Obamacare
Commentary
Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Define Taking Without Giving
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is projecting that some 2.2 million people will become uninsured in 2026 if the enhanced premium subsidies that Democrats green-lit for exchange coverage expire as scheduled at the end of next year. Eventually, the CBO says, the end of those subsidies will result in 3.8 ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 23, 2024
Commentary
Learn more about saving Medicaid
Trump can fix Medicaid
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, the entitlement that provides health coverage to roughly 1 in 5 people. Requiring beneficiaries to work, volunteer, or attend school as a condition of receiving coverage and block-granting federal Medicaid funds to the states are under consideration. But with complete control of ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 2, 2024
Commentary
Learn more about Medicare reform
Medicare Reform Can Wait No Longer
Few components of America’s healthcare system are more in need of reform than Medicaid, the joint federal-state public health plan for low-income Americans. And with Republicans set to control the House, Senate, and executive branch next year, there’s finally a chance to address the program’s considerable problems. The most serious ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 2, 2024
Commentary
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It’s time to give power to medical patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032, according to the most recent federal data. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. And it’s completely unsustainable. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 26, 2024
Commentary
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Here’s How The Trump Administration Can Help Small Businesses Pay For Health Care
What does Donald Trump’s second term portend for health care? Patients should hope it’s a lot like his first term. During his first four years in the White House, Trump took a number of steps to give small businesses more healthcare choices—and reduce what they’d have to pay for coverage. ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 25, 2024
Commentary
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Now Trump Has Chance to Finish His Work on Healthcare
When he takes office early next year, President-elect Donald Trump will have a rare opportunity to remake America’s healthcare system for the better. To do so, he’ll need to follow through on some of the best policy ideas from his first term while taking additional steps to bring more choice, ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 21, 2024
Commentary
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Five ways Trump can improve healthcare
President-elect Donald Trump famously stated he has “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. Now, those concepts may soon become reality. Here are five ways Trump and a Republican Congress can reduce health costs and expand access to affordable healthcare. Read the entire op-ed here.
Sally C. Pipes
November 20, 2024
Commentary
Learn more about Medicare flaws
Medicare’s Latest Pay Cut Will Harm Seniors
Doctors are getting a pay cut in 2025. That’s the upshot of a rule issued by Medicare earlier this month. Patients will be the ones who pay the price for Medicare’s parsimony. Seniors and younger people alike will find it harder to secure access to doctors and care. Read the ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 12, 2024
Commentary
Learn more about policies hurting patients
Left’s Medicaid Fixation Harms Patients
Over a three-month period last year, Medicaid enrollment declined by roughly 2 million, a new study in the journal Health Affairs reveals. The sudden contraction was mostly the result of a wind-down of COVID-19-era policies that prevented states from removing people from the program, even if they were not legally ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 6, 2024
Commentary
Learn more about how Harris & Trump differ on health care
How Harris and Trump compare on healthcare
People head to the polls on Tuesday to select the next occupant of the White House. Among the first big decisions the winner will have to make is whether to extend generous subsidies for health insurance purchased through the exchanges. Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 4, 2024
Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Define Taking Without Giving
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is projecting that some 2.2 million people will become uninsured in 2026 if the enhanced premium subsidies that Democrats green-lit for exchange coverage expire as scheduled at the end of next year. Eventually, the CBO says, the end of those subsidies will result in 3.8 ...
Learn more about saving Medicaid
Trump can fix Medicaid
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, the entitlement that provides health coverage to roughly 1 in 5 people. Requiring beneficiaries to work, volunteer, or attend school as a condition of receiving coverage and block-granting federal Medicaid funds to the states are under consideration. But with complete control of ...
Learn more about Medicare reform
Medicare Reform Can Wait No Longer
Few components of America’s healthcare system are more in need of reform than Medicaid, the joint federal-state public health plan for low-income Americans. And with Republicans set to control the House, Senate, and executive branch next year, there’s finally a chance to address the program’s considerable problems. The most serious ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
It’s time to give power to medical patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032, according to the most recent federal data. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. And it’s completely unsustainable. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
Here’s How The Trump Administration Can Help Small Businesses Pay For Health Care
What does Donald Trump’s second term portend for health care? Patients should hope it’s a lot like his first term. During his first four years in the White House, Trump took a number of steps to give small businesses more healthcare choices—and reduce what they’d have to pay for coverage. ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
Now Trump Has Chance to Finish His Work on Healthcare
When he takes office early next year, President-elect Donald Trump will have a rare opportunity to remake America’s healthcare system for the better. To do so, he’ll need to follow through on some of the best policy ideas from his first term while taking additional steps to bring more choice, ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
Five ways Trump can improve healthcare
President-elect Donald Trump famously stated he has “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. Now, those concepts may soon become reality. Here are five ways Trump and a Republican Congress can reduce health costs and expand access to affordable healthcare. Read the entire op-ed here.
Learn more about Medicare flaws
Medicare’s Latest Pay Cut Will Harm Seniors
Doctors are getting a pay cut in 2025. That’s the upshot of a rule issued by Medicare earlier this month. Patients will be the ones who pay the price for Medicare’s parsimony. Seniors and younger people alike will find it harder to secure access to doctors and care. Read the ...
Learn more about policies hurting patients
Left’s Medicaid Fixation Harms Patients
Over a three-month period last year, Medicaid enrollment declined by roughly 2 million, a new study in the journal Health Affairs reveals. The sudden contraction was mostly the result of a wind-down of COVID-19-era policies that prevented states from removing people from the program, even if they were not legally ...
Learn more about how Harris & Trump differ on health care
How Harris and Trump compare on healthcare
People head to the polls on Tuesday to select the next occupant of the White House. Among the first big decisions the winner will have to make is whether to extend generous subsidies for health insurance purchased through the exchanges. Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of ...