Health Care Reform
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It’s time to give power to medical patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032, according to the most recent federal data. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. And it’s completely unsustainable. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 26, 2024
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Here’s How The Trump Administration Can Help Small Businesses Pay For Health Care
What does Donald Trump’s second term portend for health care? Patients should hope it’s a lot like his first term. During his first four years in the White House, Trump took a number of steps to give small businesses more healthcare choices—and reduce what they’d have to pay for coverage. ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 25, 2024
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Now Trump Has Chance to Finish His Work on Healthcare
When he takes office early next year, President-elect Donald Trump will have a rare opportunity to remake America’s healthcare system for the better. To do so, he’ll need to follow through on some of the best policy ideas from his first term while taking additional steps to bring more choice, ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 21, 2024
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Five ways Trump can improve healthcare
President-elect Donald Trump famously stated he has “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. Now, those concepts may soon become reality. Here are five ways Trump and a Republican Congress can reduce health costs and expand access to affordable healthcare. Read the entire op-ed here.
Sally C. Pipes
November 20, 2024
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California needs more than medical schools to solve doctor shortage
California doesn’t have enough doctors. This year, the state met just 54% of its primary care needs. It would take 881 more physicians to eliminate all the state’s designated primary care shortage areas, where more than 5.8 million Californians currently reside. California’s leaders are trying to conjure up more physicians. ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 6, 2024
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Learn more about how Harris & Trump differ on health care
How Harris and Trump compare on healthcare
People head to the polls on Tuesday to select the next occupant of the White House. Among the first big decisions the winner will have to make is whether to extend generous subsidies for health insurance purchased through the exchanges. Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 4, 2024
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A Harris administration would expand Obamacare and Biden’s healthcare agenda
The Harris-Walz campaign summarizes its healthcare platform as “a new way forward.” But in reality, it’s a continuation and expansion of the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous healthcare agenda. Some parts are literally copied-and-pasted from the now dead Biden campaign’s website. Other parts reveal that Harris’s ambitions are even more aggressively left ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 1, 2024
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The Obamacare Proponents Who Cried Wolf
Democrats just unveiled legislation that would make permanent the generous pandemic-era subsidies for health insurance sold through Obamacare’s exchanges. Illinois representative Lauren Underwood (D.), the bill’s lead sponsor in the House of Representatives, said that extending the subsidies beyond their scheduled expiration at the end of next year would mean ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 1, 2024
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Competition Is The Cure For Rising Health Insurance Premiums
The presidential election is just a week away. And the rising prices of many products and services are on voters’ minds. Just over 40% of Americans say inflation is their biggest concern heading into November, according to a recent survey. In few markets are rising prices more apparent than in ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 28, 2024
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Learn more about how government intervention is harming the healthcare market
Trump vs. Harris on Health Care: Experts Explain Each Side
“He and his colleagues believe that patients are not in control of the health care system and that we suffer from an opaque and complex pricing structure that harms patients. “Winegarden’s free market approach means he advocates for doing away with the Obamacare subsidies that Congress must consider, as they ...
Wayne H Winegarden
October 23, 2024
Learn more about healthcare reform
It’s time to give power to medical patients
America’s health bill will surpass $7.7 trillion by 2032, according to the most recent federal data. That’s equivalent to one in every five dollars flowing through the economy. And it’s completely unsustainable. To address this crisis, we must make health care work like other sectors of our economy, rather than ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
Here’s How The Trump Administration Can Help Small Businesses Pay For Health Care
What does Donald Trump’s second term portend for health care? Patients should hope it’s a lot like his first term. During his first four years in the White House, Trump took a number of steps to give small businesses more healthcare choices—and reduce what they’d have to pay for coverage. ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
Now Trump Has Chance to Finish His Work on Healthcare
When he takes office early next year, President-elect Donald Trump will have a rare opportunity to remake America’s healthcare system for the better. To do so, he’ll need to follow through on some of the best policy ideas from his first term while taking additional steps to bring more choice, ...
Learn more about healthcare reform
Five ways Trump can improve healthcare
President-elect Donald Trump famously stated he has “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform. Now, those concepts may soon become reality. Here are five ways Trump and a Republican Congress can reduce health costs and expand access to affordable healthcare. Read the entire op-ed here.
Learn more about California's doctor shortage
California needs more than medical schools to solve doctor shortage
California doesn’t have enough doctors. This year, the state met just 54% of its primary care needs. It would take 881 more physicians to eliminate all the state’s designated primary care shortage areas, where more than 5.8 million Californians currently reside. California’s leaders are trying to conjure up more physicians. ...
Learn more about how Harris & Trump differ on health care
How Harris and Trump compare on healthcare
People head to the polls on Tuesday to select the next occupant of the White House. Among the first big decisions the winner will have to make is whether to extend generous subsidies for health insurance purchased through the exchanges. Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of ...
Learn more about Obamacare's failures
A Harris administration would expand Obamacare and Biden’s healthcare agenda
The Harris-Walz campaign summarizes its healthcare platform as “a new way forward.” But in reality, it’s a continuation and expansion of the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous healthcare agenda. Some parts are literally copied-and-pasted from the now dead Biden campaign’s website. Other parts reveal that Harris’s ambitions are even more aggressively left ...
Learn more about Obamacare's failures
The Obamacare Proponents Who Cried Wolf
Democrats just unveiled legislation that would make permanent the generous pandemic-era subsidies for health insurance sold through Obamacare’s exchanges. Illinois representative Lauren Underwood (D.), the bill’s lead sponsor in the House of Representatives, said that extending the subsidies beyond their scheduled expiration at the end of next year would mean ...
Learn more about how competition can lower premiums
Competition Is The Cure For Rising Health Insurance Premiums
The presidential election is just a week away. And the rising prices of many products and services are on voters’ minds. Just over 40% of Americans say inflation is their biggest concern heading into November, according to a recent survey. In few markets are rising prices more apparent than in ...
Learn more about how government intervention is harming the healthcare market
Trump vs. Harris on Health Care: Experts Explain Each Side
“He and his colleagues believe that patients are not in control of the health care system and that we suffer from an opaque and complex pricing structure that harms patients. “Winegarden’s free market approach means he advocates for doing away with the Obamacare subsidies that Congress must consider, as they ...