Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Republicans’ Free Chance To Save Sick Kids
Right now, Congress has a chance to save the lives of countless sick children—without spending a dime of taxpayer money. It could seize that opportunity by reauthorizing the Pediatric Priority Review Voucher (PPRV) program—which incentivizes companies to invest in lifesaving but financially risky treatments for rare pediatric diseases. Read the ...
Commentary
In defense of Medicaid work requirements
Republicans are considering cuts to Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan that provides taxpayer-funded health coverage to 80 million adults and children. Many in the GOP would like to require able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries to work in exchange for coverage. That’s a good idea. Read the entire op-ed here.
Commentary
Make Telehealth Coverage a Permanent Medicare Feature
When the Trump administration loosened telemedicine restrictions for Medicare patients in March 2020, the move was seen as temporary. The COVID-19 pandemic was in its early days. Read the op-ed here:
Commentary
We Can’t Afford Timidity in Revamping Medicaid
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution by the narrowest of margins. The most controversial component of the bill concerns Medicaid. Democrats have castigated the resolution on the grounds that it would make steep cuts to the joint federal-state public healthcare entitlement. Even some Republicans have expressed ...
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President and Congress Should Eliminate Wasteful Healthcare Subsidies
Big insurers are beginning to panic. At the end of this year, the generous COVID-era taxpayer subsidies they’ve enjoyed on coverage sold through Obamacare’s exchanges will expire. Good. The subsidies represent billions of dollars in corporate welfare for insurance companies — and obscure how premiums have surged under Obamacare. Read ...
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End Federal Welfare For Universities, Insurers
When it comes to government spending, President Trump may just be the DOGE who caught the car. Thanks in large part to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, Americans are learning about all sorts of waste that only the most ardent readers of government reports and websites knew of. Read ...
Blog
Waiting for Care: The Sick Reality of Single-Payer Health Systems
A Vancouver hospital with staff shortages cancelled more than 100 heart surgeries in the first six months of last year, according to a new report. Patients queued up — again — to wait for care. Such stories abound in Canada and the United Kingdom, where the government operates and pays ...
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Why House Republican Budget Cuts Should Start With Health Insurance Subsidies
Last night, House Republicans passed a critical budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years to get America’s fiscal house in order and address our $35 trillion national debt. Congress should start by addressing one of the economy’s biggest pain ...
Commentary
RFK Jr. Can Breathe New Life Into HHS
Speaking to agency staffers last week, newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., insisted that “nothing is off limits” in his fight against chronic disease. It’s an encouraging message. HHS is in desperate need of modernization. Read the entire op-ed in Newsmax.
Commentary
Stop the Medicaid provider tax grift
House Republicans are calling for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts next year. Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan established in 1965 to provide publicly funded health coverage to the poor and disabled, is reportedly where they’ll find much of that money. Eliminating so-called “provider taxes,” which allow states to game ...
Republicans’ Free Chance To Save Sick Kids
Right now, Congress has a chance to save the lives of countless sick children—without spending a dime of taxpayer money. It could seize that opportunity by reauthorizing the Pediatric Priority Review Voucher (PPRV) program—which incentivizes companies to invest in lifesaving but financially risky treatments for rare pediatric diseases. Read the ...
In defense of Medicaid work requirements
Republicans are considering cuts to Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan that provides taxpayer-funded health coverage to 80 million adults and children. Many in the GOP would like to require able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries to work in exchange for coverage. That’s a good idea. Read the entire op-ed here.
Make Telehealth Coverage a Permanent Medicare Feature
When the Trump administration loosened telemedicine restrictions for Medicare patients in March 2020, the move was seen as temporary. The COVID-19 pandemic was in its early days. Read the op-ed here:
We Can’t Afford Timidity in Revamping Medicaid
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution by the narrowest of margins. The most controversial component of the bill concerns Medicaid. Democrats have castigated the resolution on the grounds that it would make steep cuts to the joint federal-state public healthcare entitlement. Even some Republicans have expressed ...
President and Congress Should Eliminate Wasteful Healthcare Subsidies
Big insurers are beginning to panic. At the end of this year, the generous COVID-era taxpayer subsidies they’ve enjoyed on coverage sold through Obamacare’s exchanges will expire. Good. The subsidies represent billions of dollars in corporate welfare for insurance companies — and obscure how premiums have surged under Obamacare. Read ...
End Federal Welfare For Universities, Insurers
When it comes to government spending, President Trump may just be the DOGE who caught the car. Thanks in large part to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, Americans are learning about all sorts of waste that only the most ardent readers of government reports and websites knew of. Read ...
Waiting for Care: The Sick Reality of Single-Payer Health Systems
A Vancouver hospital with staff shortages cancelled more than 100 heart surgeries in the first six months of last year, according to a new report. Patients queued up — again — to wait for care. Such stories abound in Canada and the United Kingdom, where the government operates and pays ...
Why House Republican Budget Cuts Should Start With Health Insurance Subsidies
Last night, House Republicans passed a critical budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years to get America’s fiscal house in order and address our $35 trillion national debt. Congress should start by addressing one of the economy’s biggest pain ...
RFK Jr. Can Breathe New Life Into HHS
Speaking to agency staffers last week, newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., insisted that “nothing is off limits” in his fight against chronic disease. It’s an encouraging message. HHS is in desperate need of modernization. Read the entire op-ed in Newsmax.
Stop the Medicaid provider tax grift
House Republicans are calling for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts next year. Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan established in 1965 to provide publicly funded health coverage to the poor and disabled, is reportedly where they’ll find much of that money. Eliminating so-called “provider taxes,” which allow states to game ...
