The Answer to High Drug Prices is More Drugs, Faster
<p><strong>In 2013, a new hepatitis C treatment cost $84,000. In 2014, a newer treatment led to discounting up to 46%.</strong></p>
View ArticleA Cancer 'Moonshot' Needs Big Data
<p><strong>Analyzing vast genetic and clinical data from hospitals and doctors would lead to revolutionary advances.</strong></p>
View ArticleStreamlining Medicine and Saving Lives
<p><strong>The Senate has a chance to cut regulation and promote medical innovation.</strong></p>
View ArticleWant to Really Speed up Cancer Research? Start Sharing More Data.
<p>Napster founder and Facebook investor <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2016/04/13/sean-parker-cancer-questions/" target="_blank">Sean Parker</a> recently <a...
View ArticleFor Medical Miracles, Empower Drug Companies - Don't Vilify Them
<p dir="ltr">"We can do virtually anything," Vice President <span data-behavior="rolloverpeople"><a data-nid="188332" href="http://thehill.com/people/joe-biden">Joe...
View ArticleFormer Senator Tom Coburn Joins Manhattan Institute as Senior Fellow
<p><strong>Coburn to continue work toward delivering new cures and technologies to patients</strong></p>
View ArticleThe Promise of President Trump: Tom Coburn
<p itemprop="description">‘Fixing what is broken in Washington is not hard if your own political future is not your primary concern.’</p>
View ArticleLet States Lead on Obamacare
<p>Trump’s team has the tools to spark a 50-state health care revolution.</p>
View ArticleBack to the Drawing Board on Health Care
Republicans need to focus on the industry’s biggest problem: its lack of competition and transparency. Back to the Drawing Board on Health Care
View ArticleMI Responds: Scott Gottlieb Confirmed as FDA Commissioner
<p>I applaud both President Trump and the U.S. Senate on the confirmation of Dr. Scott Gottlieb as FDA Commissioner. At a time of both unprecedented scientific opportunity and rapidly evolving...
View ArticleThe Best Deal for American Patients Is Faster Innovation, and Smarter...
<p>Democrats have made drug prices a pillar of their “Better Deal” for the American people. But as has become routine of the party’s leadership under Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, their plan...
View ArticleEliminate Government Incentives to Overprescribe Opioids
<p>Government regulations and industry practices have played a large part in creating the crisis.</p>
View ArticleMI Responds: Ohio Votes Down Government-Mandated Drug Prices
<p>By voting “no” on Issue 2, the people of Ohio have sent a clear and powerful message – lower drug prices can’t be mandated by government fiat.
View ArticleGet Government Out and Let Markets Work in Health Care
<p>Ask the average American what he thinks about health care costs, and he’ll tell you a few things.
View ArticleMaking Medicine Affordable Is Simple
<p><strong>Many of the recommendations offered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine aim at increasing competition by regulating pharmaceutical companies even...
View ArticleFree Market, Better Medicine
<p><strong>The solution to our drug pricing problem involves less government, more transparency.</strong></p>
View ArticleBolton Right Choice on National Security
<p>The president’s decision to appoint John Bolton as his national security adviser reflects an understanding of the critical lessons of history, and the Bolton designation will greatly reduce...
View ArticleShop Around for Surgery? Colorado May Soon Encourage It
<p>Mandating that medical providers post prices would create competition and lower costs all around.</p>
View ArticleWe Should Pay Teachers Better, but Tax Increases Without Oversight Won't Work
<p>I have read with interest and reflection the <a...
View ArticlePrice Transparency Key to Saving Medicare and Lowering the Debt
<p>Entitlement spending grabbed headlines last week, with the news that Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will become insolvent by 2026, three years earlier than previously projected.
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