By using a flawed measure of prescription drug costs, CMS failed to tackle high-priced medicines.
Health Care
Americans deserve a health care system that provides universal—and universally affordable—coverage for today’s Americans, and a fiscally sustainable system for the generations to come. All Americans should have the freedom to choose among a wide variety of plans that suit their needs. Taxpayer-funded subsidies should be reserved for the poor, the sick and the vulnerable—not the wealthy. Enabling competition and curtailing the power of health care monopolies will lower patients’ costs and increase innovation in patient care.
All Health Care
U.S. hospital spending ranks 3rd highest among 32 WIHI countries, despite its relatively low use of inpatient care.
For the third straight year, Switzerland’s system of universal private health insurance took the top spot.
Denmark’s socialized health care system is supplemented by an innovative, consumer-driven approach to prescription drug prices.
The dimensions, elements, & measures we used to rank 32 high-income national healthcare systems.
Not all R&D spending by the pharmaceutical industry is equally productive. Small companies develop most new medicines.
The Biden administration fulfilled a promise to extend health insurance coverage to family members of individuals offered expensive health insurance through an employer. Despite its benefits the proposed rule comes with several potential problems.
The FDA should approve more drugs faster, but we should stop forcing Medicare to pay for cost-ineffective drugs.