Health Care
Commentary
We’ll Read the Bill, Part I: ObamaCare’s Employer Mandate
The Washington Times, July 21, 2009 How will ObamaCare affect you? Not in some broad political sense, but in a narrow sense — how will it affect you as an employer, as a patient? It hasn’t been easy for most Americans to find answers. House Democrats won’t even commit to ...
Health Care
Healthcare Costs?
There are serious concerns not only about the cost of the president’s plan, but also about the quality of healthcare. PRI President and CEO, Sally Pipes, is a guest on the Lou Dobbs Show, as well as Igor Voksky of the Center for American Progress.
Commentary
U.S. Index of Health Ownership: 3rd Edition
North Dakota Comes Out on Top, New York Finishes Last for the Third Straight Year Americans continue to lack the basic freedom to make their own health care decisions according to this third edition of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, an annual report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). ...
Health Care
Medical Meltdown
Should Congress remake national health care on the Massachusetts model? That was the topic of discussion for President and CEO Sally C. Pipes, who was a featured guest on the Glenn Beck show, along with Michael Cannon, director of health studies at the Cato Institute.
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‘Reform’ Will Cost Us More For Less
New York Post, July 20, 2009 State Policy Network, July 22, 2009 Health care reform is turning into the ultimate bait and switch. Candidate Barack Obama promised Americans savings of $2,500, expanded coverage and no generalized tax increase in the form of an individual mandate. Yet President Obama is endorsing ...
Health Care
Tab for Health-Care Plan Continues to Grow
Jeffrey H. Anderson, Pacific Research Institute, Senior Fellow in Health Studies, discusses how his study shows that Medicare costs have risen 34% more than the costs of private insurance during the past forty years.
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Why not try ownership?
Reform bill too ambitious for real problem America does not face a health care crisis. America faces a manageable challenge — how to help a relatively small share of the population purchase health insurance. ObamaCare is too big a solution chasing too small a problem — like hunting quail with ...
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Government Care Costs More
The testimony by Congressional Budget Office chief Douglas Elmendorf that the health-care legislation in Congress “significantly expands” costs shocked Capitol Hill. Yet the evidence shows that government-run care has always been more costly than private-sector care. In claiming that the solution to skyrocketing health costs is more government-run care, President ...
Health Care
Commissioner Dan Weighs In On Health Care Reform
First, I am concerned because of the reason why this reform is supposedly needed. The reason why many people believe we need this reform is the fact that we have 45-50 million uninsured people in America. I do not believe this is a good reason because: 12-18 million of the ...
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Reformers’ Claims Just Don’t Add Up
Health Reform: Many extravagant claims have been made on behalf of the various health care “reforms” now emerging from Congress and the White House. But on closer inspection, virtually all prove to be false. Yet even as many Americans start to have second thoughts about our government’s possible takeover of ...
We’ll Read the Bill, Part I: ObamaCare’s Employer Mandate
The Washington Times, July 21, 2009 How will ObamaCare affect you? Not in some broad political sense, but in a narrow sense — how will it affect you as an employer, as a patient? It hasn’t been easy for most Americans to find answers. House Democrats won’t even commit to ...
Healthcare Costs?
There are serious concerns not only about the cost of the president’s plan, but also about the quality of healthcare. PRI President and CEO, Sally Pipes, is a guest on the Lou Dobbs Show, as well as Igor Voksky of the Center for American Progress.
U.S. Index of Health Ownership: 3rd Edition
North Dakota Comes Out on Top, New York Finishes Last for the Third Straight Year Americans continue to lack the basic freedom to make their own health care decisions according to this third edition of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, an annual report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). ...
Medical Meltdown
Should Congress remake national health care on the Massachusetts model? That was the topic of discussion for President and CEO Sally C. Pipes, who was a featured guest on the Glenn Beck show, along with Michael Cannon, director of health studies at the Cato Institute.
‘Reform’ Will Cost Us More For Less
New York Post, July 20, 2009 State Policy Network, July 22, 2009 Health care reform is turning into the ultimate bait and switch. Candidate Barack Obama promised Americans savings of $2,500, expanded coverage and no generalized tax increase in the form of an individual mandate. Yet President Obama is endorsing ...
Tab for Health-Care Plan Continues to Grow
Jeffrey H. Anderson, Pacific Research Institute, Senior Fellow in Health Studies, discusses how his study shows that Medicare costs have risen 34% more than the costs of private insurance during the past forty years.
Why not try ownership?
Reform bill too ambitious for real problem America does not face a health care crisis. America faces a manageable challenge — how to help a relatively small share of the population purchase health insurance. ObamaCare is too big a solution chasing too small a problem — like hunting quail with ...
Government Care Costs More
The testimony by Congressional Budget Office chief Douglas Elmendorf that the health-care legislation in Congress “significantly expands” costs shocked Capitol Hill. Yet the evidence shows that government-run care has always been more costly than private-sector care. In claiming that the solution to skyrocketing health costs is more government-run care, President ...
Commissioner Dan Weighs In On Health Care Reform
First, I am concerned because of the reason why this reform is supposedly needed. The reason why many people believe we need this reform is the fact that we have 45-50 million uninsured people in America. I do not believe this is a good reason because: 12-18 million of the ...
Reformers’ Claims Just Don’t Add Up
Health Reform: Many extravagant claims have been made on behalf of the various health care “reforms” now emerging from Congress and the White House. But on closer inspection, virtually all prove to be false. Yet even as many Americans start to have second thoughts about our government’s possible takeover of ...
