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Despite Some Problems, Americans Should Be Grateful for Current Health Care System
Recently, I had a health scare that sent me to the emergency room for a few hours. The care that I received at UC Davis Medical Center was excellent. I drove myself to the emergency room at 6:30 in the morning. Upon registering, I saw a doctor within twenty minutes ...
Commentary
Trump’s drug price controls could cost lives
The Trump administration is preparing a proposal that will likely peg what Medicare pays for prescription drugs to prices in other nations. Name brand drugs generally cost less abroad because foreign governments forcibly control their prices. So this international price index would effectively import those foreign price controls. That may sound like a ...
Commentary
A President Harris Would Mean Good-Bye To Private Insurance
Since announcing her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Kamala Harris hasn’t been able to make up her mind about whether she wants to eliminate private health insurance. At a CNN town hall in January, she voiced support for nixing private insurance, stating, “Let’s eliminate all of that. ...
Health Care
The Bob Zadek Show interviews Sally C. Pipes on KTRB 860 AM on single-payer healthcare plans
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, discussed single-payer healthcare and Medicare For All plans offered by the 2020 Democratic candidates on the Bob Zadek Show on KTRB The Answer. Click below to listen to the segment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53615d24e4b0a4907f99ed24/t/5d5a577948099500015cf9d5/1566201850081/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3/original/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3
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‘Medicare-for-all’ would be hazardous to the health of seniors – Rationed care could be deadly
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., had a run-in with the Greatest Generation on Aug. 12. Roberta Jewell, a resident at the Bickford Senior Living Center in Muscatine, Iowa, told the Democratic presidential hopeful to “leave our health care alone.” Like many Americans, Jewell is reluctant to embrace the “Medicare-for-all” plans Harris ...
Health Care
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ op-ed on Medicare For All
President Donald J. Trump took to Facebook on Monday to share Sally Pipes’ latest Fox News column on how union members will be impacted by the push by Democratic candidates for a single-payer health care system. Click here to read the column that the President is talking about.
Commentary
Union workers, be careful what you wish for – 2020 Dems might ruin your excellent health benefits
This month, 19 Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas to court the union vote at a forum hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the country’s largest public-sector union. Some candidates took this opportunity to plug their plans for a government takeover of the nation’s health care system, which ...
Commentary
Foreign drugs import danger
The Trump administration just announced it is taking steps to introduce a “safe importation action” pilot program authorizing states, wholesalers, and pharmacists to import drugs from Canada under one scenario and from other countries under another scenario. There is no specific timeline for implementation of a plan yet. According to the Secretary of ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes Fox News Op-Ed: Socialized medicine for all is favored by Dem presidential hopefuls – Despite their denials
Health care took center stage when 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls debated in Detroit this week. Only a few candidates pledged to implement “Medicare-for-all.” The rest proposed a variety of plans aimed at achieving universal coverage, which they claimed are more “moderate” alternatives. Don’t believe it. Every Democratic candidate’s plan will ...
Health Care
Sally C. Pipes Talks Single-Payer Healthcare with KWIT-FM in Iowa
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses single-payer healthcare plans with NPR-affiliate KWIT-FM in Sioux City. Click to listen here
Despite Some Problems, Americans Should Be Grateful for Current Health Care System
Recently, I had a health scare that sent me to the emergency room for a few hours. The care that I received at UC Davis Medical Center was excellent. I drove myself to the emergency room at 6:30 in the morning. Upon registering, I saw a doctor within twenty minutes ...
Trump’s drug price controls could cost lives
The Trump administration is preparing a proposal that will likely peg what Medicare pays for prescription drugs to prices in other nations. Name brand drugs generally cost less abroad because foreign governments forcibly control their prices. So this international price index would effectively import those foreign price controls. That may sound like a ...
A President Harris Would Mean Good-Bye To Private Insurance
Since announcing her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Kamala Harris hasn’t been able to make up her mind about whether she wants to eliminate private health insurance. At a CNN town hall in January, she voiced support for nixing private insurance, stating, “Let’s eliminate all of that. ...
The Bob Zadek Show interviews Sally C. Pipes on KTRB 860 AM on single-payer healthcare plans
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, discussed single-payer healthcare and Medicare For All plans offered by the 2020 Democratic candidates on the Bob Zadek Show on KTRB The Answer. Click below to listen to the segment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53615d24e4b0a4907f99ed24/t/5d5a577948099500015cf9d5/1566201850081/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3/original/Zadek-08-18-19_FULLSHOW.mp3
‘Medicare-for-all’ would be hazardous to the health of seniors – Rationed care could be deadly
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., had a run-in with the Greatest Generation on Aug. 12. Roberta Jewell, a resident at the Bickford Senior Living Center in Muscatine, Iowa, told the Democratic presidential hopeful to “leave our health care alone.” Like many Americans, Jewell is reluctant to embrace the “Medicare-for-all” plans Harris ...
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ op-ed on Medicare For All
President Donald J. Trump took to Facebook on Monday to share Sally Pipes’ latest Fox News column on how union members will be impacted by the push by Democratic candidates for a single-payer health care system. Click here to read the column that the President is talking about.
Union workers, be careful what you wish for – 2020 Dems might ruin your excellent health benefits
This month, 19 Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas to court the union vote at a forum hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the country’s largest public-sector union. Some candidates took this opportunity to plug their plans for a government takeover of the nation’s health care system, which ...
Foreign drugs import danger
The Trump administration just announced it is taking steps to introduce a “safe importation action” pilot program authorizing states, wholesalers, and pharmacists to import drugs from Canada under one scenario and from other countries under another scenario. There is no specific timeline for implementation of a plan yet. According to the Secretary of ...
Sally Pipes Fox News Op-Ed: Socialized medicine for all is favored by Dem presidential hopefuls – Despite their denials
Health care took center stage when 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls debated in Detroit this week. Only a few candidates pledged to implement “Medicare-for-all.” The rest proposed a variety of plans aimed at achieving universal coverage, which they claimed are more “moderate” alternatives. Don’t believe it. Every Democratic candidate’s plan will ...
Sally C. Pipes Talks Single-Payer Healthcare with KWIT-FM in Iowa
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses single-payer healthcare plans with NPR-affiliate KWIT-FM in Sioux City. Click to listen here
