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Health Care
Debating The Economics of Graham-Cassidy, GOP’s (Supposed) Last-gasp Push to Repeal the ACA
Senate Republicans have just nine days left to try to pass a repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham teamed up for the bill now being considered. It would give the states block grants equal to the current federal funding ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes on The Larry Elder Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes recently was a guest on the nationally-syndicated “Larry Elder Show.” They discussed the latest news about the GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, and talked about how the Canadian health care system compares with ...
Commentary
Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show
Listen to Lance Izumi’s recent interview on the national radio show, “The Lars Larson Show” on his book The Corrupt Classroom. Lance’s interview beings at the 56:00 mark. Click here to learn more or buy a copy of The Corrupt Classroom.
Health Care
Statement from Sally C. Pipes on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s New “Medicare-for-All” Bill
Pacific Research Institute President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes today issued the following statement in response to Senator Bernie Sanders’ announcement of his new “Medicare-for-All” bill: “Sen. Bernie Sanders’s new ‘Medicare-for-All 2017 Act’ released today would be disastrous for taxpayers, doctors, and ...
California
Critics Say Republican Budget Threatens Californians’ Health
As Congress works to pass a budget by the end of the month, advocates for the poor warn Republicans’ proposed cuts to safety-net programs could hurt Californians’ health. The California Budget and Policy Center has crunched the numbers in the House Budget Committee’s proposed budget. The Center says it would ...
Health Care
Veterans Choice funding strikes a temporary compromise
Although the Veterans Choice program received a six-month reprieve thanks to new emergency funding, it will take more than an influx of cash for the program to thrive, according to veterans groups. As it currently runs, VA Choice has problems, according to veterans organizations and experts. Though the program was ...
Health Care
Obamacare Enrollment Program Signed Up a Fraction of Those Who Canceled Coverage in 2017
The Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance Program helped 14,500 individuals enroll in the Obamacare exchanges, which represented only 0.007 percent of the 1.9 million individuals who decided to drop their Obamacare plan in 2017. The Obama administration established the Enrollment Assistance Program, which created storefronts and hired workers to help ...
Health Care
‘Obamacare’ opponent says ending CSR payments would weaken law
Targeting certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be the best way to weaken the legislation after the failure of repeal and replace, a longtime opponent of former President Barack Obama’s health care law argues. Sally Pipes, director of the conservative Pacific Research Institute, says to start with ...
Health Care
CBO: Eliminating Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Increase Premiums by 20%
Eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction payments will cause premiums to increase by 20 percent next year and may cause some insurers to withdraw from the exchanges, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. Cost-sharing subsidies were put in place by Obamacare to rein in the cost ...
Health Care
Employers Forecast Health Care Costs Per Employee To Exceed $14,000 Next Year
Large employers are projecting that health care costs for each worker they employ will rise to $14,156 next year, according to a survey from the National Business Group on Health. This year those health care costs, which include premiums and out-of-pocket costs for medical and pharmacy benefits, totaled $13,482 per ...
Debating The Economics of Graham-Cassidy, GOP’s (Supposed) Last-gasp Push to Repeal the ACA
Senate Republicans have just nine days left to try to pass a repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham teamed up for the bill now being considered. It would give the states block grants equal to the current federal funding ...
Sally Pipes on The Larry Elder Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes recently was a guest on the nationally-syndicated “Larry Elder Show.” They discussed the latest news about the GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, and talked about how the Canadian health care system compares with ...
Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show
Listen to Lance Izumi’s recent interview on the national radio show, “The Lars Larson Show” on his book The Corrupt Classroom. Lance’s interview beings at the 56:00 mark. Click here to learn more or buy a copy of The Corrupt Classroom.
Statement from Sally C. Pipes on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s New “Medicare-for-All” Bill
Pacific Research Institute President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes today issued the following statement in response to Senator Bernie Sanders’ announcement of his new “Medicare-for-All” bill: “Sen. Bernie Sanders’s new ‘Medicare-for-All 2017 Act’ released today would be disastrous for taxpayers, doctors, and ...
Critics Say Republican Budget Threatens Californians’ Health
As Congress works to pass a budget by the end of the month, advocates for the poor warn Republicans’ proposed cuts to safety-net programs could hurt Californians’ health. The California Budget and Policy Center has crunched the numbers in the House Budget Committee’s proposed budget. The Center says it would ...
Veterans Choice funding strikes a temporary compromise
Although the Veterans Choice program received a six-month reprieve thanks to new emergency funding, it will take more than an influx of cash for the program to thrive, according to veterans groups. As it currently runs, VA Choice has problems, according to veterans organizations and experts. Though the program was ...
Obamacare Enrollment Program Signed Up a Fraction of Those Who Canceled Coverage in 2017
The Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance Program helped 14,500 individuals enroll in the Obamacare exchanges, which represented only 0.007 percent of the 1.9 million individuals who decided to drop their Obamacare plan in 2017. The Obama administration established the Enrollment Assistance Program, which created storefronts and hired workers to help ...
‘Obamacare’ opponent says ending CSR payments would weaken law
Targeting certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be the best way to weaken the legislation after the failure of repeal and replace, a longtime opponent of former President Barack Obama’s health care law argues. Sally Pipes, director of the conservative Pacific Research Institute, says to start with ...
CBO: Eliminating Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Increase Premiums by 20%
Eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction payments will cause premiums to increase by 20 percent next year and may cause some insurers to withdraw from the exchanges, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. Cost-sharing subsidies were put in place by Obamacare to rein in the cost ...
Employers Forecast Health Care Costs Per Employee To Exceed $14,000 Next Year
Large employers are projecting that health care costs for each worker they employ will rise to $14,156 next year, according to a survey from the National Business Group on Health. This year those health care costs, which include premiums and out-of-pocket costs for medical and pharmacy benefits, totaled $13,482 per ...
