AAF’s Director of Health Care Policy Christopher Holt identifies three key areas of the health care debate that President Trump should discuss in his State of the Union address tonight. A summary:

• The 800-pound gorilla—entitlement reform: Health care entitlements will run out of money—at the expense of those who rely on them—unless critical reforms are enacted.
• Drug pricing and the cost of innovation: “The long-term budget implications of medical innovation are profound, but to pretend that we can reap the rewards of medical innovation without paying the costs is disingenuous.”
• The specter of single-payer: Many on the left have prioritized implementing a single-payer system, and “policymakers, and especially proponents of the market, should lean into this debate.”

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