Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Learn about new minimum wage hike
Wage Hikes Won’t Fix US Healthcare
But this mandated wage hike may lead to fewer healthcare workers being asked to do more — and higher costs throughout the healthcare system. Hospitals that are unable to shoulder the immediate financial burdens created by the new minimum wage will fold — and make care even harder to come ...
Commentary
Read about state-level push for single-payer
State Legislatures Can’t Shake Their Single-Payer Dreams. That’s A Problem.
Michigan is the latest state to flirt with a government takeover of the health insurance system. Earlier this year, Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans, who represents Ann Arbor, and several of her colleagues introduced House Bill 4893, which would create a state-run single-payer healthcare system. It’s part of a nationwide trend. ...
Commentary
Learn how price controls will make health care problems worse
Price Controls, Subsidies Won’t Fix Healthcare
The price of health insurance has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Average annual premiums for employer-based family plans have risen by 22% percent since 2018, to nearly $24,000. It’s tempting to see these hikes as a shameless cash-grab by avaricious insurers. ...
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Read latest about push for drug price controls
U.S. consumers shouldn’t be seduced by drug importation dreams and promises
Republicans, meanwhile, are embracing the price controls that foreign countries impose on prescription drugs. Texas recently enacted a law seeking approval from the Biden administration to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, my native land. Texas now joins Republican-led Florida and New Hampshire in pressing for a way to import ...
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Read about new speaker's health care agenda
Speaker Johnson Sensible About Health Care
Previously, Johnson served as chair of the House Republican Study Committee. During his tenure, the committee released “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care” — a detailed, commonsense plan for addressing some of our nation’s most daunting health care challenges. If he makes that plan a legislative priority in the months ...
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Seniors are disappointed with efforts to lower Medicare costs — and rightly so
But wait, the law’s proponents may say: The federal government hasn’t yet exercised its power to “negotiate” — or more accurately, cap — the prices of drugs in Medicare. Those price controls may save the federal government money. But patients won’t see much of the savings. The federal government has ...
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Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Open Enrollment is a Warning, Not a Cause for Celebration
Obamacare’s open enrollment period kicks off this week. Each year around this time, the Affordable Care Act’s defenders mobilize to tout its supposed benefits and to encourage people to purchase coverage on the exchanges it created. From the halls of Congress to the White House, we can expect to see ...
Commentary
Read about problems with 340B program
Incompetence, Abuse Comprise 340B Health Program
There’s a paradox at the center of American healthcare policy. The government will spend just shy of $2 trillion subsidizing healthcare this year — including over $500 billion on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But low-income Americans still struggle to afford care. According to one recent poll by the ...
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Read latest about single-payer healthcare
Most Americans don’t want Medicare for All
But according to recent polling, neither claim is true. Americans are broadly happy with the existing health insurance system. And single-payer would manifestly worsen — not solve — the problems Americans do face under the status quo. Read the full article at the Boston Herald
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Read about government health care mandates
Healthcare provider shortages are a symptom of government red tape
The unions cited inadequate staffing ratios as a primary motivator for the strike. Labor shortages, or suboptimal distributions of healthcare personnel, are common across the country. Government red tape is largely to blame. Cutting that red tape could make it easier for millions of patients to access care. Read the ...
Learn about new minimum wage hike
Wage Hikes Won’t Fix US Healthcare
But this mandated wage hike may lead to fewer healthcare workers being asked to do more — and higher costs throughout the healthcare system. Hospitals that are unable to shoulder the immediate financial burdens created by the new minimum wage will fold — and make care even harder to come ...
Read about state-level push for single-payer
State Legislatures Can’t Shake Their Single-Payer Dreams. That’s A Problem.
Michigan is the latest state to flirt with a government takeover of the health insurance system. Earlier this year, Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans, who represents Ann Arbor, and several of her colleagues introduced House Bill 4893, which would create a state-run single-payer healthcare system. It’s part of a nationwide trend. ...
Learn how price controls will make health care problems worse
Price Controls, Subsidies Won’t Fix Healthcare
The price of health insurance has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Average annual premiums for employer-based family plans have risen by 22% percent since 2018, to nearly $24,000. It’s tempting to see these hikes as a shameless cash-grab by avaricious insurers. ...
Read latest about push for drug price controls
U.S. consumers shouldn’t be seduced by drug importation dreams and promises
Republicans, meanwhile, are embracing the price controls that foreign countries impose on prescription drugs. Texas recently enacted a law seeking approval from the Biden administration to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, my native land. Texas now joins Republican-led Florida and New Hampshire in pressing for a way to import ...
Read about new speaker's health care agenda
Speaker Johnson Sensible About Health Care
Previously, Johnson served as chair of the House Republican Study Committee. During his tenure, the committee released “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care” — a detailed, commonsense plan for addressing some of our nation’s most daunting health care challenges. If he makes that plan a legislative priority in the months ...
Seniors are disappointed with efforts to lower Medicare costs — and rightly so
But wait, the law’s proponents may say: The federal government hasn’t yet exercised its power to “negotiate” — or more accurately, cap — the prices of drugs in Medicare. Those price controls may save the federal government money. But patients won’t see much of the savings. The federal government has ...
Read latest about problems with Obamacare
Open Enrollment is a Warning, Not a Cause for Celebration
Obamacare’s open enrollment period kicks off this week. Each year around this time, the Affordable Care Act’s defenders mobilize to tout its supposed benefits and to encourage people to purchase coverage on the exchanges it created. From the halls of Congress to the White House, we can expect to see ...
Read about problems with 340B program
Incompetence, Abuse Comprise 340B Health Program
There’s a paradox at the center of American healthcare policy. The government will spend just shy of $2 trillion subsidizing healthcare this year — including over $500 billion on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But low-income Americans still struggle to afford care. According to one recent poll by the ...
Read latest about single-payer healthcare
Most Americans don’t want Medicare for All
But according to recent polling, neither claim is true. Americans are broadly happy with the existing health insurance system. And single-payer would manifestly worsen — not solve — the problems Americans do face under the status quo. Read the full article at the Boston Herald
Read about government health care mandates
Healthcare provider shortages are a symptom of government red tape
The unions cited inadequate staffing ratios as a primary motivator for the strike. Labor shortages, or suboptimal distributions of healthcare personnel, are common across the country. Government red tape is largely to blame. Cutting that red tape could make it easier for millions of patients to access care. Read the ...
