Obamacare
Commentary
Washington’s rude healthcare awakening
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee wants to create a state-run health insurance plan to compete against private coverage on the Evergreen State’s Obamacare exchange. This plan, known as a “public option,” is a terrible idea. It’d be a boondoggle for taxpayers and open the door to a future single-payer system. Inslee claims a public ...
Commentary
Arizona Patients Should Welcome Medicaid Work Requirements
Arizona just received the Trump Administration’s go-ahead to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. Under the policy, able-bodied enrollees between the ages of 19 and 49 will have to spend 80 hours a month working, attending school, or giving back to their community in some way. Arizona will be the eighth state ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Cited in Heartland News Story on CA Individual Mandate
California Considers Implementing Individual Mandate By Jake Grant The California Legislature is considering an individual mandate that would effectively force young, healthy Californians to purchase health insurance . . . Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute’s president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, says California legislators might ...
Commentary
Health spending in US is finally slowing: Here’s why
America’s health bill appears to be moderating, and market forces deserve the credit for this good news. National health expenditures grew more slowly in 2017 than in 2016, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The CMS statistics break down cost increases by category. Private health insurance spending grew ...
Commentary
Partial Medicaid expansion isn’t the solution
Some Trump administration officials, and even President Trump himself, reportedly favor allowing states to partially expand Medicaid, the program for low-income Americans jointly funded by the federal and state governments. Any expansion is a bad idea, for both fiscal and moral reasons. Obamacare enabled states to enroll able-bodied, childless adults ...
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 ...
Washington’s rude healthcare awakening
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee wants to create a state-run health insurance plan to compete against private coverage on the Evergreen State’s Obamacare exchange. This plan, known as a “public option,” is a terrible idea. It’d be a boondoggle for taxpayers and open the door to a future single-payer system. Inslee claims a public ...
Arizona Patients Should Welcome Medicaid Work Requirements
Arizona just received the Trump Administration’s go-ahead to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. Under the policy, able-bodied enrollees between the ages of 19 and 49 will have to spend 80 hours a month working, attending school, or giving back to their community in some way. Arizona will be the eighth state ...
Sally Pipes Cited in Heartland News Story on CA Individual Mandate
California Considers Implementing Individual Mandate By Jake Grant The California Legislature is considering an individual mandate that would effectively force young, healthy Californians to purchase health insurance . . . Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute’s president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, says California legislators might ...
Health spending in US is finally slowing: Here’s why
America’s health bill appears to be moderating, and market forces deserve the credit for this good news. National health expenditures grew more slowly in 2017 than in 2016, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The CMS statistics break down cost increases by category. Private health insurance spending grew ...
Partial Medicaid expansion isn’t the solution
Some Trump administration officials, and even President Trump himself, reportedly favor allowing states to partially expand Medicaid, the program for low-income Americans jointly funded by the federal and state governments. Any expansion is a bad idea, for both fiscal and moral reasons. Obamacare enabled states to enroll able-bodied, childless adults ...
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 ...
