Single-Payer
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What a Difference a Year Makes: A Washington Update
For many years now, Sally Pipes and I make a trip to Washington in the early part of the year to take the political and policy pulse of the nation’s capital. We meet with members of Congress, their staffs, and executive branch officials to get firsthand knowledge of the policy ...
California
Sally Pipes Discusses Latest with CA Single-Payer on “Air Talk with Larry Mantle”
PRI’s President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the latest developments with the push to create a single-payer health care system in California and across the country with host Larry Mantle on “Air Talk” on Southern California Public Radio/KPCC-FM. Click here to ...
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Trump Is Right: The UK’s NHS Is Failing And More Money Won’t Save It
President Trump recently “slammed” socialized medicine on Twitter. He was referring to a massive “NHS in Crisis: Fix It Now” protest that occurred on Feb. 3 in London. As the British might say, the president’s analysis is “spot on.” The United Kingdom’s single-payer system is in turmoil. It’d be foolish to import ...
Commentary
Doctors Who Support Single-Payer Should Seek a Second Opinion
Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t alone in his adoration for universal healthcare. According to one recent survey, 56 percent of U.S. doctors are at least somewhat supportive of government-run healthcare. Their support is somewhat understandable. Every insurer has different administrative requirements, covers different therapies at different levels, and reimburses on a ...
Commentary
California’s Nurses Are Militant — And Mistaken
The California State Assembly earlier this month heard testimony from proponents of The Healthy California Act, a bill that would establish a state-run, single-payer healthcare system. Among the most prominent witnesses testifying in support of the bill was Michael Lighty, director of public policy at the California Nurses Association. The ...
Commentary
Bernie Sanders Puts Lipstick on the ‘Medicare for all’ Pig
In late January, more than a million Americans watched an online town hall hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The topic? “Medicare for All.” No mainstream network would carry the event. Predictably, the event was more of a pep rally for socialized medicine than a serious discussion of healthcare policy. Over the ...
Commentary
God Save The Queen’s Health Care System
On Jan. 23, Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hosted an online town hall to promote “Medicare for All.” Over 1 million people tuned in to watch Vermont’s junior senator tout his single-payer plan, which he promised would “guarantee care for all Americans.” His pledge is about as sound as a Venezuelan ...
California
California Can’t Afford Single-Payer Health Care Fantasy
A civil war is brewing within California’s Democratic party. Progressives — led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the frontrunner for governor, and the politically powerful California Nurses Association — plan to fight for a single-payer healthcare system this year. Their more moderate rivals — among them Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon ...
Commentary
The Flu Is Grinding Down British Healthcare To A Halt
British health officials are in crisis mode. They just ordered all hospitals to cancel non-urgent surgeries through the end of January — an estimated 55,000 procedures. At least 20 hospitals have declared that they are unable to adequately care for patients and warned that “safety may be compromised.” The cause ...
Commentary
Sally Pipes in Wall Street Journal: Single-Payer Health Care Isn’t Worth Waiting For
When Brian Day opened the Cambie Surgery Centre in 1996, he had a simple goal. Dr. Day, an orthopedic surgeon from Vancouver, British Columbia, wanted to provide timely, state-of-the-art medical care to Canadians who were unwilling to wait months—even years—for surgery they needed. Canada’s single-payer health-care system, known as Medicare, ...
What a Difference a Year Makes: A Washington Update
For many years now, Sally Pipes and I make a trip to Washington in the early part of the year to take the political and policy pulse of the nation’s capital. We meet with members of Congress, their staffs, and executive branch officials to get firsthand knowledge of the policy ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Latest with CA Single-Payer on “Air Talk with Larry Mantle”
PRI’s President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the latest developments with the push to create a single-payer health care system in California and across the country with host Larry Mantle on “Air Talk” on Southern California Public Radio/KPCC-FM. Click here to ...
Trump Is Right: The UK’s NHS Is Failing And More Money Won’t Save It
President Trump recently “slammed” socialized medicine on Twitter. He was referring to a massive “NHS in Crisis: Fix It Now” protest that occurred on Feb. 3 in London. As the British might say, the president’s analysis is “spot on.” The United Kingdom’s single-payer system is in turmoil. It’d be foolish to import ...
Doctors Who Support Single-Payer Should Seek a Second Opinion
Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t alone in his adoration for universal healthcare. According to one recent survey, 56 percent of U.S. doctors are at least somewhat supportive of government-run healthcare. Their support is somewhat understandable. Every insurer has different administrative requirements, covers different therapies at different levels, and reimburses on a ...
California’s Nurses Are Militant — And Mistaken
The California State Assembly earlier this month heard testimony from proponents of The Healthy California Act, a bill that would establish a state-run, single-payer healthcare system. Among the most prominent witnesses testifying in support of the bill was Michael Lighty, director of public policy at the California Nurses Association. The ...
Bernie Sanders Puts Lipstick on the ‘Medicare for all’ Pig
In late January, more than a million Americans watched an online town hall hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The topic? “Medicare for All.” No mainstream network would carry the event. Predictably, the event was more of a pep rally for socialized medicine than a serious discussion of healthcare policy. Over the ...
God Save The Queen’s Health Care System
On Jan. 23, Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hosted an online town hall to promote “Medicare for All.” Over 1 million people tuned in to watch Vermont’s junior senator tout his single-payer plan, which he promised would “guarantee care for all Americans.” His pledge is about as sound as a Venezuelan ...
California Can’t Afford Single-Payer Health Care Fantasy
A civil war is brewing within California’s Democratic party. Progressives — led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the frontrunner for governor, and the politically powerful California Nurses Association — plan to fight for a single-payer healthcare system this year. Their more moderate rivals — among them Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon ...
The Flu Is Grinding Down British Healthcare To A Halt
British health officials are in crisis mode. They just ordered all hospitals to cancel non-urgent surgeries through the end of January — an estimated 55,000 procedures. At least 20 hospitals have declared that they are unable to adequately care for patients and warned that “safety may be compromised.” The cause ...
Sally Pipes in Wall Street Journal: Single-Payer Health Care Isn’t Worth Waiting For
When Brian Day opened the Cambie Surgery Centre in 1996, he had a simple goal. Dr. Day, an orthopedic surgeon from Vancouver, British Columbia, wanted to provide timely, state-of-the-art medical care to Canadians who were unwilling to wait months—even years—for surgery they needed. Canada’s single-payer health-care system, known as Medicare, ...
