Health Care
Drug Pricing
Henry Miller explains how the market can lower drug prices on the Lars Larson Show
Henry Miller joined the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show to discuss how the market can lower drug prices. Henry Miller’s interview starts at the 46 minute mark.
Commentary
Trump’s drug price controls could cost lives
The Trump administration is preparing a proposal that will likely peg what Medicare pays for prescription drugs to prices in other nations. Name brand drugs generally cost less abroad because foreign governments forcibly control their prices. So this international price index would effectively import those foreign price controls. That may sound like a ...
Commentary
A President Harris Would Mean Good-Bye To Private Insurance
Since announcing her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Kamala Harris hasn’t been able to make up her mind about whether she wants to eliminate private health insurance. At a CNN town hall in January, she voiced support for nixing private insurance, stating, “Let’s eliminate all of that. ...
Health Care
The Bob Zadek Show interviews Sally C. Pipes on KTRB 860 AM on single-payer healthcare plans
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, discussed single-payer healthcare and Medicare For All plans offered by the 2020 Democratic candidates on the Bob Zadek Show on KTRB The Answer. Click below to listen to the segment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53615d24e4b0a4907f99ed24/t/5d5a577948099500015cf9d5/1566201850081/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3/original/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3
Commentary
‘Medicare-for-all’ would be hazardous to the health of seniors – Rationed care could be deadly
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., had a run-in with the Greatest Generation on Aug. 12. Roberta Jewell, a resident at the Bickford Senior Living Center in Muscatine, Iowa, told the Democratic presidential hopeful to “leave our health care alone.” Like many Americans, Jewell is reluctant to embrace the “Medicare-for-all” plans Harris ...
Drug Pricing
What to Know in Washington: When Drugs Make News, Trump Reacts
Staffers at the Department of Health and Human Services have gotten used to a pattern: President Donald Trump sees a news report on spikes in prescription-drug list prices, Secretary Alex Azar is called to a meeting in the Oval Office, and a policy in the discussion stage gets accelerated and ...
Health Care
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ op-ed on Medicare For All
President Donald J. Trump took to Facebook on Monday to share Sally Pipes’ latest Fox News column on how union members will be impacted by the push by Democratic candidates for a single-payer health care system. Click here to read the column that the President is talking about.
Health Care
WIBW Topeka Interviews Sally C. Pipes on healthcare
A healthcare policy expert believes that Republicans need a legitimate alternative to Medicare for All if they’re going to be successful with the issue going forward. “President Trump has said that he is going to release another fantastic health care plan sometime this month in August, said Sally C. Pipes, ...
Commentary
Union workers, be careful what you wish for – 2020 Dems might ruin your excellent health benefits
This month, 19 Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas to court the union vote at a forum hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the country’s largest public-sector union. Some candidates took this opportunity to plug their plans for a government takeover of the nation’s health care system, which ...
Commentary
Let’s Let Market Forces Lower Drug Prices
The Trump Administration on July 31 announced steps that could lead to the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, where prices are lower. This strategy is favored by President Trump but has long been opposed by many Republicans. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that the policy would enable Americans ...
Henry Miller explains how the market can lower drug prices on the Lars Larson Show
Henry Miller joined the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show to discuss how the market can lower drug prices. Henry Miller’s interview starts at the 46 minute mark.
Trump’s drug price controls could cost lives
The Trump administration is preparing a proposal that will likely peg what Medicare pays for prescription drugs to prices in other nations. Name brand drugs generally cost less abroad because foreign governments forcibly control their prices. So this international price index would effectively import those foreign price controls. That may sound like a ...
A President Harris Would Mean Good-Bye To Private Insurance
Since announcing her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Kamala Harris hasn’t been able to make up her mind about whether she wants to eliminate private health insurance. At a CNN town hall in January, she voiced support for nixing private insurance, stating, “Let’s eliminate all of that. ...
The Bob Zadek Show interviews Sally C. Pipes on KTRB 860 AM on single-payer healthcare plans
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, discussed single-payer healthcare and Medicare For All plans offered by the 2020 Democratic candidates on the Bob Zadek Show on KTRB The Answer. Click below to listen to the segment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53615d24e4b0a4907f99ed24/t/5d5a577948099500015cf9d5/1566201850081/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3/original/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3
‘Medicare-for-all’ would be hazardous to the health of seniors – Rationed care could be deadly
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., had a run-in with the Greatest Generation on Aug. 12. Roberta Jewell, a resident at the Bickford Senior Living Center in Muscatine, Iowa, told the Democratic presidential hopeful to “leave our health care alone.” Like many Americans, Jewell is reluctant to embrace the “Medicare-for-all” plans Harris ...
What to Know in Washington: When Drugs Make News, Trump Reacts
Staffers at the Department of Health and Human Services have gotten used to a pattern: President Donald Trump sees a news report on spikes in prescription-drug list prices, Secretary Alex Azar is called to a meeting in the Oval Office, and a policy in the discussion stage gets accelerated and ...
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ op-ed on Medicare For All
President Donald J. Trump took to Facebook on Monday to share Sally Pipes’ latest Fox News column on how union members will be impacted by the push by Democratic candidates for a single-payer health care system. Click here to read the column that the President is talking about.
WIBW Topeka Interviews Sally C. Pipes on healthcare
A healthcare policy expert believes that Republicans need a legitimate alternative to Medicare for All if they’re going to be successful with the issue going forward. “President Trump has said that he is going to release another fantastic health care plan sometime this month in August, said Sally C. Pipes, ...
Union workers, be careful what you wish for – 2020 Dems might ruin your excellent health benefits
This month, 19 Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas to court the union vote at a forum hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the country’s largest public-sector union. Some candidates took this opportunity to plug their plans for a government takeover of the nation’s health care system, which ...
Let’s Let Market Forces Lower Drug Prices
The Trump Administration on July 31 announced steps that could lead to the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, where prices are lower. This strategy is favored by President Trump but has long been opposed by many Republicans. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that the policy would enable Americans ...
