The Politically-Motivated Assault On Medical Innovation - American Commitment

By Phil Kerpen
How do you survive politically when your party’s signature domestic policy achievement is failing to keep one of its central promises? Pass the blame, preferably to an industry most Americans already dislike.
That’s precisely what Democrats are doing when it comes to thefailure of Obamacare to contain costs. On their side are the insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmaceutical benefit managers that benefit from Obamacare who have organized under the banner of the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) and launched a sophisticated political campaign to scapegoat drug companies. If they succeed, not only will Democrats avoid political accountability for their bad law, but the stage will be set for expanding the intrusive power of government into the pharmaceutical sector with predictably disastrous consequences.
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