by Dan Mitchell | Sep 25, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
Last November, I criticized Nancy Pelosi’s scheme to impose European-style price controls on pharmaceutical drugs in the United States. I wasn’t the only one who objected to Pelosi’s reckless idea. We have forty centuries of experience demonstrating that price...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Sep 24, 2020 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Townhall on September 23, 2020. For a long time, other nations have been free riders on America’s innovative pharmaceutical industry. Worse, they have enacted socialist price controls to limit what they pay knowing that the largest market would...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 23, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
I’ve shared many videos (here, here, here, here, here, and here) explaining how government has made America’s health system expensive and inefficient. I especially recommend my 2019 speech to the European Resource Bank. Now let’s add this video to our collection. One...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 27, 2020 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Inside Sources on August 26, 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 is putting a spotlight on healthcare in the United States. In recent months, many people avoided going to the doctor or postponed necessary care to avoid coming into contact with the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Even though Joe Biden has embraced a very left-wing agenda, I suspect many of the items on his wish list are designed to placate Bernie-type activists who have considerable influence in the Democratic Party. As such, I don’t think Biden will push “Medicare for All” if...
