To be clear -- I don't agree with even most of what the CATO Institute regularly puts out, but the authors are right about this incompetent government abomination. All it will do. . . is drive up what people without insurance in the US must pay:
. . .This evening. . . President Trump announced the launch of TrumpRx, the government-run direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug purchasing platform. Essentially, TrumpRx will act less as a pharmacy and more as a portal directing patients to manufacturers’ cash-price sales platforms negotiated by the administration. . . .
The problem isn’t the DTC model. It’s the assumption that the federal government needs to run it. A growing private marketplace already exists, including platforms such as Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company, Amazon Pharmacy, and GoodRx, as well as pharmaceutical manufacturers that sell directly to patients through their own websites. . . .
Injecting government into this space risks crowding out private innovation and inviting the familiar problems of political favoritism, coercion, and regulatory corruption. Some lawmakers are raising concerns about conflicts of interest, transparency, and whether the platform’s structure could violate federal anti-kickback rules -- especially given its reliance on partnerships with drugmakers and its connections to existing online pharmacy and telehealth fulfillment channels. . . .
Now you know -- and how is it, exactly -- that the federal government has been "gifted" the GoodRx.com source code for this supposedly ".gov" website? How, indeed -- Mr. Trump?!
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Thanks, man! Excellent stuff -- keep up the good fight! Namaste....
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