Obamacare
Health Care
Americans Aren’t Buying What Obamacare Is Selling
A new Gallup poll provides yet more evidence that Obamacare is collapsing. According to the survey, the share of people without health insurance jumped to 11.7 percent in the second quarter of this year — up from 10.9 percent at the end of 2016. Obamacare is spending billions of taxpayer ...
Commentary
If GOP Fails To Repeal And Replace Obamacare, Single-Payer Could Be Next
It’s no secret that the cost of failure in the GOP healthcare reform effort will be that Obamacare remains on the books indefinitely. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hinted that he might be willing to pay that cost. He said that Republicans would work with Democrats to produce ...
Commentary
Declaring Independence From Obamacare
Republican senators are hashing out their health reform bill over the July 4 recess. When they return on July 10, let’s hope they’ve written a bill that looks less like Obamacare Lite and more like a genuine market-based alternative to repeal and replace the failing health law. Anyone who believes ...
Health Care
Repealing Obamacare With No Replacement? Still A Terrible Idea
With Senate Republicans struggling to agree on a proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, President Trump urged them Friday morning just to repeal the dang thing and worry about replacing it later. That would be the same President Trump who insisted earlier this year that repealing with no plan ...
California
Ignoring Single-Payer’s Siren Song
Government-run, single-payer health care is apparently back in vogue. The California state Senate recently green-lit a bill that would abolish private insurance and force all residents — including those currently on Medicare and the state’s version of Medicaid, Medi-Cal — into a new government-run plan. The bill has been put ...
Commentary
Time Is Running Out To Enact A True Repeal Of The Affordable Care Act
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed a vote on his healthcare bill after realizing it couldn’t pass in its current form. Thank goodness. The bill leaves many of the Affordable Care Act’s core components in place—including a system of state and federal insurance exchanges that are on the ...
Commentary
Republicans Shouldn’t Wince At That CBO Score
Senate Republicans just delayed a vote on their health care bill. The decision came less than a day after the Congressional Budget Office officially “scored” the bill and found that 22 million people would lose coverage if the legislation passes. There are plenty of reasons to object to the Senate ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Sally Pipes talk about the Senate Republican health care bill, the CBO score, and efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare on the Lars Larson Show. Tune in around the 10:00 mark to hear Sally’s interview. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show 6/26/17
Health Care
Sally Pipes On Newsmax TV on Senate GOP Health Plan
Watch PRI’s Sally Pipes discuss the Senate Republican health plan, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, with Bill Tucker on Newsmax TV. She argues that Senate Republicans embraced Obamacare in their health care bill. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Newsmax TV – Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare in their ...
Commentary
GOP Health Reform Is Hardly Sweeping
Listen to the critics of the GOP’s healthcare reform effort, and you might think Republicans are intent on personally cancelling the insurance policies of 300 million Americans. Earlier this month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., referred to the Senate’s Obamacare replacement, which became public June 22, as “a bill that’s going ...
Americans Aren’t Buying What Obamacare Is Selling
A new Gallup poll provides yet more evidence that Obamacare is collapsing. According to the survey, the share of people without health insurance jumped to 11.7 percent in the second quarter of this year — up from 10.9 percent at the end of 2016. Obamacare is spending billions of taxpayer ...
If GOP Fails To Repeal And Replace Obamacare, Single-Payer Could Be Next
It’s no secret that the cost of failure in the GOP healthcare reform effort will be that Obamacare remains on the books indefinitely. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hinted that he might be willing to pay that cost. He said that Republicans would work with Democrats to produce ...
Declaring Independence From Obamacare
Republican senators are hashing out their health reform bill over the July 4 recess. When they return on July 10, let’s hope they’ve written a bill that looks less like Obamacare Lite and more like a genuine market-based alternative to repeal and replace the failing health law. Anyone who believes ...
Repealing Obamacare With No Replacement? Still A Terrible Idea
With Senate Republicans struggling to agree on a proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, President Trump urged them Friday morning just to repeal the dang thing and worry about replacing it later. That would be the same President Trump who insisted earlier this year that repealing with no plan ...
Ignoring Single-Payer’s Siren Song
Government-run, single-payer health care is apparently back in vogue. The California state Senate recently green-lit a bill that would abolish private insurance and force all residents — including those currently on Medicare and the state’s version of Medicaid, Medi-Cal — into a new government-run plan. The bill has been put ...
Time Is Running Out To Enact A True Repeal Of The Affordable Care Act
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed a vote on his healthcare bill after realizing it couldn’t pass in its current form. Thank goodness. The bill leaves many of the Affordable Care Act’s core components in place—including a system of state and federal insurance exchanges that are on the ...
Republicans Shouldn’t Wince At That CBO Score
Senate Republicans just delayed a vote on their health care bill. The decision came less than a day after the Congressional Budget Office officially “scored” the bill and found that 22 million people would lose coverage if the legislation passes. There are plenty of reasons to object to the Senate ...
Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Sally Pipes talk about the Senate Republican health care bill, the CBO score, and efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare on the Lars Larson Show. Tune in around the 10:00 mark to hear Sally’s interview. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Lars Larson Show 6/26/17
Sally Pipes On Newsmax TV on Senate GOP Health Plan
Watch PRI’s Sally Pipes discuss the Senate Republican health plan, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, with Bill Tucker on Newsmax TV. She argues that Senate Republicans embraced Obamacare in their health care bill. RELATED LINKS Sally Pipes on Newsmax TV – Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare in their ...
GOP Health Reform Is Hardly Sweeping
Listen to the critics of the GOP’s healthcare reform effort, and you might think Republicans are intent on personally cancelling the insurance policies of 300 million Americans. Earlier this month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., referred to the Senate’s Obamacare replacement, which became public June 22, as “a bill that’s going ...
