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This Week in Waste – October 31, 2025

10/31/2025 Grigory Menshikov

Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing is Next Step for 340B Reform The […]

Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Obamacare, Pharmaceuticals

Bad Policies Are Being Proposed by HHS Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra

12/12/2020 Elizabeth Wright

The first clue that Joe Biden, the presumptive 46th President of the United States, was choosing someone he did not know well as his nominee for secretary of HHS was when he mispronounced his name and incorrectly named the agency he would direct.

CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid

Bidencare: A Straight Line to Government-Run Healthcare

10/28/2020 Elizabeth Wright

Former Vice President Biden argued in his recent debate with President Trump that he does not want “Medicare for All” but wants “Bidencare” where a public option would be added to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).  But that’s a straight line to government-run healthcare.

Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, Biosimilars, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Pharmaceuticals

The Fourth Circuit Was Right to Reject Price Controls for Generic Drugs

04/23/2018 Elizabeth Wright

This prudent decision will send a strong message to other state legislatures across the country not to pursue similar legislation.

CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Obamacare

CMMI is Neither Centered nor Innovative

11/17/2016 Elizabeth Wright

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) sounds like it should be involved in ground-breaking, state-of-the-art healthcare projects and programs.  However, the center was created in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, which in and of itself raises red flags. CMMI is run by the Centers for Medicare […]

CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Obamacare

Obamacare Further Immerses Itself Between Doctor and Patient

03/11/2016 Elizabeth Wright

Citizens Against Government Waste’s February Waste Watcher, “Obamacare’s Cerberus,” discussed concerns with three organizations created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. They are the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI), the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI.) All have the capability to develop into government rationing boards.

CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Obamacare

Obamacare’s Cerberus

02/18/2016 Elizabeth Wright

In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was signed into law.  The debate over controversial Obamacare initiatives is ongoing, particularly whether the law will lead to rationing and price-controls that are seen in single-payer or government-run healthcare systems.

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