In recent years, drug prices have risen faster than inflation. Politicians are blaming this on businesses known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and, not surprisingly, are moving against PBMs with legislation. Yet the legislation will only make drug prices rise…
This Thursday, the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to advance the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act. The brainchild of Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), its purported aim is to reduce health care costs. But history…
Why is the Left in such a fit of pique over the transporting of illegal aliens from Arizona, Florida, and Texas to sanctuary cities? While sending illegals to places like New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Martha’s Vineyard must…
Major League Baseball (MLB) should be experiencing a banner year in 2022, what with the worst of the pandemic behind us and nearly half of the teams entering September with a legitimate shot at the postseason. Despite that, attendance is…
Exactly what Elon Musk will do with Twitter is currently a bit murky. However, what’s clear from Musk’s efforts to buy the company is that conservatives should stop pushing to regulate social media sites as public utilities. Some conservatives argue…
Journalists have many methods for hyping a story. Two of the more unsavory are burying inconvenient facts or omitting them altogether. ProPublica recently employed both. In an article titled “Overwhelmed Hospitals Face a New Crisis: Staffing Firms Are Cutting Their…
Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor, is a mess. State governments have long gamed the program to maximize the funding they get from federal taxpayers. The Trump Administration has proposed a new regulation, the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability…
As the reelection of Donald Trump becomes increasingly likely, the Never Trumpers on the political right have found new favorite outdoor sports: cherry-picking and goal-post shifting. The latest practitioner is National Review’s Kevin Williamson. Before I go any further, I…
Earlier this year Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) proposed the “Lower Health Care Costs Act,” which purports to protect patients from surprise medical bills. In reality, it is a price-fixing scheme that would incentivize insurers to drop…
Most industrialized nations other than the U.S. impose price-control regimes on prescription drugs. As a result, patients in those countries have less access to newer medicines and lifesaving benefits than patients in America. Unfortunately, if Speaker Nancy Pelosi has her…