Disintermediation
Publications
From Anchorage Daily Planet:
One way to do so is to tap into pharmacists’ knowledge and training. In a new study released jointly by the Goldwater Institute and the R Street Institute,…
To Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader McCarthy:
Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first biosimilar medicine in 2015, important progress has been…
WASHINGTON (Nov. 23, 2020)—As the United States grapples with how to improve health care access and affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new policy paper from the R Street Institute and…
Press release: States Must Expand Pharmacist Scope of Practice Laws
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The R Street Institute opposes S. 4613, a bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to prevent certain automated calls and to require notice of the availability of contact lens…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 30, 2020)—In recent years, the pharmacy access model has lowered healthcare costs and increased patient access to hormonal birth control. However, despite the positive changes it…
As legislators on both sides of the aisle have looked for ways to address high healthcare costs and access to providers, they have discovered what the medical community has known for years:…
As major pharmaceutical companies begin phase III trials for COVID-19 vaccines, some experts are optimistic that the United States will have an approved vaccine by early 2021. This is good news,…
BACKGROUND
In Massachusetts, nearly one-third of women of reproductive age use short-acting hormonal contraception such as transdermal patches, birth control injections or birth control pills. The…
Regulatory reformers know that, once protectionism is embedded in regulation, it is tough to weed it out. The latest example is the resurrected debate over patient rights to contact lens prescription…