Stop funneling more money toward failing Affordable Care Act
 
Detroit News | Sally Pipes
July 20, 2022

Democrats in Congress are scrambling to extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies signed into law by President Biden last year as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.

It’s no mystery why. If lawmakers allow these premium tax credits to expire — as they’re set to at the end of this year — millions of Americans will see the cost of coverage on Obamacare’s exchanges surge.


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Congress: To prevent addiction, empower physicians and patients to choose non-opioids
 
The Hill | Henry Miller
July 18, 2022

Every month, it seems, the United States smashes another unenviable record when it comes to drug addiction and overdose statistics. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the latest data show a jaw-dropping 108,000 overdose deaths in 2021. America’s families and communities are reeling — and the federal government needs to help.


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Drug Price Controls Are Not the Solution to Another Bad Inflation Report
 
Right by the Bay | Wayne Winegarden
July 19, 2022

The July 13^th report on consumer price inflation (CPI-U) confirmed what we all already knew – prices have become unaffordable. Consumer price inflation rose 9.1 percent over the last year, which is the fastest inflation rate in 40+ years. The impetus for this current bout of inflation is not mysterious.


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It's Time To Cure The FDA's Regulatory Sclerosis
 
Forbes | Sally Pipes
July 18, 2022

Late last month, the Food and Drug Administration advised COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to develop booster shots aimed at the omicron variant of the virus. Regulators hope the shots will be ready by the fall.

That will probably be too late to stop BA.5, the highly transmissible subvariant that has quickly become the dominant strain in the United States.


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