Health Care
Commentary
Elements Of ACA Replacement: Dr. Patricia Salber Interviews Sally Pipes
On the heels of the hearing for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for HHS secretary Representative Tom Price, R-Georgia, Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In, spoke with Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, about potential elements of an Affordable Care Act replacement ...
Business & Economics
Trump Should Remind Us To Acknowledge What’s Wrong Before Making Things Right
In his first Inaugural Address, President Andrew Jackson said that the election that brought him to office “inscribes on the list of Executive duties, in characters too legible to be overlooked, the task of ‘reform.’” With this election, the American people told those of us they chose – for both ...
Drug Pricing
Health Care Expert: If Obamacare Isn’t Immediately Repealed, Then It Likely Never Will Be
Ever since the Affordable Care Act — colloquially known as “Obamacare” — was signed into law in March 2010, the primary goal of congressional Republicans has been to repeal the law and replace it with a market-based solution that they say works for all Americans. For years, Republicans were only ...
Commentary
Why Democrats Should Support Tom Price’s Plan To Replace Obamacare
On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee will consider President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services: Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. The hearing will no doubt be another showdown in the war over Obamacare’s fate. Price, an orthopedic doctor in Atlanta before he ...
Commentary
GOP Will Fix Health Insurance With High-Risk Pools
Congressional Republicans are counting the days until Donald Trump assumes the Oval Office – and they can finally give voters what they asked for on Nov. 8: a repeal and replacement of Obamacare. Democrats claim that repeal will jeopardize the ability of those with preexisting conditions to access affordable health ...
Charter Schools
Biased Classroom Politics: Another Reason for School Choices
During the week of January 22-28, we mark National School Choice Week and efforts to empower parents to choose the best public or private education option for their children. For years, school choice efforts have mainly focused on the poor performance of traditional public schools. Growing political bias in the ...
Commentary
The New Senate’s Top Priority: Destroying Drug Innovation?
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar just introduced a federal budget amendment that would legalize the importation of foreign prescription drugs. This particular policy change has long topped Democrats’ health care wish list, but shockingly, they might find support across the aisle this year, as President-elect Trump has spoken glowingly of importation. ...
Commentary
The VA Doesn’t Need Protection — It Needs Competition
It takes a special kind of dishonesty to defend the Department of Veterans Affairs’ scandal-plagued health system. Yet that’s exactly what Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., veterans groups, and the Obama administration are doing in response to a modest proposal from the Trump transition team. A Trump official recently suggested that ...
Commentary
The Obamacare Law Devours Itself With Exemptions Amid 5 Million (And Counting) Cancellations
Nearly five million people have had their health insurance policies cancelled because of Obamacare. Their coverage didnt meet the laws lofty specifications for covered benefits. So they were told theyd have to secure more generous and more expensive insurance. Needless to say, they werent too pleased. And they ...
Business & Economics
Drug Importation Is Not The Answer
The imminent repeal of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) is garnering most of the health care headlines, and rightly so. But, the focus on Obamacare should not overshadow other health care modifications that may be considered during the 115th Congress. Paramount among these proposals is the issue of drug ...
Elements Of ACA Replacement: Dr. Patricia Salber Interviews Sally Pipes
On the heels of the hearing for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for HHS secretary Representative Tom Price, R-Georgia, Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In, spoke with Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, about potential elements of an Affordable Care Act replacement ...
Trump Should Remind Us To Acknowledge What’s Wrong Before Making Things Right
In his first Inaugural Address, President Andrew Jackson said that the election that brought him to office “inscribes on the list of Executive duties, in characters too legible to be overlooked, the task of ‘reform.’” With this election, the American people told those of us they chose – for both ...
Health Care Expert: If Obamacare Isn’t Immediately Repealed, Then It Likely Never Will Be
Ever since the Affordable Care Act — colloquially known as “Obamacare” — was signed into law in March 2010, the primary goal of congressional Republicans has been to repeal the law and replace it with a market-based solution that they say works for all Americans. For years, Republicans were only ...
Why Democrats Should Support Tom Price’s Plan To Replace Obamacare
On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee will consider President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services: Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. The hearing will no doubt be another showdown in the war over Obamacare’s fate. Price, an orthopedic doctor in Atlanta before he ...
GOP Will Fix Health Insurance With High-Risk Pools
Congressional Republicans are counting the days until Donald Trump assumes the Oval Office – and they can finally give voters what they asked for on Nov. 8: a repeal and replacement of Obamacare. Democrats claim that repeal will jeopardize the ability of those with preexisting conditions to access affordable health ...
Biased Classroom Politics: Another Reason for School Choices
During the week of January 22-28, we mark National School Choice Week and efforts to empower parents to choose the best public or private education option for their children. For years, school choice efforts have mainly focused on the poor performance of traditional public schools. Growing political bias in the ...
The New Senate’s Top Priority: Destroying Drug Innovation?
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar just introduced a federal budget amendment that would legalize the importation of foreign prescription drugs. This particular policy change has long topped Democrats’ health care wish list, but shockingly, they might find support across the aisle this year, as President-elect Trump has spoken glowingly of importation. ...
The VA Doesn’t Need Protection — It Needs Competition
It takes a special kind of dishonesty to defend the Department of Veterans Affairs’ scandal-plagued health system. Yet that’s exactly what Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., veterans groups, and the Obama administration are doing in response to a modest proposal from the Trump transition team. A Trump official recently suggested that ...
The Obamacare Law Devours Itself With Exemptions Amid 5 Million (And Counting) Cancellations
Nearly five million people have had their health insurance policies cancelled because of Obamacare. Their coverage didnt meet the laws lofty specifications for covered benefits. So they were told theyd have to secure more generous and more expensive insurance. Needless to say, they werent too pleased. And they ...
Drug Importation Is Not The Answer
The imminent repeal of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) is garnering most of the health care headlines, and rightly so. But, the focus on Obamacare should not overshadow other health care modifications that may be considered during the 115th Congress. Paramount among these proposals is the issue of drug ...
