by susuguo | Jul 31, 2023
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota recently introduced legislation called the SMART Prices Act, short for Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer Prices. Unfortunately, her cleverly named proposal isn’t “smart” at all. In fact, by accelerating and...
by susuguo | Jun 29, 2023
By Thomas Philipson America’s largest pharmaceutical companies continue to sound the alarm about last year’s Inflation Reduction Act. In late May, Novartis announced that it had already dropped some early-stage cancer drugs because of Medicare’s new power to dictate...
by susuguo | Jun 25, 2023
By Tomas J. Philipson Everyone wants to keep Medicare on solid financial footing. But getting agreement on how to go about it is a challenge, especially with power divided in Washington. Several drugmakers have now filed lawsuits against the Department of Health and...
