Sally C. Pipes

Health Care

The Cure for Obamacare

The battle to bring about meaningful health care reform in the U.S. is a long-term fight, and Obamacare is not the option. Under President Obama’s health care law, Americans will ultimately face long waiting lists, rationed care, and a lack of access to the latest technology and treatments. The changes ...
Commentary

Organized Labor And Business: The Latest Strange Bedfellows To Unite Against Obamacare

Obamacare is proving the old axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows. Organized labor and the business community are the latest unlikely pair to unite in opposition to the healthcare reform law. Both groups are discovering that Obamacare will substantially increase the cost of providing health benefits — to the detriment ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s exchanges are on a collision course with reality

Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges are supposed to enroll millions of Americans in just a few months. That may come as a surprise to them, according to a new poll. More than three-quarters of Americans know “little” or “nothing” about the state-based exchanges, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. They won’t ...
Commentary

Thanks to Obamacare, A 20,000 Doctor Shortage is Set to Quintuple

Obamacare is set to provide some 16 million people with health insurance through Medicaid or the new exchanges next year. Unfortunately, their policies may not be worth much — as they may not be able to actually get care. America is suffering from a doctor shortage. An influx of millions ...
Commentary

ObamaCare Sticker Shock Will Hit Americans Hard

Federal lawmakers are warning Americans to prepare for some “shocking” news when they renew their health insurance next year. The House Energy and Commerce Committee just published “The Looming Premium Rate Shock” — a report estimating that some Americans could see their insurance bills quintuple. It’s yet more evidence that ...
Commentary

The Obamacare Insurance Exchange Train Is Already Coming Off The Rails

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) raised eyebrows across the country last month when he publicly fretted about an Obamacare “train wreck” as the Administration rushes to implement the many provisions of the law that take effect in 2014. President Obama has attempted to assuage Sen. Baucus’s concerns, saying that his staff ...
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U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To Get Around Obamacare

Obamacare’s most notorious regulations — including the mandate that employers provide health insurance to their workers or pay a fine — are still several months off. But businesses are wasting no time finding ways to free themselves from the law’s strictures. First, companies announced that they’d cut hours, hire contractors, ...
Commentary

ObamaCare Doesn’t Deserve Credit For Health Cost Slowdown

America’s health spending is down, growing at the lowest rate in over 50 years. The Obama administration has been quick to take credit, boasting that the Affordable Care Act has “begun to curb rising health costs across the system.” The president is indeed responsible for the slowdown in health spending. ...
Commentary

Big Pharma Accomplishes Big Things, Yet Obama Is Suffocating The Industry

What’s the most research-intensive industry in America? If you guessed Silicon Valley or the energy sector, guess again. In fact, it’s the drug industry. The 31 pharmaceutical companies comprising its main trade group spent $48.5 billion on research and development last year. All told, the pharmaceutical sector has spent $550 ...
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Obamacare To Slash Hundreds Of Billions From Medicare Advantage Over Next 10 Years

Earlier this month, officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they’d increase payments in the market-based Medicare Advantage program by 3.3 percent next year. The decision is remarkable, as CMS hinted just two months ago that it would reduce payments by 2.2 percent in 2014. The ...
Health Care

The Cure for Obamacare

The battle to bring about meaningful health care reform in the U.S. is a long-term fight, and Obamacare is not the option. Under President Obama’s health care law, Americans will ultimately face long waiting lists, rationed care, and a lack of access to the latest technology and treatments. The changes ...
Commentary

Organized Labor And Business: The Latest Strange Bedfellows To Unite Against Obamacare

Obamacare is proving the old axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows. Organized labor and the business community are the latest unlikely pair to unite in opposition to the healthcare reform law. Both groups are discovering that Obamacare will substantially increase the cost of providing health benefits — to the detriment ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s exchanges are on a collision course with reality

Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges are supposed to enroll millions of Americans in just a few months. That may come as a surprise to them, according to a new poll. More than three-quarters of Americans know “little” or “nothing” about the state-based exchanges, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. They won’t ...
Commentary

Thanks to Obamacare, A 20,000 Doctor Shortage is Set to Quintuple

Obamacare is set to provide some 16 million people with health insurance through Medicaid or the new exchanges next year. Unfortunately, their policies may not be worth much — as they may not be able to actually get care. America is suffering from a doctor shortage. An influx of millions ...
Commentary

ObamaCare Sticker Shock Will Hit Americans Hard

Federal lawmakers are warning Americans to prepare for some “shocking” news when they renew their health insurance next year. The House Energy and Commerce Committee just published “The Looming Premium Rate Shock” — a report estimating that some Americans could see their insurance bills quintuple. It’s yet more evidence that ...
Commentary

The Obamacare Insurance Exchange Train Is Already Coming Off The Rails

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) raised eyebrows across the country last month when he publicly fretted about an Obamacare “train wreck” as the Administration rushes to implement the many provisions of the law that take effect in 2014. President Obama has attempted to assuage Sen. Baucus’s concerns, saying that his staff ...
Commentary

U.S. Companies Engage In Financial Jiu-Jitsu To Get Around Obamacare

Obamacare’s most notorious regulations — including the mandate that employers provide health insurance to their workers or pay a fine — are still several months off. But businesses are wasting no time finding ways to free themselves from the law’s strictures. First, companies announced that they’d cut hours, hire contractors, ...
Commentary

ObamaCare Doesn’t Deserve Credit For Health Cost Slowdown

America’s health spending is down, growing at the lowest rate in over 50 years. The Obama administration has been quick to take credit, boasting that the Affordable Care Act has “begun to curb rising health costs across the system.” The president is indeed responsible for the slowdown in health spending. ...
Commentary

Big Pharma Accomplishes Big Things, Yet Obama Is Suffocating The Industry

What’s the most research-intensive industry in America? If you guessed Silicon Valley or the energy sector, guess again. In fact, it’s the drug industry. The 31 pharmaceutical companies comprising its main trade group spent $48.5 billion on research and development last year. All told, the pharmaceutical sector has spent $550 ...
Commentary

Obamacare To Slash Hundreds Of Billions From Medicare Advantage Over Next 10 Years

Earlier this month, officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they’d increase payments in the market-based Medicare Advantage program by 3.3 percent next year. The decision is remarkable, as CMS hinted just two months ago that it would reduce payments by 2.2 percent in 2014. The ...
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