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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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10 Things You Won’t Hear in Obama’s State of the Union
By Troy Senik
Thursday, January 20 2011
On Tuesday, President Obama makes the long journey to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue for his annual State of the Union address. With the President trying to find his political footing after a sharp rejection in the midterm elections, economic worries still on the nation’s mind and the specter of the 2012 presidential election lingering in the distance, the evening will present a sterling opportunity for the Commander-in-Chief to turn over a new leaf.
 
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Can’t Blame Sarah Palin? Just “Blame the Guns”
The campaign to scapegoat Sarah Palin for Saturday’s murders in Tucson collapsed quicker than Michael…
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California Governor Jerry Brown’s budget cutting proposals are exciting howls from his liberal…
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Chinese-North Korean Axis Heightening Need for U.S. Missile Defense Shield
During his recent trip to Beijing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared that North Korea is no more…
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The Menace Abroad: Foreign Policy Threats to Watch in 2011
As 2010 recedes into memory and 2011 begins to take center stage, America continues a long and bizarre…
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Just the Facts: Liberals Spread Others’ Wealth Around, Conservatives Spread Their Own
“When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”  So lectured aspiring…
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"Federal prosecutors gathered evidence from James Comey's top lieutenants that he authorized the leak of classified information to reporters just before the 2016 election but declined to bring criminal charges, according to recently declassified memos that call into question the former FBI director's testimony to Congress.The bombshell revelations involving ex-FBI general counsel James Baker and ex…[more]
 
 
— John Solomon and Jerry Dunleavy, Just the News
 
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