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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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Obama Admin Finally Upholds the Rule of Law
By Ashton Ellis
Tuesday, September 17 2013
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Special ObamaCare Subsidies for Unions Might Be Next
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In Syria, An Invitation for Disappointment
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MLK, Obama, Biden and the Miniaturization of Language
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Notable Quote   
 
"Billy Joel says 'it's always been a matter of trust.' That could not be more relevant today when it comes to money. Trust is the intangible factor that allows money to move and economies to succeed. When it erodes, as it did in 2008, balance sheets can melt before our very eyes.So why are we now trying to create a financial system[ ] with less trust?The growth of digital assets, the passage of the…[more]
 
 
— Thomas P. Vartanian, Executive Director of the Financial Technology and Cybersecurity Center
 
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