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Author: Pieter Vorster

Price-fixing Via Priority Vouchers

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Pieter Vorster

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) Program. The idea is to have a fast-track review – as short as one to two months compared to 10 to 12 on the usual timeline – for drugs that address one or more national priorities, such as pandemic preparedness, domestic manufacturing, national security, or serious unmet medical needs.

Source: American Action Forum

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How the Wealthy Live

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Pieter Vorster

Wealthy Americans work as much as or more than the less affluent ones. They are just as likely to have jobs, work nearly the same number of hours each week and maintain a similar number of working weeks throughout the year.

Source:  Discourse

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Tuesday Links

Posted on July 8, 2025July 7, 2025 by Pieter Vorster
  • As of 2021, the were 50 million slaves in the world. You can buy a Black woman in Sudan for $15.
  • Mary Anastasia O’Grady: Zohran Mamdani is just like Fidel Castro, Juan Perón and, Hugo Chávez. (WSJ)
  • Most “transgender” kids grow up to be gay. (WSJ)
  • Behind the latest jobs report:  Private-sector job creation was at a standstill in the majority of the economy.
  • CMS plans to increase payments to MA plans by more than double what the Biden administration proposed.
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Friday Links

Posted on March 21, 2025March 20, 2025 by Pieter Vorster
  • Of the world’s top pediatric hospitals, the United States claims more than a quarter – 28 percent.
  • American patients had access to 85% of all drugs launched between 2012 and 2021. Canadians had access to just 45% of the drugs launched in that same period.
  • A libertarian view of the proper role of public health.
  • Claim: Patient care at University Hospitals Cleveland is nearly 30% cheaper than the national average.
  • Obamacare fraud: 

Between January 2024 and August 2024, CMS fielded 90,863 “complaints that consumers had their [Exchange] plan changed without their consent,” and another 183,553 “complaints that consumers were enrolled in [Exchange] coverage without their consent.” That’s nearly 300,000 reports of fraudulent enrollment in eight months — and that’s just among the states using the federal Exchange.

  • How California money launders Medicaid funds: 

The state taxes Medicaid insurers and then makes higher payments to those same insurers with that tax revenue. The higher payments enable the state to claim additional federal matching dollars.

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