Health Care
Health Care
Sally C. Pipes on Medicare For All with the Pat Miller Program
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, joins the Pat Miller Program in Indiana to discuss medicare for all. Listen here
Health Care
Point of View Radio discusses the dangers of medicare for all for seniors with Sally C. Pipes
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, speaks with Kerby Anderson from Point of View Radio in Texas about how medicare for all will be hazardous for seniors. Ms. Pipes segment begins at the 47:00 minute mark. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/082819.mp3
Commentary
Even Harry Reid knows ‘Medicare for all’ is a disaster
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, recently made headlines for criticizing the “Medicare for all” proposal popular among Democratic presidential candidates. In an interview with Vice, Reid said that the proposal would be problematic in the 2020 election. “How are you going to get it passed?” he asked. But ...
California
‘Pay-for-Delay’ Generic Drug Bill Will Harm Californians
San Diegans and all Californians will pay a high price should a bill introduced by Assemblyman Jim Wood, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, become law. Proponents claim the bill is necessary to rein in anti-competitive practices by the pharmaceutical industry, but in reality, it will delay generic entry and raise the ...
Commentary
More Competition Will Improve Drug Affordability
Making medicines more affordable for patients promises to be a top policy priority for Congress when it returns from its August recess. Achieving this goal does not require new, elaborate, government programs or regulations. It requires reforms that will empower biosimilars to more effectively compete against originator biologics. To see ...
Commentary
Technology Can Make Rural America Healthier
Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a plan to improve health care in rural America. In a statement posted on his campaign website, he wrote, “Rural Americans are getting sicker and dying younger than people in cities.” He is right, but his plan misses the mark. Buttigieg wants to ...
Agriculture
Plants could give us new treatments for cancer, HIV and other diseases if we had better ‘pharming’ regulations
Politicians talk a lot about farming but seldom about “pharming,” even though the latter can also have a big impact on Americans’ pocketbooks—and their health. The punny name refers to genetically modifying plants such as corn, rice, tobacco and alfalfa to produce high concentrations of pharmaceutical ingredients. Many common medicines ...
Health Care
Sally C. Pipes Talks Union Healthcare on The David Webb Show
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, sat down with the David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot 125 to discuss how single-payer healthcare plans could impact union healthcare plans. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Sally-Pipes-David-Webb-8.21.19.mp3
Commentary
Vaping Hysteria Will Mean More Tobacco Deaths
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Jeff Stier When products could save lives, it’s important for people to be informed about those benefits, along with the risks. Conversely, it’s harmful and immoral to spread misinformation that negatively affects public perception of life-saving products and discourages their use. Consider, for ...
Blog
Despite Some Problems, Americans Should Be Grateful for Current Health Care System
Recently, I had a health scare that sent me to the emergency room for a few hours. The care that I received at UC Davis Medical Center was excellent. I drove myself to the emergency room at 6:30 in the morning. Upon registering, I saw a doctor within twenty minutes ...
Sally C. Pipes on Medicare For All with the Pat Miller Program
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, joins the Pat Miller Program in Indiana to discuss medicare for all. Listen here
Point of View Radio discusses the dangers of medicare for all for seniors with Sally C. Pipes
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, speaks with Kerby Anderson from Point of View Radio in Texas about how medicare for all will be hazardous for seniors. Ms. Pipes segment begins at the 47:00 minute mark. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/082819.mp3
Even Harry Reid knows ‘Medicare for all’ is a disaster
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, recently made headlines for criticizing the “Medicare for all” proposal popular among Democratic presidential candidates. In an interview with Vice, Reid said that the proposal would be problematic in the 2020 election. “How are you going to get it passed?” he asked. But ...
‘Pay-for-Delay’ Generic Drug Bill Will Harm Californians
San Diegans and all Californians will pay a high price should a bill introduced by Assemblyman Jim Wood, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, become law. Proponents claim the bill is necessary to rein in anti-competitive practices by the pharmaceutical industry, but in reality, it will delay generic entry and raise the ...
More Competition Will Improve Drug Affordability
Making medicines more affordable for patients promises to be a top policy priority for Congress when it returns from its August recess. Achieving this goal does not require new, elaborate, government programs or regulations. It requires reforms that will empower biosimilars to more effectively compete against originator biologics. To see ...
Technology Can Make Rural America Healthier
Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a plan to improve health care in rural America. In a statement posted on his campaign website, he wrote, “Rural Americans are getting sicker and dying younger than people in cities.” He is right, but his plan misses the mark. Buttigieg wants to ...
Plants could give us new treatments for cancer, HIV and other diseases if we had better ‘pharming’ regulations
Politicians talk a lot about farming but seldom about “pharming,” even though the latter can also have a big impact on Americans’ pocketbooks—and their health. The punny name refers to genetically modifying plants such as corn, rice, tobacco and alfalfa to produce high concentrations of pharmaceutical ingredients. Many common medicines ...
Sally C. Pipes Talks Union Healthcare on The David Webb Show
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, sat down with the David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot 125 to discuss how single-payer healthcare plans could impact union healthcare plans. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Sally-Pipes-David-Webb-8.21.19.mp3
Vaping Hysteria Will Mean More Tobacco Deaths
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Jeff Stier When products could save lives, it’s important for people to be informed about those benefits, along with the risks. Conversely, it’s harmful and immoral to spread misinformation that negatively affects public perception of life-saving products and discourages their use. Consider, for ...
Despite Some Problems, Americans Should Be Grateful for Current Health Care System
Recently, I had a health scare that sent me to the emergency room for a few hours. The care that I received at UC Davis Medical Center was excellent. I drove myself to the emergency room at 6:30 in the morning. Upon registering, I saw a doctor within twenty minutes ...
