Obamacare
Commentary
The Rising Support for Single-Payer Health Care
Public support for single-payer health care is soaring. Seven in 10 Americans want to adopt a “Medicare for All” system, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll. This shift in public opinion has been good news for Democrats. The party took back the House in part by promising to make voters’ ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Comments on Gov. Newsom’s Health Care Plans to Capital Public Radio
Universal Health Care Push Expected To Regain Momentum In Newsom’s First Budget By Sammy Caiola The fight to expand coverage under the Affordable Care Act never petered out in California, even as the federal government moved repeatedly to dismantle the Obama-era policy. Now, the Golden State seems to have a ...
Blog
Firing the Deep State
Irate over plummeting stock prices in recent weeks, the media reported that President Trump wanted to fire his appointed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. But can he really fire him? It turns out that the law is murky in this area. Trump can fire Powell, but only “for cause.” And that ...
Commentary
No Matter What the Courts Say, Obamacare Is Ineffective and Unconstitutional
Last month, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling declaring Obamacare unconstitutional. The case was brought by 20 Republican state attorneys general. Seventeen Democratic state attorneys general responded January 3 by appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Judge O’Connor ...
Commentary
New Trump rule could help small business employees afford health insurance
The Trump administration recently proposed a new rule. that could make health insurance more affordable, and stands to impact 10 million American workers by 2028. It’s sorely needed. Many firms are dropping coverage because the premiums are just too expensive. They may want to help their workers with the cost of health ...
Commentary
Blame Government Regulations for America’s Uninsured Problem
The number of uninsured Americans is rising. Last year, 27.4 million Americans went without health insurance, an increase of 700,000 from 2016, according to a just-published analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Government mandates deserve much of the blame. Regulations and red tape have driven premiums through the roof, pricing many Americans ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes in NBC News article on Obamacare ruling
Obamacare court ruling promises headaches for GOP, years of familiar health care fights By Benjy Sarlin WASHINGTON — Obamacare isn’t going anywhere yet, but a Texas judge’s ruling that would invalidate the entire law in response to a Republican-led and White House-supported lawsuit could mean potentially years of pitched battles on ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Obamacare Ruling on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Studies Sally C. Pipes discuss the Texas Obamacare ruling and what’s next with Obamacare on the “Lars Larson Show”.
Blog
Sacramento’s “Funniest Unfunny Man” Prepares to Exit Stage Left
Gov. Jerry Brown was once described by my former boss, Connie Conway, as the “funniest unfunny man” she’d ever met. For anyone who had the opportunity to watch his “exit interview” at the Sacramento Press Club, you’d know that this is an apt description. When asked to make a particularly ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Obamacare Ruling on “The Wilkow Majority”
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the recent Texas court ruling on Obamacare, and how it might lead to free market health care reforms on “The Wilkow Majority” on Sirius XM Patriot, Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-12-18-18.mp3
The Rising Support for Single-Payer Health Care
Public support for single-payer health care is soaring. Seven in 10 Americans want to adopt a “Medicare for All” system, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll. This shift in public opinion has been good news for Democrats. The party took back the House in part by promising to make voters’ ...
Sally Pipes Comments on Gov. Newsom’s Health Care Plans to Capital Public Radio
Universal Health Care Push Expected To Regain Momentum In Newsom’s First Budget By Sammy Caiola The fight to expand coverage under the Affordable Care Act never petered out in California, even as the federal government moved repeatedly to dismantle the Obama-era policy. Now, the Golden State seems to have a ...
Firing the Deep State
Irate over plummeting stock prices in recent weeks, the media reported that President Trump wanted to fire his appointed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. But can he really fire him? It turns out that the law is murky in this area. Trump can fire Powell, but only “for cause.” And that ...
No Matter What the Courts Say, Obamacare Is Ineffective and Unconstitutional
Last month, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling declaring Obamacare unconstitutional. The case was brought by 20 Republican state attorneys general. Seventeen Democratic state attorneys general responded January 3 by appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Judge O’Connor ...
New Trump rule could help small business employees afford health insurance
The Trump administration recently proposed a new rule. that could make health insurance more affordable, and stands to impact 10 million American workers by 2028. It’s sorely needed. Many firms are dropping coverage because the premiums are just too expensive. They may want to help their workers with the cost of health ...
Blame Government Regulations for America’s Uninsured Problem
The number of uninsured Americans is rising. Last year, 27.4 million Americans went without health insurance, an increase of 700,000 from 2016, according to a just-published analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Government mandates deserve much of the blame. Regulations and red tape have driven premiums through the roof, pricing many Americans ...
Sally Pipes in NBC News article on Obamacare ruling
Obamacare court ruling promises headaches for GOP, years of familiar health care fights By Benjy Sarlin WASHINGTON — Obamacare isn’t going anywhere yet, but a Texas judge’s ruling that would invalidate the entire law in response to a Republican-led and White House-supported lawsuit could mean potentially years of pitched battles on ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Obamacare Ruling on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Studies Sally C. Pipes discuss the Texas Obamacare ruling and what’s next with Obamacare on the “Lars Larson Show”.
Sacramento’s “Funniest Unfunny Man” Prepares to Exit Stage Left
Gov. Jerry Brown was once described by my former boss, Connie Conway, as the “funniest unfunny man” she’d ever met. For anyone who had the opportunity to watch his “exit interview” at the Sacramento Press Club, you’d know that this is an apt description. When asked to make a particularly ...
Sally Pipes Talks Obamacare Ruling on “The Wilkow Majority”
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the recent Texas court ruling on Obamacare, and how it might lead to free market health care reforms on “The Wilkow Majority” on Sirius XM Patriot, Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-12-18-18.mp3
