Single-Payer
Health Care
Watch Sally Pipes on The Accad and Koka Report
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes make the case against single-payer health care on “The Accad and Koka Report.”
Pacific Research Institute
November 1, 2018
Blog
Would Gavin Newsom Gut Prop. 98 to Fund Single-Payer Health Care?
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, likely the next governor of California, is a single-payer health care evangelist. He has a vision of the state under his charge leading “this conversation in a way that ultimately advances” a single-payer system nationwide. Idealists like Newsom often talk about “guaranteed health care for all,” ...
Kerry Jackson
November 1, 2018
Commentary
Misleading voters on Medicare for All
By Hal Scherz and Sally C. Pipes Health care is the number one issue on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Half of all Democratic campaign ads have focused on it. Democratic candidates are not merely defending Obamacare. Many are proudly running on a platform of Medicare for All, ...
Pacific Research Institute
November 1, 2018
Blog
PRI’s 2018 Free-Market Election Guide
By Tim Anaya It’s almost here. Election day 2018 is just around the corner on Tuesday, November 6. Many Californians will take time over the next few days to review all the candidates and ballot measures on the November ballot. With media coverage typically focusing on the “horse race” of ...
Pacific Research Institute
October 31, 2018
Commentary
Medicare Advantage’s Popularity Shows Americans Won’t Like Single-Payer
Democrats hope their advocacy of single-payer health care will help them in the upcoming midterm elections. More than half the Democrats running for seats in the House back Medicare for All. It remains to be seen if their embrace of government-run health care, where private coverage is banned for anything ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 29, 2018
Health Care
Sally Pipes Comments to Heartland News on Gavin Newsom’s Health Care Proposals
California Considers Taxpayer-Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants By Leo Pusateri Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is calling for taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal immigrants. Touting the universal health care model he introduced as mayor of San Francisco, Newsom says ...
Pacific Research Institute
October 26, 2018
Health Care
Sally Pipes Debates Single-Payer on Minnesota Public Radio
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate single-payer advocate and University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Gerald Friedman on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerri Miller. Click here to listen to the interview
Pacific Research Institute
October 26, 2018
Commentary
Government Policies Are Driving Doctors To Quit Health Care
Doctors nationwide are burnt out and unsatisfied. Many want to quit the profession entirely, according to a new survey from the Physicians Foundation. The government deserves much of the blame for doctors’ low morale. For years, the feds have cut their pay, meddled in their decisions, and subjected them to ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 15, 2018
Commentary
Trump is right: There’s no possible way we can afford ‘Medicare for all’
On Wednesday, President Trump authored an op-ed slamming “Medicare for all.” According to him, if Democrats succeed in implementing their single-payer proposal, “costs will spiral out of control. Taxes will skyrocket. And Democrats will seek to slash budgets for seniors’ Medicare, Social Security and Defense.” He’s absolutely right. Voters would do ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 10, 2018
Blog
Free Markets 101: My Story Shows You Can Get Ahead by Adding New Skills
This essay is meant to be a simple and straight forward look at how adding specific skill sets allowed me to have socioeconomic mobility and earn wages that allow me to send my daughter to private school, own a home, and enjoy a better present and future for my family. ...
Damon Dunn
October 4, 2018
Watch Sally Pipes on The Accad and Koka Report
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes make the case against single-payer health care on “The Accad and Koka Report.”
Would Gavin Newsom Gut Prop. 98 to Fund Single-Payer Health Care?
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, likely the next governor of California, is a single-payer health care evangelist. He has a vision of the state under his charge leading “this conversation in a way that ultimately advances” a single-payer system nationwide. Idealists like Newsom often talk about “guaranteed health care for all,” ...
Misleading voters on Medicare for All
By Hal Scherz and Sally C. Pipes Health care is the number one issue on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Half of all Democratic campaign ads have focused on it. Democratic candidates are not merely defending Obamacare. Many are proudly running on a platform of Medicare for All, ...
PRI’s 2018 Free-Market Election Guide
By Tim Anaya It’s almost here. Election day 2018 is just around the corner on Tuesday, November 6. Many Californians will take time over the next few days to review all the candidates and ballot measures on the November ballot. With media coverage typically focusing on the “horse race” of ...
Medicare Advantage’s Popularity Shows Americans Won’t Like Single-Payer
Democrats hope their advocacy of single-payer health care will help them in the upcoming midterm elections. More than half the Democrats running for seats in the House back Medicare for All. It remains to be seen if their embrace of government-run health care, where private coverage is banned for anything ...
Sally Pipes Comments to Heartland News on Gavin Newsom’s Health Care Proposals
California Considers Taxpayer-Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants By Leo Pusateri Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is calling for taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal immigrants. Touting the universal health care model he introduced as mayor of San Francisco, Newsom says ...
Sally Pipes Debates Single-Payer on Minnesota Public Radio
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate single-payer advocate and University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Gerald Friedman on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerri Miller. Click here to listen to the interview
Government Policies Are Driving Doctors To Quit Health Care
Doctors nationwide are burnt out and unsatisfied. Many want to quit the profession entirely, according to a new survey from the Physicians Foundation. The government deserves much of the blame for doctors’ low morale. For years, the feds have cut their pay, meddled in their decisions, and subjected them to ...
Trump is right: There’s no possible way we can afford ‘Medicare for all’
On Wednesday, President Trump authored an op-ed slamming “Medicare for all.” According to him, if Democrats succeed in implementing their single-payer proposal, “costs will spiral out of control. Taxes will skyrocket. And Democrats will seek to slash budgets for seniors’ Medicare, Social Security and Defense.” He’s absolutely right. Voters would do ...
Free Markets 101: My Story Shows You Can Get Ahead by Adding New Skills
This essay is meant to be a simple and straight forward look at how adding specific skill sets allowed me to have socioeconomic mobility and earn wages that allow me to send my daughter to private school, own a home, and enjoy a better present and future for my family. ...