Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Don’t Buy Progressives’ Medical Debt Myth
More than four in ten adults have medical debt, according to recent research from the Kaiser Family Foundation. That has prompted several states to take action. Arizona voters recently approved a ballot measure capping interest rates on medical debt and protecting more personal property from creditors. New York has enacted legislation prohibiting healthcare providers from placing ...
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Britain shows perils of Medicare for All
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent, will soon take the helm of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He has already promised that his chairmanship will “focus on universal health care.” Mr. Sanders has long advocated a government takeover of the U.S. health insurance system. The crumbling of the ...
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Adopting UK Healthcare Model Could Be Fatal for US Patients
For weeks, the United Kingdom’s government-run healthcare system, the National Health Service, has been roiled by a series of labor strikes. It began last month, when, for the first time in NHS history, thousands of nurses walked out for a day to protest inadequate pay. Days later, ambulance workers across England and ...
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How to fix the doctor supply crunch
Roughly 100 million Americans live in areas without enough primary care doctors. Nationwide, we’re short about 17,000 of them right now. By 2034, that number could jump to 48,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. To meet our country’s growing demand for care, we need to increase the ...
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How to give patients a right to save on health care
Shopping around has never been easier. With a few clicks, consumers can easily find deals on flights, get multiple quotes on car insurance or price-match items in their local shopping mall. Yet when it comes to spending money on something really important — their health — consumers are largely in ...
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Democrats’ deceptive rhetoric on Obamacare prices
Americans have until Jan. 15 to secure healthcare coverage through the Obamacare exchanges. This year’s open enrollment period has resulted in more people signing up than ever before. More than 11.5 million people have enrolled in the exchanges as of Dec. 15, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s an 18% increase from ...
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Deregulating Medical Devices Will Increase Innovation and Safety
Government regulation is supposed to make products safer. But new research shows that, at least for medical devices, regulation can have the opposite effect. In a paper published this past November, UC San Diego economist Parker Rogers found that when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reduces regulation on a category of products, innovation ...
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To help patients save money, Congress needs to tackle the middlemen in health care
As a Republican-controlled House of Representatives with a small majority opens for business in January, one member has especially big ideas for saving patients money on prescription drug costs — and the research to back it up. A year ago, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) released a comprehensive report on the ...
Commentary
Healthcare Priorities For The Next Congress
What kind of healthcare reforms can we expect from the 118th Congress? The outlook is a bit cloudy. At long last, Congress will likely turn its attention to things other than COVID-19. But Democrats have lost their legislative trifecta and will have to work with a House narrowly controlled by ...
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Price Controls, Publicly Funded Insurance Won’t Deliver Value
On Dec. 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (cms.gov) released their latest estimate of the country’s annual healthcare tab. For the second straight year, U.S. healthcare spending topped $4 trillion. In 2021, health spending accounted for more than 18% of U.S. GDP. Progressives tend to cite numbers like these ...
Don’t Buy Progressives’ Medical Debt Myth
More than four in ten adults have medical debt, according to recent research from the Kaiser Family Foundation. That has prompted several states to take action. Arizona voters recently approved a ballot measure capping interest rates on medical debt and protecting more personal property from creditors. New York has enacted legislation prohibiting healthcare providers from placing ...
Britain shows perils of Medicare for All
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent, will soon take the helm of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He has already promised that his chairmanship will “focus on universal health care.” Mr. Sanders has long advocated a government takeover of the U.S. health insurance system. The crumbling of the ...
Adopting UK Healthcare Model Could Be Fatal for US Patients
For weeks, the United Kingdom’s government-run healthcare system, the National Health Service, has been roiled by a series of labor strikes. It began last month, when, for the first time in NHS history, thousands of nurses walked out for a day to protest inadequate pay. Days later, ambulance workers across England and ...
How to fix the doctor supply crunch
Roughly 100 million Americans live in areas without enough primary care doctors. Nationwide, we’re short about 17,000 of them right now. By 2034, that number could jump to 48,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. To meet our country’s growing demand for care, we need to increase the ...
How to give patients a right to save on health care
Shopping around has never been easier. With a few clicks, consumers can easily find deals on flights, get multiple quotes on car insurance or price-match items in their local shopping mall. Yet when it comes to spending money on something really important — their health — consumers are largely in ...
Democrats’ deceptive rhetoric on Obamacare prices
Americans have until Jan. 15 to secure healthcare coverage through the Obamacare exchanges. This year’s open enrollment period has resulted in more people signing up than ever before. More than 11.5 million people have enrolled in the exchanges as of Dec. 15, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s an 18% increase from ...
Deregulating Medical Devices Will Increase Innovation and Safety
Government regulation is supposed to make products safer. But new research shows that, at least for medical devices, regulation can have the opposite effect. In a paper published this past November, UC San Diego economist Parker Rogers found that when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reduces regulation on a category of products, innovation ...
To help patients save money, Congress needs to tackle the middlemen in health care
As a Republican-controlled House of Representatives with a small majority opens for business in January, one member has especially big ideas for saving patients money on prescription drug costs — and the research to back it up. A year ago, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) released a comprehensive report on the ...
Healthcare Priorities For The Next Congress
What kind of healthcare reforms can we expect from the 118th Congress? The outlook is a bit cloudy. At long last, Congress will likely turn its attention to things other than COVID-19. But Democrats have lost their legislative trifecta and will have to work with a House narrowly controlled by ...
Price Controls, Publicly Funded Insurance Won’t Deliver Value
On Dec. 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (cms.gov) released their latest estimate of the country’s annual healthcare tab. For the second straight year, U.S. healthcare spending topped $4 trillion. In 2021, health spending accounted for more than 18% of U.S. GDP. Progressives tend to cite numbers like these ...
