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California
Unmistakable Signs That California Lawmakers Have (Yet Again) Gone Too Far
A Mercury News headline earlier this year declared that “Amid ‘Resistance,’ activists try to push California Democratic Party to the left.” But looking back now that the bill signing period is complete, it’s clear that Sacramento Democrats don’t need to be pushed left. They’re headed that way just fine on ...
Blog
The Price Control Hammer Will Break the Health Care System
From California to Washington D.C. legislators continue to confirm Abraham Kaplan’s famous insight that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” In the case of our legislators, that hammer is price controls; and, what needs pounding is the price of ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks with KCRA about President Trump’s Health Care Executive Order
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes talks with KCRA 3 in Sacramento about President Trump’s executive action on cost-sharing reduction payments. She says that many uninsured found Obamacare’s costs too high, and that the President’s action will bring about more health ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Trump’s Executive Action on Health Care on Air Talk with Larry Mantle
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes joins host Larry Mantle on “Air Talk” to discuss President Trump’s announcement that he will stop paying subsidies to health insurance companies which help pay medical costs for people who are low-income. Click here to listen to ...
Commentary
Trump’s Executive Order Offers Relief to Employers and Patients
This past Thursday President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back a handful of Obamacare’s regulations. Patients and employers should celebrate the move. The administration is taking action where Congress could not to increase the number of health insurance choices available to Americans — and to reduce their cost. ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks President Trump’s Health Care Executive Actions on Lars Larson Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses President Trump’s executive action on cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments and to give Americans more affordable health care choices on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show”. The interview with Sally Pipes begins at the 46:00 mark.
Health Care
Here’s how Trump’s health care order affects California
The executive order on health insurance President Donald Trump signed Thursday seeks to do away with many coverage requirements under Obamacare. Trump’s order directs the departments of Labor, Treasury, Health and Human Services and others to change some of the rules governing health insurance. Those rules are expected to be ...
Business & Economics
Price Controls Will Reduce Innovation and Health Outcomes
Abraham Kaplan famously noted that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” Put differently, solving problems requires the right tool, not the convenient tool. Congress should remember this wisdom in its upcoming deliberations regarding the cost of prescription drugs. The ...
Blog
Gov. Brown’s Rolling Stone Interview is a Must-Read
As much as we have criticized Gov. Jerry Brown, we have to acknowledge that on occasion he will act as the senior statesman of his party, beating back its most mindless impulses. The most recent example: his judicious counsel on single-payer health care. Of course Brown has been a supporter ...
Commentary
With Repeal And Replace On Hold, A New Path Forward For Health Reform
The drive to repeal and replace Obamacare appears dead. The latest attempt to roll it back — a bill authored by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. — never even got a vote. And the September 30 deadline for passing a healthcare overhaul with a simple Senate majority under the ...
Unmistakable Signs That California Lawmakers Have (Yet Again) Gone Too Far
A Mercury News headline earlier this year declared that “Amid ‘Resistance,’ activists try to push California Democratic Party to the left.” But looking back now that the bill signing period is complete, it’s clear that Sacramento Democrats don’t need to be pushed left. They’re headed that way just fine on ...
The Price Control Hammer Will Break the Health Care System
From California to Washington D.C. legislators continue to confirm Abraham Kaplan’s famous insight that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” In the case of our legislators, that hammer is price controls; and, what needs pounding is the price of ...
Sally Pipes Talks with KCRA about President Trump’s Health Care Executive Order
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes talks with KCRA 3 in Sacramento about President Trump’s executive action on cost-sharing reduction payments. She says that many uninsured found Obamacare’s costs too high, and that the President’s action will bring about more health ...
Sally Pipes Talks Trump’s Executive Action on Health Care on Air Talk with Larry Mantle
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes joins host Larry Mantle on “Air Talk” to discuss President Trump’s announcement that he will stop paying subsidies to health insurance companies which help pay medical costs for people who are low-income. Click here to listen to ...
Trump’s Executive Order Offers Relief to Employers and Patients
This past Thursday President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back a handful of Obamacare’s regulations. Patients and employers should celebrate the move. The administration is taking action where Congress could not to increase the number of health insurance choices available to Americans — and to reduce their cost. ...
Sally Pipes Talks President Trump’s Health Care Executive Actions on Lars Larson Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses President Trump’s executive action on cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments and to give Americans more affordable health care choices on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show”. The interview with Sally Pipes begins at the 46:00 mark.
Here’s how Trump’s health care order affects California
The executive order on health insurance President Donald Trump signed Thursday seeks to do away with many coverage requirements under Obamacare. Trump’s order directs the departments of Labor, Treasury, Health and Human Services and others to change some of the rules governing health insurance. Those rules are expected to be ...
Price Controls Will Reduce Innovation and Health Outcomes
Abraham Kaplan famously noted that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” Put differently, solving problems requires the right tool, not the convenient tool. Congress should remember this wisdom in its upcoming deliberations regarding the cost of prescription drugs. The ...
Gov. Brown’s Rolling Stone Interview is a Must-Read
As much as we have criticized Gov. Jerry Brown, we have to acknowledge that on occasion he will act as the senior statesman of his party, beating back its most mindless impulses. The most recent example: his judicious counsel on single-payer health care. Of course Brown has been a supporter ...
With Repeal And Replace On Hold, A New Path Forward For Health Reform
The drive to repeal and replace Obamacare appears dead. The latest attempt to roll it back — a bill authored by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. — never even got a vote. And the September 30 deadline for passing a healthcare overhaul with a simple Senate majority under the ...
