Health Care
Commentary
Health care gurus: Idaho needs to return the exchange money and wait on the idea
A pair of health policy experts Thursday talked about state and federal health exchanges and they have a single message for Idaho lawmakers: Give the money back and wait. John Graham, health care studies director for the Pacific Research Institute, a California-based think tank, and Christie Herrera, with the American ...
Commentary
Health care expert Sally Pipes on what could replace Obamacare
Repeal and replace has been a conservative mantra ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. But while the process of getting rid of the law is somewhat straightforward, theres been no consensus on what to actually replace it with. Enter Sally Pipes, the renowned health care expert ...
California
California hospitals’ unhealthy dependence on government
While many Americans are eager for the U.S. Supreme Court this year to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a federal judge in Los Angeles has just made a misguided decision that cuts right to the root of the government’s role in controlling people’s access to ...
Commentary
Pipes calls for Americans to repeal, replace ObamaCare
At the Jan. 26 launch party in Washington for her new book, The Pipes Plan, the president of the Pacific Research Institute called on Americans to reject and dismantle the presidents healthcare reform agenda before it is too late. When then-speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress had to pass a 2,700-page ...
Commentary
What Are The Costs And Benefits of Patents for Prescription Drugs?
On January 23, the Wall Street Journal hosted an interesting debate between Josh Bloom, Phd, of the American Council on Science and Health, and Dr. Else Torreele of the Open Society Foundation. (The link is here, and was free when I last checked. If it disappears behind a wall, the ...
Commentary
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse
President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address included many important topics, but as far as physicians were concerned, he missed a key one: healthcare reform. To Sally C. Pipes, a longtime activist for free-market healthcare reform, that was no accidental oversight. Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute, a ...
Medicaid
If Health Spending is Increasing Slower, Why Are Premiums Rising Faster?
Key Points: The rate of increase in private health spending has dropped significantly since the financial crisis hit in 2008, although government programs like Medicare and Medicaid have continued along their unsustainable path. However, administrative costs and private premiums began to increase immediately upon President Obama’s enacting the Patient Protection ...
Commentary
American Soldiers Deserve Cutting-Edge Health Care
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently expounded upon the tough choices policymakers will face as they attempt to scale back the Pentagons budget. As Panetta put it, our leaders will have to consider not just the weaponization, modernization side of the military but the human side as well. Ensuring the availability ...
Commentary
Why is repealing Obamacare landing Republicans backburner?
Amidst the flurry of political jockeying leading up to this week’s GOP primary in South Carolina, a funny thing has happened: the importance of repealing Obamacare has faded from public attention. During the most recent debate in New Hampshire, for instance, the president’s signature law was mentioned just three times. ...
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Is ‘Obamacare’ receding as a GOP cause?
Amid the political jockeying leading up to this weekend’s Republican primary in South Carolina, a funny thing has happened: The calls for repealing Obamacare have faded. During the recent Republican debate in New Hampshire, for instance, the president’s signature law was mentioned just three times. Republicans need to refocus. No ...
Health care gurus: Idaho needs to return the exchange money and wait on the idea
A pair of health policy experts Thursday talked about state and federal health exchanges and they have a single message for Idaho lawmakers: Give the money back and wait. John Graham, health care studies director for the Pacific Research Institute, a California-based think tank, and Christie Herrera, with the American ...
Health care expert Sally Pipes on what could replace Obamacare
Repeal and replace has been a conservative mantra ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. But while the process of getting rid of the law is somewhat straightforward, theres been no consensus on what to actually replace it with. Enter Sally Pipes, the renowned health care expert ...
California hospitals’ unhealthy dependence on government
While many Americans are eager for the U.S. Supreme Court this year to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a federal judge in Los Angeles has just made a misguided decision that cuts right to the root of the government’s role in controlling people’s access to ...
Pipes calls for Americans to repeal, replace ObamaCare
At the Jan. 26 launch party in Washington for her new book, The Pipes Plan, the president of the Pacific Research Institute called on Americans to reject and dismantle the presidents healthcare reform agenda before it is too late. When then-speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress had to pass a 2,700-page ...
What Are The Costs And Benefits of Patents for Prescription Drugs?
On January 23, the Wall Street Journal hosted an interesting debate between Josh Bloom, Phd, of the American Council on Science and Health, and Dr. Else Torreele of the Open Society Foundation. (The link is here, and was free when I last checked. If it disappears behind a wall, the ...
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse
President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address included many important topics, but as far as physicians were concerned, he missed a key one: healthcare reform. To Sally C. Pipes, a longtime activist for free-market healthcare reform, that was no accidental oversight. Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute, a ...
If Health Spending is Increasing Slower, Why Are Premiums Rising Faster?
Key Points: The rate of increase in private health spending has dropped significantly since the financial crisis hit in 2008, although government programs like Medicare and Medicaid have continued along their unsustainable path. However, administrative costs and private premiums began to increase immediately upon President Obama’s enacting the Patient Protection ...
American Soldiers Deserve Cutting-Edge Health Care
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently expounded upon the tough choices policymakers will face as they attempt to scale back the Pentagons budget. As Panetta put it, our leaders will have to consider not just the weaponization, modernization side of the military but the human side as well. Ensuring the availability ...
Why is repealing Obamacare landing Republicans backburner?
Amidst the flurry of political jockeying leading up to this week’s GOP primary in South Carolina, a funny thing has happened: the importance of repealing Obamacare has faded from public attention. During the most recent debate in New Hampshire, for instance, the president’s signature law was mentioned just three times. ...
Is ‘Obamacare’ receding as a GOP cause?
Amid the political jockeying leading up to this weekend’s Republican primary in South Carolina, a funny thing has happened: The calls for repealing Obamacare have faded. During the recent Republican debate in New Hampshire, for instance, the president’s signature law was mentioned just three times. Republicans need to refocus. No ...
