senik
Thursday, December 09 2010
Dear President Obama,
 
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Notable Quote   
 
"The New York Times' Jeffery C. Mays set out on Saturday to rehabilitate Zohran Mamdani's image. Mamdani is the socialist front-runner for New York City's mayoral race. Mays' job was to make socialism sound respectable -- even harmless.According to Mays, it is 'derogatory' to call Mamdani a socialist -- even though that is what Mamdani is. If anything, this piece is a tacit admission that socialism…[more]
 
 
— Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
 
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