Sally C. Pipes
Commentary
Telehealth should stay long after COVID-19 goes
The new coronavirus outbreak has put enormous pressure on the American health care system. In response, federal officials and private insurers have rushed to improve patient access to video consultations and other forms of virtual care. It may have taken a public health emergency to bring “telehealth” to the mainstream, ...
Drug Pricing
Sally C. Pipes Explains the Danger of Drug Price Controls with Coronavirus
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes, President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, joined the Kirby Nation to discuss the danger of drug price controls and American medical innovation. Pipes explains that roughly 4,500 new drugs are in various stage of development, with an estimated three-quarters of those ...
Commentary
In coronavirus battle, price controls would make it harder to develop lifesaving drugs
As scientists race to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, Democrats in Congress have renewed their push for price controls on drugs designed to protect us from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, along with other illnesses. The Democrats claim many Americans will only be able to afford the therapies that ...
Commentary
A Surprise in the Congressional Stimulus Package?
A proposed fix for surprise medical bills may end up on the cutting-room floor as negotiations over the multi trillion-dollar economic stimulus package wrap up on Capitol Hill. Last week, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., were trying to get their plan, which would essentially cap bills ...
Commentary
As Coronavirus Spreads, Private Sector Offers Hope—And Treatments
Optimism is in short supply as the coronavirus pandemic grows deadlier by the day. COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives around the world and upended nearly every aspect of daily life. But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health emergency. That’s the astounding speed with ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s 10th anniversary: A trillion dollars and nothing to show for it
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law a decade ago on March 23, 2010, promising an era of affordable healthcare. Instead, for the past decade, insurance premiums have skyrocketed while coverage options have declined. Clearly, this anniversary is no cause for celebration. Proponents of Obamacare point to increased rates of insurance ...
Commentary
A Decade Of Obamacare Has Been Ten Years Too Many
Ten years ago, President Barack Obama signed his eponymous healthcare reform package into law. What does the nation have to show for a decade of Obamacare? Nothing worth celebrating. Nearly every major provision of the Affordable Care Act has proven a failure. And yet, the Democrats’ approach to this failure ...
Coronavirus
Sally Pipes and Andrew Wilkow Discuss the Latest News on the Coronavirus, COVID-19
Sally C. Pipes joins Andrew Wilkow to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and how countries are responding to the explosion of COVID-19 cases in their own borders. Andrew hosts the Wilkow Majority on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wilkow-SALLY-PIPES-3-13-20.mp3
Commentary
Coronavirus shows why you don’t want price controls during a pandemic
The World Health Organization has declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic, with more than 118,000 confirmed cases worldwide. As countries brace for the worst, people around the world are looking to the United States for a drug that can prevent or cure the disease. The world is right to put its ...
Commentary
Pending “Buy America” Executive Order Threatens Coronavirus Response
This week, as the coronavirus pandemic surges, President Trump is considering an executive order that would result in obstructing the movement of critical medical supplies and treatments. The new order aims to bring the pharmaceutical supply chain back to the United States by forcing federal agencies to “Buy America”—American medical equipment, American ...
Telehealth should stay long after COVID-19 goes
The new coronavirus outbreak has put enormous pressure on the American health care system. In response, federal officials and private insurers have rushed to improve patient access to video consultations and other forms of virtual care. It may have taken a public health emergency to bring “telehealth” to the mainstream, ...
Sally C. Pipes Explains the Danger of Drug Price Controls with Coronavirus
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes, President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, joined the Kirby Nation to discuss the danger of drug price controls and American medical innovation. Pipes explains that roughly 4,500 new drugs are in various stage of development, with an estimated three-quarters of those ...
In coronavirus battle, price controls would make it harder to develop lifesaving drugs
As scientists race to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, Democrats in Congress have renewed their push for price controls on drugs designed to protect us from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, along with other illnesses. The Democrats claim many Americans will only be able to afford the therapies that ...
A Surprise in the Congressional Stimulus Package?
A proposed fix for surprise medical bills may end up on the cutting-room floor as negotiations over the multi trillion-dollar economic stimulus package wrap up on Capitol Hill. Last week, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., were trying to get their plan, which would essentially cap bills ...
As Coronavirus Spreads, Private Sector Offers Hope—And Treatments
Optimism is in short supply as the coronavirus pandemic grows deadlier by the day. COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives around the world and upended nearly every aspect of daily life. But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health emergency. That’s the astounding speed with ...
Obamacare’s 10th anniversary: A trillion dollars and nothing to show for it
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law a decade ago on March 23, 2010, promising an era of affordable healthcare. Instead, for the past decade, insurance premiums have skyrocketed while coverage options have declined. Clearly, this anniversary is no cause for celebration. Proponents of Obamacare point to increased rates of insurance ...
A Decade Of Obamacare Has Been Ten Years Too Many
Ten years ago, President Barack Obama signed his eponymous healthcare reform package into law. What does the nation have to show for a decade of Obamacare? Nothing worth celebrating. Nearly every major provision of the Affordable Care Act has proven a failure. And yet, the Democrats’ approach to this failure ...
Sally Pipes and Andrew Wilkow Discuss the Latest News on the Coronavirus, COVID-19
Sally C. Pipes joins Andrew Wilkow to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and how countries are responding to the explosion of COVID-19 cases in their own borders. Andrew hosts the Wilkow Majority on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wilkow-SALLY-PIPES-3-13-20.mp3
Coronavirus shows why you don’t want price controls during a pandemic
The World Health Organization has declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic, with more than 118,000 confirmed cases worldwide. As countries brace for the worst, people around the world are looking to the United States for a drug that can prevent or cure the disease. The world is right to put its ...
Pending “Buy America” Executive Order Threatens Coronavirus Response
This week, as the coronavirus pandemic surges, President Trump is considering an executive order that would result in obstructing the movement of critical medical supplies and treatments. The new order aims to bring the pharmaceutical supply chain back to the United States by forcing federal agencies to “Buy America”—American medical equipment, American ...
