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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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Hawaii’s Charles Djou: The Next Scott Brown?
By Ashton Ellis
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Every Republican candidate running for a Democrat-held seat this election cycle is claiming to be the next Scott Brown.  While others might look the part, Hawaii’s Charles Djou appears to be the genuine article.  The Republican Djou is running in a special election scheduled for May 22nd to replace Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), a ten-term incumbent stepping down to run for governor.  Like Brown, the 39-year-old Djou is an energetic candidate pushing a message of fiscal responsibility and government accountability.  While winning Hawaii’s first congressional district…
 
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