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Bernie Sanders took his terrible ‘Medicare for all’ idea and made it a disaster

On Wednesday, 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released his updated “Medicare for all” bill. The plan is even more disastrous than its original 2017 iteration. The new bill is not all that different from the one he introduced two years ago. It would still force virtually every person to swap ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Discusses Bernie Sanders’ Updated Medicare-for-All Plan on Wilkow Majority

Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss Bernie Sanders’ updated Medicare-for-All plan on “The Wilkow Majority” on Sirius XM Patriot, Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-4-10-19.mp3
Health Care

Sally Pipes discusses problems with Medicare-for-All on Chad Benson Show

Listen to “Words not meaning what they used to mean” on Spreaker. Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy discuss the problems with Medicare-for-All in England and the various proposals in the United States on the nationally-syndicated Chad Benson Show.
Health Care

Sally Pipes on Future of Obamacare

Experts discuss future of Obamacare after latest ruling By Caitlin Randle Experts who oppose the Affordable Care Act spoke at a conference Tuesday to address its future – now that a Texas federal judge has ruled that Obamacare is unconstitutional . . . Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All on Sean Burke Show

PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the latest in the ongoing battle over Medicare for All on the “Sean Burke Show.”
California

Sally Pipes in Sacramento Bee: Stepping Stones to Government Takeover of Health Care

Twenty-two ways to ease California health insurance bills are up for debate in the Capitol By Deepa Bharath, Michael Finch II, Sophia Bollag and Sammy Caiola . . . Twenty-two bills before the Legislature this year aim to make health care more affordable and accessible. It seems almost certain that ...
Commentary

Britain’s Version Of ‘Medicare For All’ Is Collapsing

Nearly a quarter of a million British patients have been waiting more than six months to receive planned medical treatment from the National Health Service, according to a recent report from the Royal College of Surgeons. More than 36,000 have been in treatment queues for nine months or more. Long waits for care are endemic ...
Business & Economics

Price Controls Are Never The Answer

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has just doubled down on one of the Trump Administration’s unsound ideas. His proposal is disappointing for many reasons, particularly because Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, has proposed an alternative reform that, if Congress implemented, would meaningfully improve the affordability of prescription drugs ...
Commentary

End partisan attacks on short-term health plans

House Democrats this week introduced legislation that would neuter short-term health plans. These policies don’t have to comply with Obamacare’s many cost-inflating mandates, so they’re less expensive than the plans available through the exchanges. Democrats despise them. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., has called them ” junk insurance.” But by declaring their opposition ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Gene Therapies Can Save Lives

Gene therapies have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans living with life-threatening diseases. Watch the new PRI video to learn how policy obstacles are standing in the way of making gene therapies a reality for millions.
Commentary

Bernie Sanders took his terrible ‘Medicare for all’ idea and made it a disaster

On Wednesday, 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released his updated “Medicare for all” bill. The plan is even more disastrous than its original 2017 iteration. The new bill is not all that different from the one he introduced two years ago. It would still force virtually every person to swap ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Discusses Bernie Sanders’ Updated Medicare-for-All Plan on Wilkow Majority

Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss Bernie Sanders’ updated Medicare-for-All plan on “The Wilkow Majority” on Sirius XM Patriot, Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-4-10-19.mp3
Health Care

Sally Pipes discusses problems with Medicare-for-All on Chad Benson Show

Listen to “Words not meaning what they used to mean” on Spreaker. Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy discuss the problems with Medicare-for-All in England and the various proposals in the United States on the nationally-syndicated Chad Benson Show.
Health Care

Sally Pipes on Future of Obamacare

Experts discuss future of Obamacare after latest ruling By Caitlin Randle Experts who oppose the Affordable Care Act spoke at a conference Tuesday to address its future – now that a Texas federal judge has ruled that Obamacare is unconstitutional . . . Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All on Sean Burke Show

PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the latest in the ongoing battle over Medicare for All on the “Sean Burke Show.”
California

Sally Pipes in Sacramento Bee: Stepping Stones to Government Takeover of Health Care

Twenty-two ways to ease California health insurance bills are up for debate in the Capitol By Deepa Bharath, Michael Finch II, Sophia Bollag and Sammy Caiola . . . Twenty-two bills before the Legislature this year aim to make health care more affordable and accessible. It seems almost certain that ...
Commentary

Britain’s Version Of ‘Medicare For All’ Is Collapsing

Nearly a quarter of a million British patients have been waiting more than six months to receive planned medical treatment from the National Health Service, according to a recent report from the Royal College of Surgeons. More than 36,000 have been in treatment queues for nine months or more. Long waits for care are endemic ...
Business & Economics

Price Controls Are Never The Answer

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has just doubled down on one of the Trump Administration’s unsound ideas. His proposal is disappointing for many reasons, particularly because Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, has proposed an alternative reform that, if Congress implemented, would meaningfully improve the affordability of prescription drugs ...
Commentary

End partisan attacks on short-term health plans

House Democrats this week introduced legislation that would neuter short-term health plans. These policies don’t have to comply with Obamacare’s many cost-inflating mandates, so they’re less expensive than the plans available through the exchanges. Democrats despise them. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., has called them ” junk insurance.” But by declaring their opposition ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Gene Therapies Can Save Lives

Gene therapies have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans living with life-threatening diseases. Watch the new PRI video to learn how policy obstacles are standing in the way of making gene therapies a reality for millions.
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