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What other newspapers are saying: Drug prices too great a burden

The White House has proposed good and bad ideas to reduce drug costs. Among the better ones is a reform of the obscure 340B drug program, which enriches large hospitals at the expense of patients. Cue the protests from the hospital lobby. The 340B program is a classic example of a well-intended policy that has caused unintended harm. Congress established the program in 1992 to help hospitals that disproportionately serve Medicaid and low-income patients. Such hospitals are allowed to buy outpatient drugs at steeply discounted rates, on average about 45% of a drug’s list ...

Accountability necessary component of principles

A week ago, the Sun-Gazette published an op-ed column by the CEO and president of Spotlight PA — an op-ed column we feel it is important for voters to reflect upon. “Since its founding, Spotlight PA has directly saved taxpayers more than $20 million through its investigations,” ...

Housing market needs regulatory reform

According to a report in last weekend’s business section of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, tenants in manufactured homes are concerned about the pace at which the state Legislature is debating legislation to address the rent increases with which they are contending. According to The Center ...

What other newspapers are saying: America’s history mustn’t be whitewashed

It’s not easy, but please look at the photograph accompanying this editorial. It shows a formerly enslaved man in Louisiana displaying whipping scars on his back during the Civil War. Made in May 1863 and widely published two months later, it presented gruesome evidence of slavery’s inhumanity for countless Americans who didn’t necessarily comprehend it before. It has been credited with helping coalesce support for the defeat of the Confederacy and ultimately ending slavery. More than 160 years later, the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see it. Bowing to President ...

State’s mismanagement worrisome for business climate

Since June 30, the Sun-Gazette has featured at least 40 articles about businesses in our local communities. From mixed martial arts studios to furniture production, from convenience stores to photography studios, from bakeries to fishing-lure craftsmanship, from car dealerships to coffee ...

Children have right of way — not motorists

Right-thinking people of Pennsylvania have to be wondering whether the study associated with obtaining a driver’s license in this state has begun being regarded as something that doesn’t really matter — that the information presented is part of a lame exercise worthy of being forgotten quickly. Does Pennsylvania really have so many drivers who don’t know what blinking red lights on a school bus mean? Then there’s the obvious follow-up question: Does Pennsylvania really have so many drivers ignorant of the potential costs associated with the illegal practice — in human life ...