Keep Government Out of Your Medicine Cabinet!

Price Control will deny patients access to life-saving prescription drugs

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Dear Lawmaker:

Please do not support the House language for the Omnibus Commerce bill that mandates disastrous government price controls on the prescription drugs patients depend on.

Government price controls typically culminate in government rationing, which harms patients. Even when the government purchases or reimburses for a product, the price can and should be determined by market forces rather than government fiat. When drug makers are disincentivized to produce or create new drugs, patients end up having less access to them.

This bill is also unethical to the extent that it violates private property rights. Health care and medical device technology are important industries in Minnesota, and this bill will not only inhibit long-term advancements and innovations but directly cost the state jobs and economic output.

This so-called “drug price affordability board” will only serve as a mechanism for imposing price controls indirectly and incrementally. But whether direct or indirect, the result will be the same – less medical innovation leading to fewer cures and therapies and inevitable healthcare shortages and reductions in both access and quality of care for American patients.

The board will end up being nothing more than a buffer or scapegoat to protect politicians from the negative consequences of their decisions.

Please ensure that price control language is removed from the final compromise report in the Commerce conference committee!

Sincerely,

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