Sally C. Pipes

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Read latest on government price controls

Medicaid Drug Price Transparency Rule Is More Sinister Than It Seems

The Biden administration claims to support price transparency in healthcare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has formally warned hundreds of hospitals to comply with federal rules requiring them to post their prices publicly. And the agency just rolled out a new rule designed to “advance prescription drug transparency ...
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Read latest on single-payer healthcare

Left’s Rhetoric Unmoored from Reality: U.S. Likes Its Healthcare

Three in four rate their health plan as either good or very good. And satisfaction ratings barely differed across political, racial, or socioeconomic groups. America’s health insurance system isn’t perfect. But, as these numbers suggest, it works pretty well for most people — which is more than can be said for ...
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Read the latest about PBMs

It’s Time To End the PBM Shakedown

Who says bipartisanship is dead? In the House and Senate, members of both parties are advancing legislation to check the power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the self-dealing middlemen in the drug supply chain that inflate Americans’ spending on prescriptions by billions of dollars a year. By shining a light ...
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Another reason why single-payer would be bad for US

Britain Offers a Cautionary Tale for ‘Medicare for All’

King Charles III’s coronation wasn’t the only historic event Great Britain marked this year. The country’s revered National Health Service is celebrating this summer the 75th anniversary of its founding. It’s a birthday Americans should take note of. The NHS has been an inspiration to generations of American leftists, who ...
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Read latest about affirmative action

Ending medical-school affirmative action will be a plus for patients

The US Supreme Court effectively prohibited university admissions officers from giving preferential treatment to applicants based on their race this summer. Many medical-school leaders decried the high court’s ruling, claiming the ban will lead to less diversity within their student bodies, a less diverse crop of physicians and worse outcomes ...
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Cancer Patients Need Private Innovation, Not Gov’t Meddling

President Joe Biden just announced a new effort that he hopes will spur the development of better, more precise cancer surgery technologies. The program is part of his administration’s “Cancer Moonshot,” which aims to halve cancer death rates in the United States by 2047. Ironically, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving ...
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Read the latest on the nation's doctor shortage

Fixing the doctor shortage requires less government, not more

Congress is looking to narrow our nation’s doctor shortage. After introducing legislation that would reform our primary care system, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said last month , “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be ...
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A bipartisan way to improve health coverage, help small businesses

The House of Representatives recently passed a healthcare reform bill along party lines. All 220 Republicans who were present voted “aye,” while all 209 Democrats sounded a unanimous “nay.” Judging by that roll call, you’d think the bill — the CHOICE Arrangement Act — was full of partisan measures. But ...
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Republican presidential candidates have been silent on healthcare

GOP’s Winning Healthcare Argument Must Be Made Now

The race for the Republican nomination for president is obviously well underway. The first debate is in less than three weeks – in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The candidates have largely been silent on healthcare. That’s a strategic error. Nine in ten people are concerned about increases in the cost of health ...
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Read the latest on Medicaid disenrollment

Medicaid Is In Trouble, But Not For The Reasons Democrats Say

State Medicaid programs are in the midst of disenrolling people who are ineligible for benefits. And Democrats think that’s a catastrophe. Some 3.8 million people have lost Medicaid coverage since April, as states resume standard eligibility reviews that had been paused since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to America’s governors, ...
Commentary

Read latest on government price controls

Medicaid Drug Price Transparency Rule Is More Sinister Than It Seems

The Biden administration claims to support price transparency in healthcare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has formally warned hundreds of hospitals to comply with federal rules requiring them to post their prices publicly. And the agency just rolled out a new rule designed to “advance prescription drug transparency ...
Commentary

Read latest on single-payer healthcare

Left’s Rhetoric Unmoored from Reality: U.S. Likes Its Healthcare

Three in four rate their health plan as either good or very good. And satisfaction ratings barely differed across political, racial, or socioeconomic groups. America’s health insurance system isn’t perfect. But, as these numbers suggest, it works pretty well for most people — which is more than can be said for ...
Commentary

Read the latest about PBMs

It’s Time To End the PBM Shakedown

Who says bipartisanship is dead? In the House and Senate, members of both parties are advancing legislation to check the power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the self-dealing middlemen in the drug supply chain that inflate Americans’ spending on prescriptions by billions of dollars a year. By shining a light ...
Commentary

Another reason why single-payer would be bad for US

Britain Offers a Cautionary Tale for ‘Medicare for All’

King Charles III’s coronation wasn’t the only historic event Great Britain marked this year. The country’s revered National Health Service is celebrating this summer the 75th anniversary of its founding. It’s a birthday Americans should take note of. The NHS has been an inspiration to generations of American leftists, who ...
Commentary

Read latest about affirmative action

Ending medical-school affirmative action will be a plus for patients

The US Supreme Court effectively prohibited university admissions officers from giving preferential treatment to applicants based on their race this summer. Many medical-school leaders decried the high court’s ruling, claiming the ban will lead to less diversity within their student bodies, a less diverse crop of physicians and worse outcomes ...
Commentary

Cancer Patients Need Private Innovation, Not Gov’t Meddling

President Joe Biden just announced a new effort that he hopes will spur the development of better, more precise cancer surgery technologies. The program is part of his administration’s “Cancer Moonshot,” which aims to halve cancer death rates in the United States by 2047. Ironically, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving ...
Commentary

Read the latest on the nation's doctor shortage

Fixing the doctor shortage requires less government, not more

Congress is looking to narrow our nation’s doctor shortage. After introducing legislation that would reform our primary care system, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said last month , “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be ...
Commentary

A bipartisan way to improve health coverage, help small businesses

The House of Representatives recently passed a healthcare reform bill along party lines. All 220 Republicans who were present voted “aye,” while all 209 Democrats sounded a unanimous “nay.” Judging by that roll call, you’d think the bill — the CHOICE Arrangement Act — was full of partisan measures. But ...
Commentary

Republican presidential candidates have been silent on healthcare

GOP’s Winning Healthcare Argument Must Be Made Now

The race for the Republican nomination for president is obviously well underway. The first debate is in less than three weeks – in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The candidates have largely been silent on healthcare. That’s a strategic error. Nine in ten people are concerned about increases in the cost of health ...
Commentary

Read the latest on Medicaid disenrollment

Medicaid Is In Trouble, But Not For The Reasons Democrats Say

State Medicaid programs are in the midst of disenrolling people who are ineligible for benefits. And Democrats think that’s a catastrophe. Some 3.8 million people have lost Medicaid coverage since April, as states resume standard eligibility reviews that had been paused since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to America’s governors, ...
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