Health Care
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
Pacific Research Institute
June 12, 2019
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 ...
Wayne H Winegarden
June 12, 2019
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, ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 11, 2019
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 10, 2019
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 10, 2019
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 ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 7, 2019
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 ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 5, 2019
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.
Pacific Research Institute
June 3, 2019
Commentary
Trump order could cut your cost of health care and drugs
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order soon that could require insurers and hospitals to disclose the prices they’ve negotiated for various services. He hopes such transparency will increase competition and drive down health spending. The health care industry is less supportive. The nation’s top health insurance lobby, ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 2, 2019
Commentary
Don’t Legislate Away Biopharmaceutical Innovation
The U.S. economy thrives on innovation. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, industries that intensively rely on intellectual property (IP) protections, which includes the biopharmaceutical industry, account for nearly 40 percent of the U.S. economy and are responsible for an outsized share of our overall economic growth. Beyond the ...
Wayne Winegarden
May 30, 2019
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.
Trump order could cut your cost of health care and drugs
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order soon that could require insurers and hospitals to disclose the prices they’ve negotiated for various services. He hopes such transparency will increase competition and drive down health spending. The health care industry is less supportive. The nation’s top health insurance lobby, ...
Don’t Legislate Away Biopharmaceutical Innovation
The U.S. economy thrives on innovation. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, industries that intensively rely on intellectual property (IP) protections, which includes the biopharmaceutical industry, account for nearly 40 percent of the U.S. economy and are responsible for an outsized share of our overall economic growth. Beyond the ...