Sally C. Pipes

Donald Trump’s surprising victory in Tuesday’s presidential election raises a host of questions about what will happen over the next four years. But one thing is certain—Obamacare’s days are numbered. More than any other issue, the president-elect and the Republican congressional majority agree on the need to repeal and replace ...

Consumers shopping for coverage on Obamacare’s exchanges recently discovered what even the law’s most committed defenders have warned about — health insurance premiums are going up. Premiums are up by an average of 22 percent on plans available during the current open enrollment period — which ends on Jan. 31. ...

As the 45th president, what to do with “disastrous” Obamacare will top President-elect Donald Trump’s list of priorities. Repeal isn’t enough. Republicans must enact a replacement that will expand access to affordable coverage, foster more competition in the healthcare marketplace and reduce long-term costs. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s ...

More than 800,000 Americans divorce each year. Many more change jobs or otherwise have their employment status interrupted. Getting divorced or losing a job is hard enough. Unfortunately, the Obama administration wants to make it even harder. It’s looking to implement a new rule that would curb short-term health insurance ...

Obamacare’s fourth open enrollment period begins tomorrow — and what a fitting epilogue to Halloween. After all, when Americans log on to either their state or the federal health insurance exchanges, they’ll be in for a fright. What they’ll discover is a witch’s brew of double-digit premium hikes, restrictive provider ...

Administration officials just unveiled an Orwellian new strategy for masking ObamaCare’s mounting costs — rebrand them as “savings.” The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that Medicare saved $466 million last year thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s “Accountable Care Organizations” — groups of doctors, hospitals, and other ...

Want proof that Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges are doomed? Just look at what the law’s former supporters say about them now. Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt, who in 2013 predicted that Obamacare would “flourish” over time, now warns that the exchanges have entered a “death spiral.” Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini called ...

One of Obamacare’s central pillars, the individual mandate, boils down to a crude ultimatum. Buy health insurance or pay the price — a tax penalty of the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of income, to be exact. But what if it’s essentially impossible to buy health insurance — because ...