Health Care
Commentary
Kamala Harris’ worst plan yet: bringing the NHS to America
Something, of course, must be done. Less than one in four people are satisfied with the NHS and its outdated centralised system of universal coverage, which routinely fails to provide adequate services. Some 7.6 million patients, including individuals suffering from cancer, are waiting to start treatment. About half have waited ...
Sally C. Pipes
September 14, 2024
Commentary
Read the latest about the problems with Obamacare
Junk Health Insurance? It’s Called Obamacare
The exchanges, in other words, are failing at one of their most fundamental jobs: expanding access to quality health care. Taxpayers cannot afford to divert yet more public money to subsidizing substandard exchange plans, as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has called for. Read the full article at Newsmax
Sally C. Pipes
September 12, 2024
Commentary
Learn why drug price controls don't work
The Expected Consequences Of Price Controls
The intended consequence of the policy is to reduce overall spending on drugs, but all regulations have unintended consequences, too. While these consequences may be unintended, they need not be unexpected. In the case of the IRA, these unintended impacts now threaten to undermine the entire purpose of the policy. ...
Wayne Winegarden
September 9, 2024
Commentary
Trump is wrong about IVF
That is certainly true. But socializing coverage of IVF, or mandating that insurance pays for it, draws from the same Democratic playbook that has caused the cost of health coverage to surge. Read the full article at the Washington Examiner
Sally C. Pipes
September 6, 2024
Commentary
This November, Choose Wisely on Healthcare
And the two political parties have wildly different approaches to solving that problem. The Democrats believe that subjecting more of our healthcare system to government control is the answer. Republicans argue that competition, free markets, and private-sector ingenuity can bring about better care at lower cost. Read the full article ...
Sally C. Pipes
September 5, 2024
Commentary
Buffalo News
Stop directing healthcare funding to social issues
Several states are already using Medicaid funds for nonmedical services like housing and food assistance. It’s a dangerous overreach that threatens to undermine Medicaid’s core mission of providing health coverage for low-income and disabled Americans. Read the full article at Buffalo News
Sally C. Pipes
September 3, 2024
Commentary
Learn why drug price controls don't work
Don’t Buy Kamala Harris’ Anti-Price Gouging Plan
That may sound like standard progressive fare. But the means by which she’d try to achieve those goals is a scheme of price controls that could destroy entire sectors of the U.S. economy. Read the full article at Forbes
Sally C. Pipes
September 3, 2024
Commentary
Learn why support for single-payer continues to fall
Kamala Harris aims to hide her long record of backing Medicare for All
Just 37% of likely voters support a government takeover of the country’s health insurance system and a concomitant ban on private health insurance, according to a survey conducted by Echelon Insights and sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute. And support for such a single-payer system has been eroding, dropping three ...
Sally C. Pipes
September 2, 2024
Commentary
Read the latest on Biden administration's drug price controls
Drug Price Controls Underperform, Unworkable
According to the White House, the program will save the federal government an estimated $6 billion in 2026, the first year the new prices will be in effect, while reducing costs for seniors by $1.5 billion. Those figures might seem impressive. But they are almost certainly inflated. In fact, it’s ...
Sally C. Pipes
August 27, 2024
Commentary
Learn about the damage from lawsuit abuse
Tort Abuses Threat To Innovation And Product Availability
Not only is continued invention necessary for expanding our prosperity, but it is also key for mitigating problems such as global climate change or finding new technologies and treatments for troubling health conditions. Take the state and municipal lawsuits being filed against energy companies as an example. When announcing his ...
Wayne Winegarden
August 26, 2024
Kamala Harris’ worst plan yet: bringing the NHS to America
Something, of course, must be done. Less than one in four people are satisfied with the NHS and its outdated centralised system of universal coverage, which routinely fails to provide adequate services. Some 7.6 million patients, including individuals suffering from cancer, are waiting to start treatment. About half have waited ...
Read the latest about the problems with Obamacare
Junk Health Insurance? It’s Called Obamacare
The exchanges, in other words, are failing at one of their most fundamental jobs: expanding access to quality health care. Taxpayers cannot afford to divert yet more public money to subsidizing substandard exchange plans, as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has called for. Read the full article at Newsmax
Learn why drug price controls don't work
The Expected Consequences Of Price Controls
The intended consequence of the policy is to reduce overall spending on drugs, but all regulations have unintended consequences, too. While these consequences may be unintended, they need not be unexpected. In the case of the IRA, these unintended impacts now threaten to undermine the entire purpose of the policy. ...
Trump is wrong about IVF
That is certainly true. But socializing coverage of IVF, or mandating that insurance pays for it, draws from the same Democratic playbook that has caused the cost of health coverage to surge. Read the full article at the Washington Examiner
This November, Choose Wisely on Healthcare
And the two political parties have wildly different approaches to solving that problem. The Democrats believe that subjecting more of our healthcare system to government control is the answer. Republicans argue that competition, free markets, and private-sector ingenuity can bring about better care at lower cost. Read the full article ...
Buffalo News
Stop directing healthcare funding to social issues
Several states are already using Medicaid funds for nonmedical services like housing and food assistance. It’s a dangerous overreach that threatens to undermine Medicaid’s core mission of providing health coverage for low-income and disabled Americans. Read the full article at Buffalo News
Learn why drug price controls don't work
Don’t Buy Kamala Harris’ Anti-Price Gouging Plan
That may sound like standard progressive fare. But the means by which she’d try to achieve those goals is a scheme of price controls that could destroy entire sectors of the U.S. economy. Read the full article at Forbes
Learn why support for single-payer continues to fall
Kamala Harris aims to hide her long record of backing Medicare for All
Just 37% of likely voters support a government takeover of the country’s health insurance system and a concomitant ban on private health insurance, according to a survey conducted by Echelon Insights and sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute. And support for such a single-payer system has been eroding, dropping three ...
Read the latest on Biden administration's drug price controls
Drug Price Controls Underperform, Unworkable
According to the White House, the program will save the federal government an estimated $6 billion in 2026, the first year the new prices will be in effect, while reducing costs for seniors by $1.5 billion. Those figures might seem impressive. But they are almost certainly inflated. In fact, it’s ...
Learn about the damage from lawsuit abuse
Tort Abuses Threat To Innovation And Product Availability
Not only is continued invention necessary for expanding our prosperity, but it is also key for mitigating problems such as global climate change or finding new technologies and treatments for troubling health conditions. Take the state and municipal lawsuits being filed against energy companies as an example. When announcing his ...