Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Health Costs Resume Their Rise
Americas health cost crisis is no longer in remission. Last week, the U.S. Commerce Departments Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that healthcare spending had risen 9.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 the largest quarterly increase in more than 30 years. The BEAs estimate comes on the ...
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ObamaCare Inflates Enrollment — And Premiums
HealthCare.gov has officially closed and, despite months of technical hiccups, enrollment appears to have finished strong. The Obama administration estimates that 8 million people have signed up for coverage through the marketplaces. The president cited the figure as proof that “this law has made our health care system a lot ...
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Obamacare provides Insurance, Not Care
New ObamaCare enrollees are going to find it difficult to access many prescription drugs, says Sally Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute. Those who enrolled in the health care exchanges may be in for a surprise once they start looking at their policies. Placing limits on drug coverage is ...
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For Eight Million Enrollees, Coverage — But Not Care
Last week, the Obama Administration announced that eight million Americans had signed up for insurance plans through Obamacares exchanges. As they look their policies over, enrollees may be surprised to find that they severely restrict access to prescription drugs. Consequently, they may force enrollees to choose whether to sacrifice their ...
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The false promise of single-payer healthcare
Government-run, single-payer health care is back in vogue. Its the lefts favored fallback as ObamaCare fails. And the Senate just held a hearing on single-payer systems in other countries with no shortage of witnesses touting the supposed benefits. As ObamaCare continues to disappoint, some states are pushing for a ...
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Don’t Buy the Administration’s Spin on Exchange Enrollment Figures
The open enrollment period for Obamacares insurance exchanges drew to a close last Monday. Sort of. The administration had previously announced that folks who were unable to enroll by the deadline because of technical difficulties would have until April 15 to sign up. Thirteen of the 14 states with their ...
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Four Years of Obamacare Failures Is Long Enough
President Obama marked the fourth anniversary of the passage of Obamacare this week by promising to spend the next year working to implement and improve on it. He has his work cut out for him. Four years on, the Affordable Care Act has failed to deliver what its name formally ...
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PIPES: The White House wants feds to bail out insurers if they lose money on Obamacare
The Obama administration has taken a red pen to its signature health care reform law again rewriting the measure without consulting Congress. This time, the White House wants to extend Obamacares risk corridors, which require the feds to bail out insurance companies if they lose too much money in ...
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This Is Obamacare ‘Working The Way It Should?’
At a town hall meeting earlier this month, President Obama declared that his signature health reform law is working the way it should. Thats news to employers, who are facing higher health costs and staggering administrative burdens thanks to the law. Theyve responded in part by cutting hours and cancelling ...
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Price of Obamacare ‘savings’
The Obama administration appears to have received a rare bit of good news from one of the agencies managing its overhaul of the American health care system. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just announced that the Accountable Care Organizations created by Obamacare in hopes of better coordinating seniors’ ...
Health Costs Resume Their Rise
Americas health cost crisis is no longer in remission. Last week, the U.S. Commerce Departments Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that healthcare spending had risen 9.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 the largest quarterly increase in more than 30 years. The BEAs estimate comes on the ...
ObamaCare Inflates Enrollment — And Premiums
HealthCare.gov has officially closed and, despite months of technical hiccups, enrollment appears to have finished strong. The Obama administration estimates that 8 million people have signed up for coverage through the marketplaces. The president cited the figure as proof that “this law has made our health care system a lot ...
Obamacare provides Insurance, Not Care
New ObamaCare enrollees are going to find it difficult to access many prescription drugs, says Sally Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute. Those who enrolled in the health care exchanges may be in for a surprise once they start looking at their policies. Placing limits on drug coverage is ...
For Eight Million Enrollees, Coverage — But Not Care
Last week, the Obama Administration announced that eight million Americans had signed up for insurance plans through Obamacares exchanges. As they look their policies over, enrollees may be surprised to find that they severely restrict access to prescription drugs. Consequently, they may force enrollees to choose whether to sacrifice their ...
The false promise of single-payer healthcare
Government-run, single-payer health care is back in vogue. Its the lefts favored fallback as ObamaCare fails. And the Senate just held a hearing on single-payer systems in other countries with no shortage of witnesses touting the supposed benefits. As ObamaCare continues to disappoint, some states are pushing for a ...
Don’t Buy the Administration’s Spin on Exchange Enrollment Figures
The open enrollment period for Obamacares insurance exchanges drew to a close last Monday. Sort of. The administration had previously announced that folks who were unable to enroll by the deadline because of technical difficulties would have until April 15 to sign up. Thirteen of the 14 states with their ...
Four Years of Obamacare Failures Is Long Enough
President Obama marked the fourth anniversary of the passage of Obamacare this week by promising to spend the next year working to implement and improve on it. He has his work cut out for him. Four years on, the Affordable Care Act has failed to deliver what its name formally ...
PIPES: The White House wants feds to bail out insurers if they lose money on Obamacare
The Obama administration has taken a red pen to its signature health care reform law again rewriting the measure without consulting Congress. This time, the White House wants to extend Obamacares risk corridors, which require the feds to bail out insurance companies if they lose too much money in ...
This Is Obamacare ‘Working The Way It Should?’
At a town hall meeting earlier this month, President Obama declared that his signature health reform law is working the way it should. Thats news to employers, who are facing higher health costs and staggering administrative burdens thanks to the law. Theyve responded in part by cutting hours and cancelling ...
Price of Obamacare ‘savings’
The Obama administration appears to have received a rare bit of good news from one of the agencies managing its overhaul of the American health care system. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just announced that the Accountable Care Organizations created by Obamacare in hopes of better coordinating seniors’ ...
