Health Care
Commentary
FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements
By Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom Published in Genetic Literacy Project Dietary supplements are big business. Three out of four Americans take one or more on a regular basis, and for older Americans the fraction is four out of five. One in three children also takes supplements. The estimated ...
Commentary
California’s ‘free’ health care for illegal immigrants — courtesy of the taxpayers
On Thursday, June 13, California lawmakers approved a $215 billion state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign. Included in the budget are several health care reforms whose mammoth cost the state may soon regret. Paramount among them is the expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program to cover low-income undocumented ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses CA Plan to Expand Medi-cal Eligibility for Undocumented on Wilkow Majority
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses California’s plan to expand Medi-cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants living in the state on the “Wilkow Majority” on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-6-12-19.mp3
Health Care
Much-Publicized Report on Financial Returns on Cancer Treatments Contains Significant Flaws and Biases, Finds New PRI Brief
The World Health Organization (WHO) is advocating that the prices of cancer treatments are excessive, but its report that justifies this conclusion contains significant biases that drastically over-estimates the revenues multiple over research and development (R&D) costs, according to a new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical ...
Commentary
How socialist price controls will harm American patients
The Trump administration is planning to propose one of the biggest changes to Medicare in decades. The draft rule aims to reduce government spending by linking Medicare drug reimbursement rates to the rates in more than a dozen other Western countries that use price controls to hold down pharmaceutical spending. If implemented, ...
Commentary
Single-payer healthcare is a bust for baby boomers
Like the United States, Canada is aging rapidly. By 2021, my native land will have more seniors than children under 14 for the first time in its history. It’s no wonder nearly 9 in 10 Canadians are worried about the growing number of seniors who will need more healthcare, according ...
Commentary
Breaking Down the Alexander-Murray Senate Health Reform Plan
Late last month, Senators Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., released bipartisan health reform legislation. The package isn’t perfect. But it does include some positive elements—including measures to improve price transparency, ban anti-competitive practices, and boost vaccination rates. Consider how the draft legislation would tackle the excesses of pharmacy benefit ...
California
Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal
California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Responds to Push for Healthcare for Undocumented in Calmatters
California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time? By Elizabeth Aguilera As California moves closer than ever to offering free health care to low-income undocumented adults—at a potential cost of $1 billion—battle lines are being drawn about who should benefit, and who ...
Featured
Scott Rasmussen – Insights from America’s Top Pollster
Legendary pollster Scott Rasmussen of ScottRasmussen.com joins us to share his insights on all things polling – from how technological changes affect the polling industry today, to the state of the Presidential race and where Americans really stand on socialism and single-payer.
FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements
By Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom Published in Genetic Literacy Project Dietary supplements are big business. Three out of four Americans take one or more on a regular basis, and for older Americans the fraction is four out of five. One in three children also takes supplements. The estimated ...
California’s ‘free’ health care for illegal immigrants — courtesy of the taxpayers
On Thursday, June 13, California lawmakers approved a $215 billion state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign. Included in the budget are several health care reforms whose mammoth cost the state may soon regret. Paramount among them is the expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program to cover low-income undocumented ...
Sally Pipes Discusses CA Plan to Expand Medi-cal Eligibility for Undocumented on Wilkow Majority
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses California’s plan to expand Medi-cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants living in the state on the “Wilkow Majority” on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-6-12-19.mp3
Much-Publicized Report on Financial Returns on Cancer Treatments Contains Significant Flaws and Biases, Finds New PRI Brief
The World Health Organization (WHO) is advocating that the prices of cancer treatments are excessive, but its report that justifies this conclusion contains significant biases that drastically over-estimates the revenues multiple over research and development (R&D) costs, according to a new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical ...
How socialist price controls will harm American patients
The Trump administration is planning to propose one of the biggest changes to Medicare in decades. The draft rule aims to reduce government spending by linking Medicare drug reimbursement rates to the rates in more than a dozen other Western countries that use price controls to hold down pharmaceutical spending. If implemented, ...
Single-payer healthcare is a bust for baby boomers
Like the United States, Canada is aging rapidly. By 2021, my native land will have more seniors than children under 14 for the first time in its history. It’s no wonder nearly 9 in 10 Canadians are worried about the growing number of seniors who will need more healthcare, according ...
Breaking Down the Alexander-Murray Senate Health Reform Plan
Late last month, Senators Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., released bipartisan health reform legislation. The package isn’t perfect. But it does include some positive elements—including measures to improve price transparency, ban anti-competitive practices, and boost vaccination rates. Consider how the draft legislation would tackle the excesses of pharmacy benefit ...
Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal
California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
Sally Pipes Responds to Push for Healthcare for Undocumented in Calmatters
California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time? By Elizabeth Aguilera As California moves closer than ever to offering free health care to low-income undocumented adults—at a potential cost of $1 billion—battle lines are being drawn about who should benefit, and who ...
Scott Rasmussen – Insights from America’s Top Pollster
Legendary pollster Scott Rasmussen of ScottRasmussen.com joins us to share his insights on all things polling – from how technological changes affect the polling industry today, to the state of the Presidential race and where Americans really stand on socialism and single-payer.
