FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Ramirez Cartoon: Drug Price Control Poison
The history of government price-control policies that seek to impose price ceilings on goods and services…
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Ramirez Cartoon: Drug Price Control Poison

The history of government price-control policies that seek to impose price ceilings on goods and services is both long and replete with failure. That’s because price controls discourage innovation and investment, and lead to shortages in the marketplace, among other unintended consequences.

No targeted industry is immune from the predictable negative impacts of prices controls – not even prescription drugs, which seem to be a primary target in the price-control crosshairs of policymakers at all levels of government.

In his latest cartoon, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez sums up the negative consequences of prescription drug price control policies – whether they take the form of direct price caps, “negotiated” Medicare and other prices, or Most Favored Nation…[more]

May 28, 2025 • 01:05 PM
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Home Press Room CFIF Supports Shoring Up Investment in Opportunity Zones and the Strengthening Benefit Plans Act of 2025
CFIF Supports Shoring Up Investment in Opportunity Zones and the Strengthening Benefit Plans Act of 2025 Print
Monday, June 30 2025

Urges Yes Vote for Inclusion in One Big Beautiful Bill Act 

WASHINGTON, DC – The Center for Individual Freedom (“CFIF”) today commends Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) for filing an amendment to the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that would shore up investment in opportunity zones across the country and to approve his Strengthening Benefit Plans Act of 2025 legislation.  CFIF urges all U.S. Senators to vote yes.  

In addition to restoring the eligibility threshold for opportunity zones, the amendment would permit some surplus from overfunded 401(H) retiree pension accounts to be used to help pay for and expand healthcare programs for active employees. 

"Allowing businesses to use surplus funds from overfunded 401(h) accounts to support and expand healthcare programs for existing employees is commonsense policy that is good for both employers and employees," said CFIF President Jeffrey Mazzella. "CFIF urges all U.S. Senators to vote yes on Senator Scott’s amendment, which restores the eligibility threshold for opportunity zones and protects both retiree obligations and benefits for existing workers."

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