Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
The coronavirus recession is no excuse for Medicaid expansion
House Democrats are looking to funnel billions of dollars into state Medicaid programs through the HEROES Act, which narrowly passed the lower chamber in mid-May. The $45 billion they’re promising may sound like a godsend to states staring at huge budget deficits in the wake of the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But Medicaid ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push with Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy discuss the push for single-payer during the COVID-19 crisis and her new book (False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All) on a virtual webinar with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
Commentary
Colorado Gets A Reprieve From The Public Option. All Americans Should Be So Lucky.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Colorado lawmakers have shelved their plan to overhaul the state’s healthcare system and implement a public health insurance option. Coloradans should count their blessings—for now, at least. The proposed “Colorado Option” would have curtailed access to quality care, particularly in rural areas. Even as Colorado’s leaders are backing ...
Business & Economics
Coronavirus recovery — Want to help the economy? Don’t do this
Nearly 39 million Americans have filed for unemployment, as of May 21, since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, pushing unemployment closer to levels not seen since the Great Depression. So far, Congress has allocated over $239 billion in stimulus checks and unemployment benefits to help. Congressional Democrats want to go further. ...
Commentary
COVID-19 Makes Employer-Based Coverage Indefensible
Americans rendered jobless by COVID-19 have lost more than just their incomes. An estimated 12.7 million people have also lost their employer-provided health coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The crisis has driven home the imprudence of tying health insurance to employment. Our system not only makes coverage precarious but also ...
Commentary
COBRA subsidies would constrict the economy
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a $3 trillion follow-up to the first three coronavirus relief packages. Among other things, the package would have the government fund nine months of premiums for COBRA, the federal program that lets unemployed workers pay premiums in order to remain on their employers’ ...
Commentary
Coronavirus response – Buy America push would hurt US. Here’s how
It is expected that any day now, the White House will release an executive order requiring certain drugs to be manufactured in the United States. It’s part of a wider push by both the administration and Congress to force the federal government to buy more American-made goods and reduce reliance on countries like China. ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes: COVID-19 Makes Employer-Based Coverage Indefensible
Americans rendered jobless by COVID-19 have lost more than just their incomes. An estimated 12.7 million people have also lost their employer-provided health coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The crisis has driven home the imprudence of tying health insurance to employment. Our system not only makes coverage precarious but also ...
Commentary
Coronavirus causes financial crisis for hospitals and doctors – Patients lose vital care
While many heroic doctors, nurses and other health care professionals are working long hours and risking their lives to treat COVID-19 patients, others have seen their workloads and hospital occupancy rates drop dramatically as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This has created a financial crisis and endangered public health. ...
Commentary
In war on coronavirus, we need more foreign doctors practicing in US
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey has begun issuing temporary emergency licenses to doctors licensed in other countries. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy called the new policy “entirely fitting” for the state, which has the second-most cases of COVID-19 and the second-most deaths after New York. It’s a smart ...
The coronavirus recession is no excuse for Medicaid expansion
House Democrats are looking to funnel billions of dollars into state Medicaid programs through the HEROES Act, which narrowly passed the lower chamber in mid-May. The $45 billion they’re promising may sound like a godsend to states staring at huge budget deficits in the wake of the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But Medicaid ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push with Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy discuss the push for single-payer during the COVID-19 crisis and her new book (False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All) on a virtual webinar with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
Colorado Gets A Reprieve From The Public Option. All Americans Should Be So Lucky.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Colorado lawmakers have shelved their plan to overhaul the state’s healthcare system and implement a public health insurance option. Coloradans should count their blessings—for now, at least. The proposed “Colorado Option” would have curtailed access to quality care, particularly in rural areas. Even as Colorado’s leaders are backing ...
Coronavirus recovery — Want to help the economy? Don’t do this
Nearly 39 million Americans have filed for unemployment, as of May 21, since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, pushing unemployment closer to levels not seen since the Great Depression. So far, Congress has allocated over $239 billion in stimulus checks and unemployment benefits to help. Congressional Democrats want to go further. ...
COVID-19 Makes Employer-Based Coverage Indefensible
Americans rendered jobless by COVID-19 have lost more than just their incomes. An estimated 12.7 million people have also lost their employer-provided health coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The crisis has driven home the imprudence of tying health insurance to employment. Our system not only makes coverage precarious but also ...
COBRA subsidies would constrict the economy
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a $3 trillion follow-up to the first three coronavirus relief packages. Among other things, the package would have the government fund nine months of premiums for COBRA, the federal program that lets unemployed workers pay premiums in order to remain on their employers’ ...
Coronavirus response – Buy America push would hurt US. Here’s how
It is expected that any day now, the White House will release an executive order requiring certain drugs to be manufactured in the United States. It’s part of a wider push by both the administration and Congress to force the federal government to buy more American-made goods and reduce reliance on countries like China. ...
Sally Pipes: COVID-19 Makes Employer-Based Coverage Indefensible
Americans rendered jobless by COVID-19 have lost more than just their incomes. An estimated 12.7 million people have also lost their employer-provided health coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The crisis has driven home the imprudence of tying health insurance to employment. Our system not only makes coverage precarious but also ...
Coronavirus causes financial crisis for hospitals and doctors – Patients lose vital care
While many heroic doctors, nurses and other health care professionals are working long hours and risking their lives to treat COVID-19 patients, others have seen their workloads and hospital occupancy rates drop dramatically as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This has created a financial crisis and endangered public health. ...
In war on coronavirus, we need more foreign doctors practicing in US
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey has begun issuing temporary emergency licenses to doctors licensed in other countries. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy called the new policy “entirely fitting” for the state, which has the second-most cases of COVID-19 and the second-most deaths after New York. It’s a smart ...
