Health Care
Health Care
Watch Sally Pipes in Soho Forum Debate – Should the Government Provide Health Insurance to All Americans?
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate the question, “Should the Government Provide Health Insurance to All Americans?” in a recent debate hosted by the Soho Forum. She debates Professor Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts, whose study on ...
Business & Economics
States Should Think Long-Term When Addressing Their Short-Term Fiscal Crises
Just prior to the pandemic, many states were finally recovering from the fiscal crises created by the 2007-09 recession. But, as with so many things, the pandemic has derailed these gains. If history is a guide, no matter how long the current recession lasts, the fiscal crises facing the states ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Problems with Biden-Harris Health Plan on Lars Larson Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the Biden-Harris health care plan and the problems with the Canadian health care system that their plan would move us toward on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Sally Pipes – Canada’s health-care ...
Blog
Jobless Californians May Have to Settle for $300
President Trump’s signature was barely dry when cash-strapped governors nationwide cried foul over his executive order to provide $400 of additional unemployment benefits a week for the country’s jobless, after negotiations on a new coronavirus stimulus package failed between the White House and Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer. ...
Commentary
Price transparency is a clear win for consumers
In a victory for consumers, D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichol just upheld a Trump administration executive order requiring doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to be transparent about the prices they negotiate for healthcare services. Previously, those prices were closely held secrets. The lack of transparency contributed to the relative ...
Commentary
GOP health care alternatives – convention a chance to present these smart options
This week’s Republican National Convention offers the GOP an opportunity to detail its governing agenda to a relatively captive audience of voters before November. That’s especially important for health care, which voters rank as their number-two issue for this fall’s presidential election. The GOP needs to shift the debate away from the quixotic quest for ...
California
Read Revcycle Intelligence Story on Surprise Medical Billing Brief
Surprise Billing Price Controls Decreasing Care Quality in CA By: Jacqueline LaPointe, Reporter Researchers at the Pacific Research Institute are warning Congressmembers to steer clear from price controls as a solution for surprise billing after finding that the policy approach had unintended consequences in California. In a new brief, researchers found ...
Coronavirus
Sally C. Pipes Talks Vaccines on WBNS Columbus
Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute, discusses the recent drop overall in vaccination rates in the U.S. as the pandemic continues and flu season approaches on the Columbus Dispatch with Dave James and Daniel Barnett on WBNS Columbus. Pipes explains the role of Pacific Research Institute ...
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Gives An Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Progress
Dr. Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., joins the John Batchelor Show for his regular update on the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 impact on how an eventual vaccine would be distributed. Miller talks about a recent op-ed he wrote that details the dilemma vaccine makers and the government face when it comes ...
Commentary
The Canadian Health-Care Scare
Their single-payer system is characterized by long waits, equipment shortages, and expensive drugs. Medicare for All may not be a part of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s agenda. But the rest of the party is smitten with the idea of a federal takeover of our health-insurance system. Senator Kamala Harris ...
Watch Sally Pipes in Soho Forum Debate – Should the Government Provide Health Insurance to All Americans?
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate the question, “Should the Government Provide Health Insurance to All Americans?” in a recent debate hosted by the Soho Forum. She debates Professor Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts, whose study on ...
States Should Think Long-Term When Addressing Their Short-Term Fiscal Crises
Just prior to the pandemic, many states were finally recovering from the fiscal crises created by the 2007-09 recession. But, as with so many things, the pandemic has derailed these gains. If history is a guide, no matter how long the current recession lasts, the fiscal crises facing the states ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Problems with Biden-Harris Health Plan on Lars Larson Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the Biden-Harris health care plan and the problems with the Canadian health care system that their plan would move us toward on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Sally Pipes – Canada’s health-care ...
Jobless Californians May Have to Settle for $300
President Trump’s signature was barely dry when cash-strapped governors nationwide cried foul over his executive order to provide $400 of additional unemployment benefits a week for the country’s jobless, after negotiations on a new coronavirus stimulus package failed between the White House and Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer. ...
Price transparency is a clear win for consumers
In a victory for consumers, D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichol just upheld a Trump administration executive order requiring doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to be transparent about the prices they negotiate for healthcare services. Previously, those prices were closely held secrets. The lack of transparency contributed to the relative ...
GOP health care alternatives – convention a chance to present these smart options
This week’s Republican National Convention offers the GOP an opportunity to detail its governing agenda to a relatively captive audience of voters before November. That’s especially important for health care, which voters rank as their number-two issue for this fall’s presidential election. The GOP needs to shift the debate away from the quixotic quest for ...
Read Revcycle Intelligence Story on Surprise Medical Billing Brief
Surprise Billing Price Controls Decreasing Care Quality in CA By: Jacqueline LaPointe, Reporter Researchers at the Pacific Research Institute are warning Congressmembers to steer clear from price controls as a solution for surprise billing after finding that the policy approach had unintended consequences in California. In a new brief, researchers found ...
Sally C. Pipes Talks Vaccines on WBNS Columbus
Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute, discusses the recent drop overall in vaccination rates in the U.S. as the pandemic continues and flu season approaches on the Columbus Dispatch with Dave James and Daniel Barnett on WBNS Columbus. Pipes explains the role of Pacific Research Institute ...
Dr. Henry Miller Gives An Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Progress
Dr. Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., joins the John Batchelor Show for his regular update on the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 impact on how an eventual vaccine would be distributed. Miller talks about a recent op-ed he wrote that details the dilemma vaccine makers and the government face when it comes ...
The Canadian Health-Care Scare
Their single-payer system is characterized by long waits, equipment shortages, and expensive drugs. Medicare for All may not be a part of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s agenda. But the rest of the party is smitten with the idea of a federal takeover of our health-insurance system. Senator Kamala Harris ...
