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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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Holder’s Fast and Furious Sideshow Helps Obama Keep Liberals From Bolting
By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, December 14 2011
Every circus needs a clown.  With President Barack Obama’s campaign machine getting ready to kick into high gear, the Washington punditry is speculating that despite his comically disastrous tenure as U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder is in no danger of being fired.  The reason is simple: Obama needs to please his liberal base by keeping its favorite Cabinet official on the payroll.  It’s a good thing the left demands laugh lines instead of results.  During testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week about his role in the Fast and Furious scandal…
 
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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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