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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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Government-Run Health Care Plan Worse Than Anyone Imagined
By CFIF Staff
Thursday, July 16 2009
Democrats in the House of the Representatives this week introduced their long-anticipated plan to reform the nation’s health care system. Simply put, it is worse than anyone could have imagined. Euphemistically titled "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009," the 1,018-page bill is filled with massive tax hikes to be levied against individuals and small businesses. It expands on and creates brand new federal bureaucracies empowered with overseeing your family’s health care decisions – if not charged with making those decisions for you. And, according to Investor…
 
Like President, Like Nominee: Obama and Sotomayor Render Language Increasingly Meaningless
In his brief political prime, Barack Obama has already established new lows in the art of dishonesty.…
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“Dick Cheney Did It”
To understand what Dick Cheney allegedly did this time, one must first confront what Speaker of the House…
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If at First You Don’t Succeed, Spend and Spend Some More
Potomac Fever:  some would define it as a determination to share in the power and prestige of the…
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Obama Gets it Right in Ghana … Wrong in America
In the spirit of American meritocracy, even those of us who usually line up in opposition to President…
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The 15-Year Legal Farce Known as the Anna Nicole Smith Case May Finally Be Nearing Its End
Imagine a baseball game that appears almost over, but then goes into extra innings for almost 15 years.…
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It is one of the most iconic broken promises in politics: “Read my lips, no new taxes.”…
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Liberalism’s Long, Hot Summer
If you’re not on board with the agenda of the Democratic Party’s hard left, chances are you’ve…
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California’s Utopian Renewable Energy Mandates Already Threatening Power Shortages and Higher Utility Bills
If it’s true that “as California goes, so goes the nation,” Americans should be very…
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ObamaCare 101: How President Obama's Healthcare Reforms Will Impact Patients and Doctors
As the White House and Congress intensify their efforts to revamp the nation’s healthcare system…
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Update on the Anna Nicole Smith Case: the Long, Strange Two-Pronged Trip through Our Legal System Continues
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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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