Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Senate Budget Deal Benefits Insurers at the Expense of Sick Seniors
On Wednesday, the Senate announced its two-year budget deal. It contains a healthcare provision that many are touting as a victory for seniors. The reform aims to close the so-called “donut hole” coverage gap in the Medicare Part D drug benefit by shifting more of the program’s costs to drug companies. But ...
Commentary
Trump Already Making Progress on Making Prescription Drugs Affordable
During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Trump pledged to drive down drug prices. That’s a worthy goal. And fortunately, the Trump administration is already pursuing it in a way that protects patients and encourages research and development. Many of the strategies that candidate Trump proposed on the campaign ...
Commentary
Bernie Sanders Puts Lipstick on the ‘Medicare for all’ Pig
In late January, more than a million Americans watched an online town hall hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The topic? “Medicare for All.” No mainstream network would carry the event. Predictably, the event was more of a pep rally for socialized medicine than a serious discussion of healthcare policy. Over the ...
Commentary
Has Obamacare Turned Uncle Sam into a Drug Dealer?
Obamacare is fueling the opioid epidemic. That’s according to an explosive new report from the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The health law expanded Medicaid coverage to millions of childless, able-bodied adults. Some of them have used their free coverage to obtain prescriptions for powerful opioids, which they have then sold ...
Commentary
God Save The Queen’s Health Care System
On Jan. 23, Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hosted an online town hall to promote “Medicare for All.” Over 1 million people tuned in to watch Vermont’s junior senator tout his single-payer plan, which he promised would “guarantee care for all Americans.” His pledge is about as sound as a Venezuelan ...
California
California Can’t Afford Single-Payer Health Care Fantasy
A civil war is brewing within California’s Democratic party. Progressives — led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the frontrunner for governor, and the politically powerful California Nurses Association — plan to fight for a single-payer healthcare system this year. Their more moderate rivals — among them Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon ...
Commentary
The Flu Is Grinding Down British Healthcare To A Halt
British health officials are in crisis mode. They just ordered all hospitals to cancel non-urgent surgeries through the end of January — an estimated 55,000 procedures. At least 20 hospitals have declared that they are unable to adequately care for patients and warned that “safety may be compromised.” The cause ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes in Wall Street Journal: Single-Payer Health Care Isn’t Worth Waiting For
When Brian Day opened the Cambie Surgery Centre in 1996, he had a simple goal. Dr. Day, an orthopedic surgeon from Vancouver, British Columbia, wanted to provide timely, state-of-the-art medical care to Canadians who were unwilling to wait months—even years—for surgery they needed. Canada’s single-payer health-care system, known as Medicare, ...
Commentary
Trump’s AHP Rule Makes Health Care Affordable Again
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor proposed a rule that could dramatically expand access to affordable health insurance. The rule would empower small businesses and self-employed individuals to band together to purchase coverage through “association health plans” or AHPs. They are exempt from many of Obamacare’s mandates, which have ...
Commentary
Free Marketers Should Use 2018 To Lay The Foundation For Medicare Reform
Earlier this month, President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and other senior Republicans huddled at Camp David to plan the party’s 2018 legislative agenda. Speaker Ryan argued for reforming Medicare. That “is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” he said. He’s right. Unfortunately, ...
Senate Budget Deal Benefits Insurers at the Expense of Sick Seniors
On Wednesday, the Senate announced its two-year budget deal. It contains a healthcare provision that many are touting as a victory for seniors. The reform aims to close the so-called “donut hole” coverage gap in the Medicare Part D drug benefit by shifting more of the program’s costs to drug companies. But ...
Trump Already Making Progress on Making Prescription Drugs Affordable
During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Trump pledged to drive down drug prices. That’s a worthy goal. And fortunately, the Trump administration is already pursuing it in a way that protects patients and encourages research and development. Many of the strategies that candidate Trump proposed on the campaign ...
Bernie Sanders Puts Lipstick on the ‘Medicare for all’ Pig
In late January, more than a million Americans watched an online town hall hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The topic? “Medicare for All.” No mainstream network would carry the event. Predictably, the event was more of a pep rally for socialized medicine than a serious discussion of healthcare policy. Over the ...
Has Obamacare Turned Uncle Sam into a Drug Dealer?
Obamacare is fueling the opioid epidemic. That’s according to an explosive new report from the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The health law expanded Medicaid coverage to millions of childless, able-bodied adults. Some of them have used their free coverage to obtain prescriptions for powerful opioids, which they have then sold ...
God Save The Queen’s Health Care System
On Jan. 23, Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hosted an online town hall to promote “Medicare for All.” Over 1 million people tuned in to watch Vermont’s junior senator tout his single-payer plan, which he promised would “guarantee care for all Americans.” His pledge is about as sound as a Venezuelan ...
California Can’t Afford Single-Payer Health Care Fantasy
A civil war is brewing within California’s Democratic party. Progressives — led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the frontrunner for governor, and the politically powerful California Nurses Association — plan to fight for a single-payer healthcare system this year. Their more moderate rivals — among them Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon ...
The Flu Is Grinding Down British Healthcare To A Halt
British health officials are in crisis mode. They just ordered all hospitals to cancel non-urgent surgeries through the end of January — an estimated 55,000 procedures. At least 20 hospitals have declared that they are unable to adequately care for patients and warned that “safety may be compromised.” The cause ...
Sally Pipes in Wall Street Journal: Single-Payer Health Care Isn’t Worth Waiting For
When Brian Day opened the Cambie Surgery Centre in 1996, he had a simple goal. Dr. Day, an orthopedic surgeon from Vancouver, British Columbia, wanted to provide timely, state-of-the-art medical care to Canadians who were unwilling to wait months—even years—for surgery they needed. Canada’s single-payer health-care system, known as Medicare, ...
Trump’s AHP Rule Makes Health Care Affordable Again
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor proposed a rule that could dramatically expand access to affordable health insurance. The rule would empower small businesses and self-employed individuals to band together to purchase coverage through “association health plans” or AHPs. They are exempt from many of Obamacare’s mandates, which have ...
Free Marketers Should Use 2018 To Lay The Foundation For Medicare Reform
Earlier this month, President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and other senior Republicans huddled at Camp David to plan the party’s 2018 legislative agenda. Speaker Ryan argued for reforming Medicare. That “is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” he said. He’s right. Unfortunately, ...
