In our latest Liberty Update, CFIF highlights the debut of the "Most Favored Patient" initiative, which…
CFIF on X CFIF on YouTube
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

Liberty Update

CFIFs latest news, commentary and alerts delivered to your inbox.
Barack Obama, Bubble Boy
By Troy Senik
Thursday, October 04 2012
Parents with the good sense to resist the hysterical impulses of modern child-rearing – where the young are handled with a delicacy previously reserved for antique porcelain – have long understood a counterintuitive fact: Kids who get filthy, run around outdoors and even eat the occasional serving of dirt tend to have fewer health issues over the long run. The reason: because the constant exposure to adverse circumstances boosts immunity. And as Barack Obama proved in Wednesday night’s presidential debate, the same principle holds true for politicians. Obama, it must be…
 
Unscrupulous: Obama Administration Instructs Employers to Ignore Federal Layoff Warning Law
Imagine for a moment the uproar if a Republican administration colluded with big businesses to disregard…
Read more...
USDA’s “New Era of Civil Rights” Costing Taxpayers Billions
The latest billion-dollar giveaway for unproven discrimination at the United States Department of Agriculture…
Read more...
 
Obama’s Racialism Harms Heroic FDNY
The Daily Caller story this week on then-candidate Barack Obama making racially charged statements in…
Read more...
Small Business Shock: 55% Would Not Start a Business in Obama’s Economic Climate
“The data paints a bleak picture, with a majority of respondents saying in the last three years…
Read more...
 
Vote Fraud Threatens This Year’s Elections
If this election is a close one, it could well be stolen by what would otherwise be the losing side.…
Read more...
AARP’s $2.8 Billion Medigap Windfall from ObamaCare Hurts Seniors
Faced with a choice between saving seniors money or reaping a $2.8 billion windfall, AARP traded the…
Read more...
 
Millions Flee California’s Predatory Liberalism
In their masterful book, “Why Nations Fail: the Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,”…
Read more...
CFIF Scores Legal Victory Against Campaign Finance Regulations, Vindicating First Amendment
Imagine the following harrowing scenario.  You’re an ordinary citizen.  You live in…
Read more...
 
If ObamaCare Is a Tax, Did It Violate the Origination Clause?
This summer, five justices on the United States Supreme Court rewrote ObamaCare to say that its individual…
Read more...
AGs: States’ Sovereignty Advances Liberty
The Center for Individual Freedom’s “State Sovereignty Project” is being…
Read more...
Notable Quote   
 
"Following President Pen-And-Phone and President Autopen, President Donald Trump is also making use of the White House quill. But his directives have tended to be more practical than political. For instance, last week he issued an executive order banning employee collective bargaining at a number of federal agencies.The American people should be grateful that he's willing to take on the bureaucracy…[more]
 
 
— Issues & Insights Editorial Board
 
Liberty Poll   

The Vlad Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un parade and frontyard barbecue was meant to scare you. Did it?