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For all of the quality care it delivers, the U.S. health care system is one of the most dysfunctional sectors of the U.S. economy.  The government spends nearly 50 cents of every dollar spent on health care, most consumers are almost entirely insulated from the cost of their decisions, and employers decide what kind of health insurance their employees get.

But while the U.S. health care system begs for reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act only exacerbates all of the current problems, promising to devolve into a price-controlled system rationed and micromanaged by bureaucrats.

IPI believes there are much better options: reform the tax treatment of health insurance; remove the state and federal mandates and regulations that make coverage more expensive; pass medical liability reform; and promote policies that create value-conscious shoppers in the health care marketplace.

August 27, 2024

For Democrats, 'Freedom' is Just Another Word for Mandate

Convention speakers waxed eloquent on the freedom theme. But it was mostly a marketing ploy. They know Americans revere their God-given and constitutional freedoms and want to preserve them. So, Democrats are couching everything they want to do in the guise of freedom. 

August 13, 2024

Are You Ready for 'Kamalanomics?'

There are many as-yet unannounced policy positions, and you can be sure they all will give the government much more control over our choices and our lives. But Harris will likely stick to unoffensive platitudes as long as voters, and especially the media, don’t demand specifics. 

June 25, 2024

Biden's Immigrant Amnesty Scheme Will Cost Taxpayers Billions

Once legal, they will be eligible for certain benefits, including ObamaCare.

March 26, 2024

Autocrats Gonna Mandate: Health Insurance, Vaccines, EVs and More

It is a hallmark of the progressive mentality that if the public won’t do what progressives think best, they will use the power of government to force the public to do so.

March 5, 2024

Criminals Crank Up Their Counterfeit Drug-Making Efforts

Counterfeit prescription drugs used to be made mostly in other countries. But the revelation that people are buying pill presses domestically implies the fakes are increasingly being made in the U.S.

February 27, 2024

Counterfeit Drugs: Losing Your Life Instead of Your Weight

This fake-drug explosion could be a real threat to consumer safety. Patients need to take the FDA and WHO warnings seriously. 

January 16, 2024

Don't Impose New Fears on Old Vaccines

Because of the administration’s flip-flops and overreach in combating COVID, we may be seeing needless outbreaks of several children’s diseases.

January 5, 2024

Blame Washington for Drug Shortages

America is experiencing the worst shortage of prescription medicines in nearly a decade. Patients and their physicians are struggling to obtain more than 300 drugs, mostly generics.

December 12, 2023

When Government Goes Marching In, Innovation Marches Out

Biden doesn’t just target the pharmaceutical industry, he’s threatening any and every industry, academic institution and researcher that receives even a whiff of federal funding.

December 5, 2023

Trump's Right, ObamaCare Sucks: Here's Why

ObamaCare has failed to achieve any of President Barack Obama’s vaunted promises. As we approach the law’s 10-year anniversary let’s revisit some of its failed promises. 

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