Health Care
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Single-Payer on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith in Health Care Studies Sally C. Pipes discuss her new book, The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care and the problems with Canada’s single-payer health care system on the Lars Larson Show. The interview begins at the 54:20 mark.
Blog
An Update on Single-Payer
With the mid-term elections now less than 100 days away, the siren-call for single-payer or “Medicare for All” continues. Fifty-one percent of those polled earlier this year by Kaiser support single payer, the highest number ever recorded. But as Seema Verma, Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Obamacare on Wayne Allyn Root Show
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the ongoing problems with Obamacare on the Wayne Allan Root Show. The interview begins at the 31:20 mark. Click here to listen to the interview
Commentary
Canadians Pay A High Price For Free Health Care
Senator Bernie Sanders and his army of supporters of government-run health care evidently believe that American workers could use a pay cut. That’s the natural consequence of single-payer health care, as a recent analysis of Canada’s healthcare system illustrates. Last year, Canadian patients forewent $1.9 billion in wages while waiting ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes cited in Citizens Against Government Waste “WasteWatcher” Blog
The #M4A Price Tag Makes it DOA By Elizabeth Wright Continuing with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s declaration that August should be healthcare month, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is taking a look at Senator Bernie Sander’s (I-Vt) idea that we should have Medicare for All, colloquially being referred to ...
Business & Economics
Reforming Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program To Improve Health And Lower Costs
Through its purchases of durable medical equipment (DME), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) helps many patients remain in their home and out of hospitals or other long-term care settings. These purchases cover a wide array of medical equipment including diabetes testing strips, wheelchairs, and oxygen tanks. Previously, ...
Commentary
Democrats Going All In On ‘Medicare For All’
Democrats have decided to stop worrying and embrace government-run, single-payer health care. On July 19, 70 House members launched a new Medicare for All caucus. A House bill to implement single-payer — H.R. 676 — already has 122 cosponsors, about two-thirds of House Democrats. Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Rep. Keith Ellison ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Single-Payer on The John Gibson Show
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the push for single-payer health care and her new book, The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care on The John Gibson Show. The interview begins at the 41 minute mark.
California
California Democrats Press For ‘Medicare for All’
By Ashley Herzog Several California Democrats are advancing proposals for “Medicare for all,” or single-payer health care, in their primary campaigns. Current California Gov. Gavin Newsom says single-payer health care will be a key issue in his campaign for governor, and numerous Democratic Assembly and Senate candidates have established single-payer ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s Risk Adjustment Payments Should Have Stayed Frozen
In early July, the Trump administration announced that it would suspend $10 billion in transfer payments to insurers after a federal court ruled that Obamacare’s “risk-adjustment” program was flawed. The program authorizes the federal government to take money from exchange insurers with an above-average share of healthy enrollees and redistribute ...
Sally Pipes Talks Single-Payer on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith in Health Care Studies Sally C. Pipes discuss her new book, The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care and the problems with Canada’s single-payer health care system on the Lars Larson Show. The interview begins at the 54:20 mark.
An Update on Single-Payer
With the mid-term elections now less than 100 days away, the siren-call for single-payer or “Medicare for All” continues. Fifty-one percent of those polled earlier this year by Kaiser support single payer, the highest number ever recorded. But as Seema Verma, Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ...
Sally Pipes Talks Obamacare on Wayne Allyn Root Show
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the ongoing problems with Obamacare on the Wayne Allan Root Show. The interview begins at the 31:20 mark. Click here to listen to the interview
Canadians Pay A High Price For Free Health Care
Senator Bernie Sanders and his army of supporters of government-run health care evidently believe that American workers could use a pay cut. That’s the natural consequence of single-payer health care, as a recent analysis of Canada’s healthcare system illustrates. Last year, Canadian patients forewent $1.9 billion in wages while waiting ...
Sally Pipes cited in Citizens Against Government Waste “WasteWatcher” Blog
The #M4A Price Tag Makes it DOA By Elizabeth Wright Continuing with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s declaration that August should be healthcare month, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is taking a look at Senator Bernie Sander’s (I-Vt) idea that we should have Medicare for All, colloquially being referred to ...
Reforming Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program To Improve Health And Lower Costs
Through its purchases of durable medical equipment (DME), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) helps many patients remain in their home and out of hospitals or other long-term care settings. These purchases cover a wide array of medical equipment including diabetes testing strips, wheelchairs, and oxygen tanks. Previously, ...
Democrats Going All In On ‘Medicare For All’
Democrats have decided to stop worrying and embrace government-run, single-payer health care. On July 19, 70 House members launched a new Medicare for All caucus. A House bill to implement single-payer — H.R. 676 — already has 122 cosponsors, about two-thirds of House Democrats. Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Rep. Keith Ellison ...
Sally Pipes Talks Single-Payer on The John Gibson Show
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the push for single-payer health care and her new book, The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care on The John Gibson Show. The interview begins at the 41 minute mark.
California Democrats Press For ‘Medicare for All’
By Ashley Herzog Several California Democrats are advancing proposals for “Medicare for all,” or single-payer health care, in their primary campaigns. Current California Gov. Gavin Newsom says single-payer health care will be a key issue in his campaign for governor, and numerous Democratic Assembly and Senate candidates have established single-payer ...
Obamacare’s Risk Adjustment Payments Should Have Stayed Frozen
In early July, the Trump administration announced that it would suspend $10 billion in transfer payments to insurers after a federal court ruled that Obamacare’s “risk-adjustment” program was flawed. The program authorizes the federal government to take money from exchange insurers with an above-average share of healthy enrollees and redistribute ...
