Health Care
California
It’s No Surprise Republicans Are Leaving Liberals To Fester In High-Cost California
It was a New York governor, not one in California, who said conservatives weren’t welcome in the state. But apparently conservatives out here are getting the message. A recent poll found that 46 percent of those who consider themselves “very conservative” have considered leaving California. Overall, the “high cost of ...
Kerry Jackson
October 30, 2019
Commentary
Trump’s executive order strengthens Medicare in face of ‘Medicare-for-All’ threat
Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order designed to defend Medicare against the threat of “Medicare-for-all.” Speaking to a crowd in The Villages, Florida, the president promised that his order would “strengthen, protect, and defend Medicare for all of our senior citizens.” This order couldn’t come at a better time. As Democratic ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 29, 2019
Commentary
We Need A Cure For The Arrogance Of Drug Price Control Advocates
“Three hundred forty-five billion dollars in savings versus the cost of eight to 15 fewer drugs over 10 years, I frankly think it’s worth it.” Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL), hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee In the above quote, Representative Soto is defending H.R. 3, the drug price control ...
Wayne Winegarden
October 29, 2019
Health Care
Dr. Henry Miller Discusses Flu Vaccines on Lars Larson Show
Lars brings on Dr. Henry Miller, a physician, molecular biologist and Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, and widely published in both scholarly journals and the popular press to discuss this year’s battle against the ever so deadly flu virus. According to Dr. Miller, “Last flu season, which ran ...
Pacific Research Institute
October 28, 2019
Commentary
Bernie Sanders Was Lucky He Didn’t Have His Heart Attack In A Single-Payer System
At the October 15 Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “Under the Medicare for all bill that I wrote, premiums are gone. Co-payments are gone. Deductibles are gone. All out-of-pocket expenses are gone. We’re going to do better than the Canadians do, and that is what they have managed to ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 28, 2019
Commentary
Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised to release her plan to pay for “Medicare-for-all.” Throughout her campaign, Warren has come under fire for refusing to say whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to fund her health care plan. Many of her fellow Democrats — including “Medicare-for-all” architect Bernie Sanders — ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 27, 2019
Health Care
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ Washington Examiner Column
President Donald Trump shared Sally Pipes Washington Examiner column on Canada’s single-payer healthcare with his Facebook followers. Pipes op-ed criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders praise of Canada’s flawed single-payer healthcare.
Evan Harris
October 25, 2019
Commentary
Hey Bernie, it’s ‘Medicare for all’ that would be ‘cruel’ and ‘dysfunctional’
During last week’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders called the current U.S. healthcare system “dysfunctional” and “cruel.” Words like that are more appropriate descriptors of the government-run healthcare systems abroad that Sanders would like to import to the United States. Take Canada, the closest analog to Sanders’ vision of “Medicare ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 24, 2019
Commentary
Medicare’s Denial Of Coverage To Kidney Patients Could Be Just The Beginning
In September 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent an email announcing that it would no longer cover Auryxia®. Auryxia® is an FDA approved medicine that treats iron deficiency anemia (anemia) for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) but who are not on dialysis. People with CKD ...
Wayne Winegarden
October 22, 2019
Commentary
Mayor Pete’s Medicare for All Who Want It plan as flawed as Medicare for All
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is in hot water with progressives. At last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio, he attacked Senator Elizabeth Warren for refusing to say whether her preferred brand of health reform, Medicare for All, would require middle-class tax hikes. Soon after, a year-old tweet from the South Bend, ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 22, 2019
It’s No Surprise Republicans Are Leaving Liberals To Fester In High-Cost California
It was a New York governor, not one in California, who said conservatives weren’t welcome in the state. But apparently conservatives out here are getting the message. A recent poll found that 46 percent of those who consider themselves “very conservative” have considered leaving California. Overall, the “high cost of ...
Trump’s executive order strengthens Medicare in face of ‘Medicare-for-All’ threat
Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order designed to defend Medicare against the threat of “Medicare-for-all.” Speaking to a crowd in The Villages, Florida, the president promised that his order would “strengthen, protect, and defend Medicare for all of our senior citizens.” This order couldn’t come at a better time. As Democratic ...
We Need A Cure For The Arrogance Of Drug Price Control Advocates
“Three hundred forty-five billion dollars in savings versus the cost of eight to 15 fewer drugs over 10 years, I frankly think it’s worth it.” Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL), hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee In the above quote, Representative Soto is defending H.R. 3, the drug price control ...
Dr. Henry Miller Discusses Flu Vaccines on Lars Larson Show
Lars brings on Dr. Henry Miller, a physician, molecular biologist and Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, and widely published in both scholarly journals and the popular press to discuss this year’s battle against the ever so deadly flu virus. According to Dr. Miller, “Last flu season, which ran ...
Bernie Sanders Was Lucky He Didn’t Have His Heart Attack In A Single-Payer System
At the October 15 Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “Under the Medicare for all bill that I wrote, premiums are gone. Co-payments are gone. Deductibles are gone. All out-of-pocket expenses are gone. We’re going to do better than the Canadians do, and that is what they have managed to ...
Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised to release her plan to pay for “Medicare-for-all.” Throughout her campaign, Warren has come under fire for refusing to say whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to fund her health care plan. Many of her fellow Democrats — including “Medicare-for-all” architect Bernie Sanders — ...
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ Washington Examiner Column
President Donald Trump shared Sally Pipes Washington Examiner column on Canada’s single-payer healthcare with his Facebook followers. Pipes op-ed criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders praise of Canada’s flawed single-payer healthcare.
Hey Bernie, it’s ‘Medicare for all’ that would be ‘cruel’ and ‘dysfunctional’
During last week’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders called the current U.S. healthcare system “dysfunctional” and “cruel.” Words like that are more appropriate descriptors of the government-run healthcare systems abroad that Sanders would like to import to the United States. Take Canada, the closest analog to Sanders’ vision of “Medicare ...
Medicare’s Denial Of Coverage To Kidney Patients Could Be Just The Beginning
In September 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent an email announcing that it would no longer cover Auryxia®. Auryxia® is an FDA approved medicine that treats iron deficiency anemia (anemia) for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) but who are not on dialysis. People with CKD ...
Mayor Pete’s Medicare for All Who Want It plan as flawed as Medicare for All
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is in hot water with progressives. At last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio, he attacked Senator Elizabeth Warren for refusing to say whether her preferred brand of health reform, Medicare for All, would require middle-class tax hikes. Soon after, a year-old tweet from the South Bend, ...