Health Care
Health Care
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom To Propose Universal Health Care In Race To Succeed Jerry Brown
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is drafting a health care plan for California that he plans to unveil as a core component of his gubernatorial run, based in part on the universal health care program he signed into law when he was mayor of San Francisco. Newsom, seen as a ...
Angela Hart
March 13, 2017
Health Care
Bay Area Obamacare Critics: Are They Happy Now?
But are they happy now that GOP leaders in the House of Representatives have finally announced their plan to replace the law? The reaction from Obamacare critics in the Bay Area ranges from hopeful to cautiously optimistic to downright disgusted — no doubt an indication of why the House Republicans’ ...
Tracy Seipel
March 13, 2017
Commentary
Sally Pipes Speaks At Steamboat Institute Conference on Health Care After Obamacare
Watch Sally Pipes discuss efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare as part of a recent Steamboat Institute conference held in Monterey, CA. She is joined on the panel by Hal Scherz, M.D, the founder of Docs 4 Patient Care, and Hadley Heath Manning, Tony Blankley Fellow for the Steamboat Institute ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 13, 2017
Commentary
Our Veterans Deserve Real Health Care Choices
Late last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin offered a plan to let veterans escape the VA’s beleaguered health system. His proposal would expand the agency’s existing Veterans Choice Program — an initiative that was supposed to allow veterans to seek care from private health care providers if they face ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 10, 2017
Commentary
Republicans’ Health Care Bill Is America’s Best Chance To End Obamacare
The most noteworthy thing about the House Republican leadership’s new American Health Care Act is that a lot of Republicans appear to be unhappy with it. It leaves in place some of Obamacare’s most destructive provisions. For instance, the reform allows children to stay on their parents’ plans until 26, ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 8, 2017
Commentary
House Republican Plan Only The First Step Toward Repealing And Replacing Obamacare
Yesterday, the House Republican leadership formally unveiled their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — the American Health Care Act. The legislation is far from a free-marketer’s dream. But it may also represent the only politically viable way to repeal Obamacare — and set the stage for a replacement that ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 7, 2017
Business & Economics
Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Pbms) To Improve Pharmaceutical Affordability
Imagine if you never had to directly pay for your morning cup of coffee again. Instead, a coffee insurer guaranteed that, for a small co-pay, you could enjoy a cup of coffee every morning. Sounds good? The catch, and there is always a catch, is the caveat “directly pay.” In ...
Wayne Winegarden
March 7, 2017
Commentary
Republican Plan Will Give Young People A Break On Health Insurance
The left’s latest complaint about House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is that it unfairly raises insurance premiums for older Americans. The GOP’s draft bill, which leaked on February 24, would do away with Obamacare’s community rating rule, which prevents insurers from charging older patients any more than ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 6, 2017
Commentary
Hidden ER Costs Undermine Health Markets
Imagine you’re traveling in a different state when, suddenly, you begin to feel severe abdominal pain. Being unfamiliar with the area and wanting to avoid hefty out-of-network bills, you call your insurance company to find an in-network hospital. After receiving some medication and a few routine tests in the emergency ...
Wayne Winegarden
March 6, 2017
Health Care
No Walls Here
The thinking goes in Washington, D.C., that if you say something three times, it becomes a fact. Thankfully, out here in flyover country, that’s not the case. Just repeating something over and over–the Republicans have no ideas on health care!–doesn’t make it so. One of the best ideas to improve ...
Editorial Board
March 6, 2017
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom To Propose Universal Health Care In Race To Succeed Jerry Brown
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is drafting a health care plan for California that he plans to unveil as a core component of his gubernatorial run, based in part on the universal health care program he signed into law when he was mayor of San Francisco. Newsom, seen as a ...
Bay Area Obamacare Critics: Are They Happy Now?
But are they happy now that GOP leaders in the House of Representatives have finally announced their plan to replace the law? The reaction from Obamacare critics in the Bay Area ranges from hopeful to cautiously optimistic to downright disgusted — no doubt an indication of why the House Republicans’ ...
Sally Pipes Speaks At Steamboat Institute Conference on Health Care After Obamacare
Watch Sally Pipes discuss efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare as part of a recent Steamboat Institute conference held in Monterey, CA. She is joined on the panel by Hal Scherz, M.D, the founder of Docs 4 Patient Care, and Hadley Heath Manning, Tony Blankley Fellow for the Steamboat Institute ...
Our Veterans Deserve Real Health Care Choices
Late last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin offered a plan to let veterans escape the VA’s beleaguered health system. His proposal would expand the agency’s existing Veterans Choice Program — an initiative that was supposed to allow veterans to seek care from private health care providers if they face ...
Republicans’ Health Care Bill Is America’s Best Chance To End Obamacare
The most noteworthy thing about the House Republican leadership’s new American Health Care Act is that a lot of Republicans appear to be unhappy with it. It leaves in place some of Obamacare’s most destructive provisions. For instance, the reform allows children to stay on their parents’ plans until 26, ...
House Republican Plan Only The First Step Toward Repealing And Replacing Obamacare
Yesterday, the House Republican leadership formally unveiled their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — the American Health Care Act. The legislation is far from a free-marketer’s dream. But it may also represent the only politically viable way to repeal Obamacare — and set the stage for a replacement that ...
Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Pbms) To Improve Pharmaceutical Affordability
Imagine if you never had to directly pay for your morning cup of coffee again. Instead, a coffee insurer guaranteed that, for a small co-pay, you could enjoy a cup of coffee every morning. Sounds good? The catch, and there is always a catch, is the caveat “directly pay.” In ...
Republican Plan Will Give Young People A Break On Health Insurance
The left’s latest complaint about House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is that it unfairly raises insurance premiums for older Americans. The GOP’s draft bill, which leaked on February 24, would do away with Obamacare’s community rating rule, which prevents insurers from charging older patients any more than ...
Hidden ER Costs Undermine Health Markets
Imagine you’re traveling in a different state when, suddenly, you begin to feel severe abdominal pain. Being unfamiliar with the area and wanting to avoid hefty out-of-network bills, you call your insurance company to find an in-network hospital. After receiving some medication and a few routine tests in the emergency ...
No Walls Here
The thinking goes in Washington, D.C., that if you say something three times, it becomes a fact. Thankfully, out here in flyover country, that’s not the case. Just repeating something over and over–the Republicans have no ideas on health care!–doesn’t make it so. One of the best ideas to improve ...