Sally C. Pipes

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ObamaCare to debut in Calif. – will it fly?

An expert on healthcare policy thinks ObamaCare must fail in at least one state at taxpayers’ expense before Democrats realize it won’t work. California will lead the nation in implementing the new healthcare law with a $10-billion plan, approved by the Obama administration, to grant citizens Medicaid waivers. The new ...
Commentary

It’s time to start dismantling Obamacare

Last week, voters nationwide delivered a stinging rebuke of President Obama’s big-government vision for the country. A primary reason for the “shellacking,” as the president termed the Democrats’ defeat, was Americans’ disgust with the new health reform law. Indeed, a Rasmussen poll released on Election Day found that 58 percent ...
Commentary

Coverage lost

So American companies “are weighing the pros and cons of eventually forcing employees to strike out on their own” for health insurance (“Could health law undermine employer coverage?” Oct. 24). Many Americans may soon find themselves without insurance despite president Obama’s promise that Americans who liked their coverage could keep ...
Business & Economics

In California gubernatorial election, outdated ideas linger

With the gubernatorial election tomorrow, Jerry Brown appears to have opened up a sizeable lead. Women are emerging as a bulwark of support for Brown, as they favor him by 21 points, according to the latest Los Angeles Times/USC poll. That’s surprising, as Brown’s stance on mammograms could not be ...
Commentary

The high cost of Obama’s health ‘savings’

Patient choice looks to be the first casualty of Obamacare. The new healthcare law gives the federal government unprecedented control over medical decisions. And one bureaucrat in particular looks to be leading the crusade for more public power: Dr. Donald Berwick, the new director of the Centers for Medicare and ...
Commentary

Life under ObamaCare: More cost, less service

With Washington set to assume control of more than half of all health care spending – and thus remake nearly 20 percent of the economy – it’s worth asking if the federal government is up to the task. If my husband’s recent experience with the Transportation Security Administration is any ...
Commentary

Killing our choices

Obamacare is under siege in the courts. Monday, federal Judge Henry Hudson announced that he’d rule on Virginia’s constitutional challenge to the health law before year’s end. That on the heels of another federal ruling, by Judge Roger Vinson, that 20 states and the National Federation of Independent Businesses can ...
Agriculture

A glimpse of a future with Obamacare

The one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act this week brings new reason to consider a major health-care announcement by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Almost five years into his state’s Romneycare plan, it turns out that spending is out of control, threatening public-sector budgets and private-sector wealth generation. The solution ...
Commentary

Debate: Is the Affordable Care Act Bad for America? with Sally Pipes

UVA Miller Center 2014 National Debate Series: Beyond Gridlock “Affordable Care Act: Why Are So Many People Against It?” Moderator Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Panelists: Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor, The New Republic Sally C. Pipes, CEO & President, Pacific Research Institute Avik Roy, Senior Fellow Healthcare, Manhattan ...
Business & Economics

The Whole 209 Yards: California’s Proposition for the Nation

The November elections have been dominating the news, obscuring a story of great interest to Contrarian readers. Those readers know that this column finds little merit in most government policies on women’s issues or gender issues. Sometimes, however, a government measure can have a positive effect. That even holds true ...
California

ObamaCare to debut in Calif. – will it fly?

An expert on healthcare policy thinks ObamaCare must fail in at least one state at taxpayers’ expense before Democrats realize it won’t work. California will lead the nation in implementing the new healthcare law with a $10-billion plan, approved by the Obama administration, to grant citizens Medicaid waivers. The new ...
Commentary

It’s time to start dismantling Obamacare

Last week, voters nationwide delivered a stinging rebuke of President Obama’s big-government vision for the country. A primary reason for the “shellacking,” as the president termed the Democrats’ defeat, was Americans’ disgust with the new health reform law. Indeed, a Rasmussen poll released on Election Day found that 58 percent ...
Commentary

Coverage lost

So American companies “are weighing the pros and cons of eventually forcing employees to strike out on their own” for health insurance (“Could health law undermine employer coverage?” Oct. 24). Many Americans may soon find themselves without insurance despite president Obama’s promise that Americans who liked their coverage could keep ...
Business & Economics

In California gubernatorial election, outdated ideas linger

With the gubernatorial election tomorrow, Jerry Brown appears to have opened up a sizeable lead. Women are emerging as a bulwark of support for Brown, as they favor him by 21 points, according to the latest Los Angeles Times/USC poll. That’s surprising, as Brown’s stance on mammograms could not be ...
Commentary

The high cost of Obama’s health ‘savings’

Patient choice looks to be the first casualty of Obamacare. The new healthcare law gives the federal government unprecedented control over medical decisions. And one bureaucrat in particular looks to be leading the crusade for more public power: Dr. Donald Berwick, the new director of the Centers for Medicare and ...
Commentary

Life under ObamaCare: More cost, less service

With Washington set to assume control of more than half of all health care spending – and thus remake nearly 20 percent of the economy – it’s worth asking if the federal government is up to the task. If my husband’s recent experience with the Transportation Security Administration is any ...
Commentary

Killing our choices

Obamacare is under siege in the courts. Monday, federal Judge Henry Hudson announced that he’d rule on Virginia’s constitutional challenge to the health law before year’s end. That on the heels of another federal ruling, by Judge Roger Vinson, that 20 states and the National Federation of Independent Businesses can ...
Agriculture

A glimpse of a future with Obamacare

The one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act this week brings new reason to consider a major health-care announcement by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Almost five years into his state’s Romneycare plan, it turns out that spending is out of control, threatening public-sector budgets and private-sector wealth generation. The solution ...
Commentary

Debate: Is the Affordable Care Act Bad for America? with Sally Pipes

UVA Miller Center 2014 National Debate Series: Beyond Gridlock “Affordable Care Act: Why Are So Many People Against It?” Moderator Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Panelists: Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor, The New Republic Sally C. Pipes, CEO & President, Pacific Research Institute Avik Roy, Senior Fellow Healthcare, Manhattan ...
Business & Economics

The Whole 209 Yards: California’s Proposition for the Nation

The November elections have been dominating the news, obscuring a story of great interest to Contrarian readers. Those readers know that this column finds little merit in most government policies on women’s issues or gender issues. Sometimes, however, a government measure can have a positive effect. That even holds true ...
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