LPA Foundation

Issues Forum: Health Care

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Donald Trump on Policy – An Overview

April 1, 2016

Who is Donald Trump? Right now he is the GOP’s front runner. He is a businessman. He has been a reality TV host. He has been in the news for years, and he is news today. But what does a Donald Trump policy agenda look like? It is unclear. First, a look at his campaign […]

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Health Care

Health Care

Drug Importation Equals Unsafe Drugs, Mr. Trump

March 17, 2016

American politicians have been promising for years they could lower the price of prescription drugs by allowing imports from abroad.  Federal legislation has fizzed as politicians and the American people wisely concluded the risks are definitely not worth any savings. Republican candidate Donald Trump has not read this history and therefore appears doomed to repeat […]

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Health Care

Health Care

Donald Trump On Drugs

March 16, 2016

In last Thursday’s Republican presidential primary debate in Florida, Donald Trump made the curious assertion that Medicare does not “bid out” prescription drugs, before moving on to a similar assertion about military procurement. As with all thing related to whatever “Trumpcare” would look like if he were President, this statement requires some effort to decipher. […]

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Health Care

Health Care

Bipartisan Agreement To Destroy Medicare As We Know It, But Not Quickly Enough

March 9, 2016

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services announced by it had beat its target of tying 30% of Medicare Part A and B payments to “quality of care rather than quantity of services.” That goal was initially set for the end of 2016, but was actually achieved in January. Initially, this was a […]

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Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

GOP Candidates Lacking in Good Free-Market Health Plans

March 4, 2016

Last year, Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner published an e-book, “Overcoming Obamacare: Three Approaches to Reversing the Government Takeover of Health Care,” that sheds some light on what conservatives are thinking about how to replace Obamacare. In his book, Klein argues that the main difference between the most common Obamacare alternatives is how much their […]

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