Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Obamacare’s Rationers Employ The “It’s Good For You” Defense
Obamacares backers have a plan to justify their attempts to ration medicine by saying that its good for you. Through 2019, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare will allocate some $3.5 billion toward Comparative Effectiveness Research, or CER, which pits drug versus ...
Commentary
To Cure Rare Diseases, Unleash Orphan Drug Innovations
Last month, the City of Pittsburgh hosted the 35th annual Great Race, a charity run that raises money for the Richard S. Caliguiri Amyloidosis Research Fund. Caliguiri, a former Pittsburgh mayor, died of this rare protein disorder, and a portion of the race proceeds are used to help find a ...
Commentary
ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole
The U.S. Census recently announced that the number of Americans without health insurance in 2011 fell for the first time in three years, to 48.6 million. That’s a decrease of 1.3 million from the 2010 figure. Sounds like good news. But a closer look at the data suggests that this ...
Commentary
Health care exchanges a disaster for states
All eyes are on voting day, November 6th. But ten days later may prove to be the true make-or-break moment of President Obama‘s political career regardless of the election result. November 16th is the deadline for states to submit a blueprint to the federal government for Obamacare‘s insurance exchanges ...
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Medical bankruptcy: Fact or fiction?
This year, a whopping 1.25 million Americans are expected to file for bankruptcy. That’s about equal to the entire population of New Hampshire. Ask the president and his allies whom to blame, and they’ll point to health care. President Obama has claimed that the cost of health care causes a ...
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NPR Audience Wants End of Life Care Rationed for the Elderly
By centralizing control of health care, Obamacare will cause us to turn on each other to grab bigger pieces of the medical pie. The elderly will be among the first victims, as has already happened in the UK. Recently, NPR held a debate with utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer and an ...
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A Private Sector Healthcare Solution That We Can Smile About
Earlier this year, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn decided to cut $1.6 billion from the states Medicaid program to help get the states finances under control. Among the benefits slashed was dental coverage for adults. The Land of Lincoln was only the latest cash-strapped state to scrap dental coverage under Medicaid, ...
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Forget About Providers, What Do Doctors Think of Obamacare?
Healthcare providers have long been among Obamacares most enthusiastic supporters. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Hospital Association have all spoken out in favor of President Obamas signature piece of legislation. But their statements of support are proving to be little more than lip ...
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Solutions for CalPERS health insurance rate hikes
and The California Public Employees’ Retirement System recently raised health insurance premiums for nearly 1.3 million workers and retirees an average of 9.6 percent for 2013, more than three times the rate of general inflation over the past year. The rate hikes include 8.7 percent increases for basic health maintenance ...
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Obamacare Adapts The Worst Of Swisscare, Rejects The Best
The United States and Switzerland dont appear to have much in common. But some observers are predicting that Obamacare will prove the most popular Swiss import since the Matterhorn hit Disneyland. President Obamas healthcare reform package shares some elements of Switzerlands system, Santésuisse. And its tempting to see Switzerland as ...
Obamacare’s Rationers Employ The “It’s Good For You” Defense
Obamacares backers have a plan to justify their attempts to ration medicine by saying that its good for you. Through 2019, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare will allocate some $3.5 billion toward Comparative Effectiveness Research, or CER, which pits drug versus ...
To Cure Rare Diseases, Unleash Orphan Drug Innovations
Last month, the City of Pittsburgh hosted the 35th annual Great Race, a charity run that raises money for the Richard S. Caliguiri Amyloidosis Research Fund. Caliguiri, a former Pittsburgh mayor, died of this rare protein disorder, and a portion of the race proceeds are used to help find a ...
ObamaCare Drives More Americans To The Public Dole
The U.S. Census recently announced that the number of Americans without health insurance in 2011 fell for the first time in three years, to 48.6 million. That’s a decrease of 1.3 million from the 2010 figure. Sounds like good news. But a closer look at the data suggests that this ...
Health care exchanges a disaster for states
All eyes are on voting day, November 6th. But ten days later may prove to be the true make-or-break moment of President Obama‘s political career regardless of the election result. November 16th is the deadline for states to submit a blueprint to the federal government for Obamacare‘s insurance exchanges ...
Medical bankruptcy: Fact or fiction?
This year, a whopping 1.25 million Americans are expected to file for bankruptcy. That’s about equal to the entire population of New Hampshire. Ask the president and his allies whom to blame, and they’ll point to health care. President Obama has claimed that the cost of health care causes a ...
NPR Audience Wants End of Life Care Rationed for the Elderly
By centralizing control of health care, Obamacare will cause us to turn on each other to grab bigger pieces of the medical pie. The elderly will be among the first victims, as has already happened in the UK. Recently, NPR held a debate with utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer and an ...
A Private Sector Healthcare Solution That We Can Smile About
Earlier this year, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn decided to cut $1.6 billion from the states Medicaid program to help get the states finances under control. Among the benefits slashed was dental coverage for adults. The Land of Lincoln was only the latest cash-strapped state to scrap dental coverage under Medicaid, ...
Forget About Providers, What Do Doctors Think of Obamacare?
Healthcare providers have long been among Obamacares most enthusiastic supporters. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Hospital Association have all spoken out in favor of President Obamas signature piece of legislation. But their statements of support are proving to be little more than lip ...
Solutions for CalPERS health insurance rate hikes
and The California Public Employees’ Retirement System recently raised health insurance premiums for nearly 1.3 million workers and retirees an average of 9.6 percent for 2013, more than three times the rate of general inflation over the past year. The rate hikes include 8.7 percent increases for basic health maintenance ...
Obamacare Adapts The Worst Of Swisscare, Rejects The Best
The United States and Switzerland dont appear to have much in common. But some observers are predicting that Obamacare will prove the most popular Swiss import since the Matterhorn hit Disneyland. President Obamas healthcare reform package shares some elements of Switzerlands system, Santésuisse. And its tempting to see Switzerland as ...
