Hill October 29, 2023
Charles Sauer, opinion contributor

President Biden’s war on drug prices is a prescription for shortages and fewer new and innovative drugs. To make matters worse, he keeps bragging about his populist reforms as if they are going to solve the problems with our healthcare system, the economy, the itch, the stitch, palsy and the gout. But he isn’t very convincing when he delivers the message, because his reasoning for passing bills changes depending on which audience he is talking to. His goal is merely to bask in the limelight of his populist agenda.

But his policies are going to have long-term consequences.

The problem is that populism is good for creating a message that will resonate, but creating public policy from that...

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