Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
PBM Industry Shadowy, Congress Shines Much Needed Light
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill regarding prescription drug reform, with a particular focus on pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is set to markup a bipartisan PBM reform bill within the next few days. The House Energy and Commerce ...
Commentary
President Biden Is Taking Affordable Health Insurance Away From Millions Of Americans
President Biden is reaching back into his old boss’s policy playbook to put new restrictions on short-term health plans. This month, the White House proposed a rule that will restore Obama-era limits on the plans. The president has derided short-term insurance as “junk” that offers little protection from big potential healthcare expenses. ...
Commentary
President Biden just released his "Bidenomics" policy agenda
Biden’s Anti-Patient Agenda Is Dangerous, Yet Media Applauds
President Joe Biden just released his “Bidenomics” policy agenda, which he claims will “lower healthcare costs.” Among his first orders of business? Effectively banning some of the most affordable health plans on the market. On July 7, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury published a proposed rule that would ...
Commentary
Read the latest on short-term health plans
Forcing people off short-term health plans is the real insurance scam
The Biden administration recently proposed new regulations that would curb short-term health plans — or, as the White House likes to call them, “junk” or “scam” insurance. But the true scam is this attempt to deprive people of affordable coverage they like. Short-term plans aren’t subject to Obamacare’s many cost-inflating regulations, including requirements that insurers cover 10 essential health ...
Commentary
Reimagine Health Insurance Away from Routine Maintenance
The health insurance system fails most Americans, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Nearly 6 in 10 insured adults have trouble using their coverage. Within that group, nearly 1 in 5 was unable to get needed care. It’s tempting to see this survey data as proof that health insurers aren’t doing ...
Commentary
The insane progressive push for ‘Medicare for All’
Fifteen senators and more than 100 House members recently introduced legislation that would launch a federal takeover of the US health-insurance system and install “Medicare for All.” “We live in a country where millions of people ration lifesaving medication or skip necessary trips to the doctor because of cost,” said Rep. ...
Commentary
The Medicare For All Dream Won’t Die. Neither Will The Problems With Single-Payer.
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, states have started removing people who are ineligible for Medicaid benefits from the program. Democrats have responded with hysteria. The Biden administration is pressing states to slow down and keep as many people as possible enrolled in the program. Democrats are ...
Commentary
Read about the CHOICE arrangement act
GOP Notches a Victory Battle for Healthcare Choice
Any time lawmakers can introduce greater choice and dynamism into the health insurance market, patients benefit. The CHOICE Arrangement Act, which passed the House last month, is a perfect example. The bill would codify the so-called “individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements,” or ICHRAs, established through executive order by President Donald Trump in ...
Commentary
Read the latest on the Medicaid purge
Let’s ensure Medicaid covers only the truly eligible
State Medicaid programs are in the midst of removing millions of people from their rolls. According to new data , more than 1.5 million in 27 states have found themselves jettisoned from the program since the end of March. Many Democrats have alleged that this Medicaid purge is unfair and unjust. In reality, it’s essential to ...
Commentary
Medicare for All Means Tax Increases and Long Waits for Everyone
This month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., launched his latest bid to ban private health insurance and force all Americans into a government-run health plan. The Vermont socialist gets points for consistency. He’s introduced legislation that would establish “Medicare for All” in the last four sessions of Congress and has been ...
PBM Industry Shadowy, Congress Shines Much Needed Light
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill regarding prescription drug reform, with a particular focus on pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is set to markup a bipartisan PBM reform bill within the next few days. The House Energy and Commerce ...
President Biden Is Taking Affordable Health Insurance Away From Millions Of Americans
President Biden is reaching back into his old boss’s policy playbook to put new restrictions on short-term health plans. This month, the White House proposed a rule that will restore Obama-era limits on the plans. The president has derided short-term insurance as “junk” that offers little protection from big potential healthcare expenses. ...
President Biden just released his "Bidenomics" policy agenda
Biden’s Anti-Patient Agenda Is Dangerous, Yet Media Applauds
President Joe Biden just released his “Bidenomics” policy agenda, which he claims will “lower healthcare costs.” Among his first orders of business? Effectively banning some of the most affordable health plans on the market. On July 7, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury published a proposed rule that would ...
Read the latest on short-term health plans
Forcing people off short-term health plans is the real insurance scam
The Biden administration recently proposed new regulations that would curb short-term health plans — or, as the White House likes to call them, “junk” or “scam” insurance. But the true scam is this attempt to deprive people of affordable coverage they like. Short-term plans aren’t subject to Obamacare’s many cost-inflating regulations, including requirements that insurers cover 10 essential health ...
Reimagine Health Insurance Away from Routine Maintenance
The health insurance system fails most Americans, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Nearly 6 in 10 insured adults have trouble using their coverage. Within that group, nearly 1 in 5 was unable to get needed care. It’s tempting to see this survey data as proof that health insurers aren’t doing ...
The insane progressive push for ‘Medicare for All’
Fifteen senators and more than 100 House members recently introduced legislation that would launch a federal takeover of the US health-insurance system and install “Medicare for All.” “We live in a country where millions of people ration lifesaving medication or skip necessary trips to the doctor because of cost,” said Rep. ...
The Medicare For All Dream Won’t Die. Neither Will The Problems With Single-Payer.
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, states have started removing people who are ineligible for Medicaid benefits from the program. Democrats have responded with hysteria. The Biden administration is pressing states to slow down and keep as many people as possible enrolled in the program. Democrats are ...
Read about the CHOICE arrangement act
GOP Notches a Victory Battle for Healthcare Choice
Any time lawmakers can introduce greater choice and dynamism into the health insurance market, patients benefit. The CHOICE Arrangement Act, which passed the House last month, is a perfect example. The bill would codify the so-called “individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements,” or ICHRAs, established through executive order by President Donald Trump in ...
Read the latest on the Medicaid purge
Let’s ensure Medicaid covers only the truly eligible
State Medicaid programs are in the midst of removing millions of people from their rolls. According to new data , more than 1.5 million in 27 states have found themselves jettisoned from the program since the end of March. Many Democrats have alleged that this Medicaid purge is unfair and unjust. In reality, it’s essential to ...
Medicare for All Means Tax Increases and Long Waits for Everyone
This month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., launched his latest bid to ban private health insurance and force all Americans into a government-run health plan. The Vermont socialist gets points for consistency. He’s introduced legislation that would establish “Medicare for All” in the last four sessions of Congress and has been ...
