The Center Square: As Democrats seek government control over prescription drugs, critics warn of consequences

Americans For Prosperity, a grassroots advocacy organization opposed to the plan, argues it would lead to drug rationing and stifle the development of new drugs in the future.

AFP spokesman Geoff Holtzman told The Center Square, “A rationing scheme like H.R. 3 that lets the government tell patients what medications they can take is the wrong prescription to bring down the cost of drugs. Instead of putting government in control of our medicine cabinets, Congress should give Americans a personal option that increases competition and cuts the red tape that makes drugs expensive to begin with.”

Lawmakers should instead support a personal option that expands access to affordable medications through increasing competition and choice, and promotes innovation. The personal option, a bottom-up alternative to a government takeover of health care, would reduce drug prices while boosting access to medication, AFP argues.

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