All Posts Tagged With: "prescription drug prices"
The New Drug War
Seeking to combine the failures of the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty, the U.S. government has now embarked on the War on (Expensive) Prescription Drugs. You see, grannies crossing the northern border in search of cheaper prescription drugs are causing fits at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). U.S. District Judge Claire [...]
1Apr2004 | Adam B. Summers | 1 comment | ContinuedHealth-Care Demagogues
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books. The Bush administration seems ready to push Medicare reform, and Republican legislators are committed to creating a pharmaceutical benefit. The congressional hopper is sure to fill with bills attacking the pharmaceutical industry and [...]
1May2003 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedPrescription Drugs and Advertising
In the continuing debate over the prices of prescription drugs, Ellen Goodman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, believes she has found the real answer to why many drugs are so expensive. The culprit, she says, is advertising, and lots of it. She writes: “Pharmaceutical companies tell us that the cost [of drugs] is connected to research [...]
1Mar2002 | William L. Anderson | 0 comments | ContinuedDemonizing Drug Makers
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books. The pharmaceutical industry is under siege. Congress is considering various measures to control drug prices and use. More than 40 states are debating proposals to do the same. Demonstrators around the world are [...]
1Sep2001 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedEat, Drink and Be Merry: America’s Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts Are Wrong by Dean Edell, M.D.
Quill • 2000 • 347 pages • $14.00 paperback Dr. Dean Edell is the host of a widely syndicated radio program. He has distinguished himself in the medical communication profession by providing sound and unbiased medical advice; exposing sloppy, irresponsible, and dangerous health reporting; revealing the downfalls of government regulation; and crusading against the politicization [...]
1Feb2001 | Charles Stampul | 0 comments | ContinuedBipartisan Drug Entitlement
Washington came close to wrecking the U.S. health-care system in 1994. Only resolute resistance to the Clinton administration’s proposal to take over American medicine prevented this nation from proceeding down the disastrous path of nationalized care prevalent around the world. Although defeated in his attempt to gulp down the health-care system, President Clinton has succeeded [...]
1Sep2000 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | Continued-
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