Single-Payer
Health Care
Resource Bank: Under Single-Payer, the Government Literally Decides Life and Death
Resource Bank: Under Single-Payer, the Government Literally Decides Life and Death On Thursday at Resource Bank, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute shared the incredible story of her mother’s treatment—or, rather, lack thereof—by the doctors in the Canadian health care system. Pipes told the story, which sadly ended in ...
Commentary
Curing Medicine of Government
The Benjamin Rush Society is modeled on the Federalist Society, which resists “a form of orthodox liberal ideology which advocates a centralized and uniform society” in law schools. The BRS, named after an American Founding Father who was also a physician, does the same in medical schools. It’s sad to ...
Business & Economics
Obama’s radical economic remake promises gloomy future
President Barack Obama’s budget plan illustrates the degree to which he wants to reconstruct the U.S. economy. So radical are the changes of Obamanomics, and so at odds with historical experience, that the next few months may very well decide the economic future of the United States for a generation. ...
Commentary
Obama’s public plan will be a disaster for American health care
High-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through “budget reconciliation,” a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the government’s budget without debate and with just a simple majority, Democratic leaders hope ...
Commentary
Rush Job
Doctors and students unite against socialized medicine. An NRO Q&A Tonight in New York City, the Benjamin Rush Society will host its inaugural event: a debate on health care before a gathering of medical students and doctors. Under the leadership of Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific ...
Commentary
Bipartisan Ground Hard to Glimpse on Health Overhaul Legislation
Democrats and Republicans at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on Tuesday didn’t disagree with each other on everything. Several agreed on support for community health centers and the need to provide the public with more information about medical prices. But on most other issues raised at ...
Health Care
Testimony to the U.S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health
Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2322 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify on “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage”. I think that everyone would agree ...
Commentary
State-run health care advocates try again
Orange County Register (CA), March 16, 2009 Porterville Recorder (Porterville, CA), March 16, 2009 Desert Dispatch (Barstow, CA), March 16, 2009 Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) March 16, 2009 Arnold rightly vetoed similar plan last year. This year, who knows? Last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veto is all that saved Californians from ...
Health Care
Should US Health Care Reform Follow Canada’s Single Payer System?
Leah Costello interviews a panel of experts, including John R. Graham, discussing whether US health care reform should follow Canada’s single payer system, why investment is down in Alberta’s energy industry, and new US proposals to regulate the financial markets.
Business & Economics
Canada’s big chance
Financial Post (Ontario, Canada), March 10, 2009 President Obama’s radical response to the recession could give Canada a massive economic advantage Yesterday, Prime Minister Harper highlighted his government’s plans for dealing with the economic slowdown and presented the crisis as an opportunity for Canada: “Ultimately, it is an opportunity to ...
Resource Bank: Under Single-Payer, the Government Literally Decides Life and Death
Resource Bank: Under Single-Payer, the Government Literally Decides Life and Death On Thursday at Resource Bank, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute shared the incredible story of her mother’s treatment—or, rather, lack thereof—by the doctors in the Canadian health care system. Pipes told the story, which sadly ended in ...
Curing Medicine of Government
The Benjamin Rush Society is modeled on the Federalist Society, which resists “a form of orthodox liberal ideology which advocates a centralized and uniform society” in law schools. The BRS, named after an American Founding Father who was also a physician, does the same in medical schools. It’s sad to ...
Obama’s radical economic remake promises gloomy future
President Barack Obama’s budget plan illustrates the degree to which he wants to reconstruct the U.S. economy. So radical are the changes of Obamanomics, and so at odds with historical experience, that the next few months may very well decide the economic future of the United States for a generation. ...
Obama’s public plan will be a disaster for American health care
High-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through “budget reconciliation,” a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the government’s budget without debate and with just a simple majority, Democratic leaders hope ...
Rush Job
Doctors and students unite against socialized medicine. An NRO Q&A Tonight in New York City, the Benjamin Rush Society will host its inaugural event: a debate on health care before a gathering of medical students and doctors. Under the leadership of Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific ...
Bipartisan Ground Hard to Glimpse on Health Overhaul Legislation
Democrats and Republicans at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on Tuesday didn’t disagree with each other on everything. Several agreed on support for community health centers and the need to provide the public with more information about medical prices. But on most other issues raised at ...
Testimony to the U.S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health
Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2322 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify on “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage”. I think that everyone would agree ...
State-run health care advocates try again
Orange County Register (CA), March 16, 2009 Porterville Recorder (Porterville, CA), March 16, 2009 Desert Dispatch (Barstow, CA), March 16, 2009 Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) March 16, 2009 Arnold rightly vetoed similar plan last year. This year, who knows? Last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veto is all that saved Californians from ...
Should US Health Care Reform Follow Canada’s Single Payer System?
Leah Costello interviews a panel of experts, including John R. Graham, discussing whether US health care reform should follow Canada’s single payer system, why investment is down in Alberta’s energy industry, and new US proposals to regulate the financial markets.
Canada’s big chance
Financial Post (Ontario, Canada), March 10, 2009 President Obama’s radical response to the recession could give Canada a massive economic advantage Yesterday, Prime Minister Harper highlighted his government’s plans for dealing with the economic slowdown and presented the crisis as an opportunity for Canada: “Ultimately, it is an opportunity to ...
