Medicaid

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Medicaid expansion is a failure: Lots of spending, little benefit

Researchers from MIT and Harvard recently released a report concluding that Obamacare had a “clearly positive effect on access to and consumption of health care.” Nearly 16 million people gained coverage through Medicaid expansion while just over 11 million purchased insurance through Obamacare’s exchanges in the past year. But that ...
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Winners and Losers in 2019’s State Budget

This year’s state budget debate is in the history books.  On Thursday, the Legislature’s liberal supermajority passed the main budget bill and some of the trailer bills required to implement the budget. The 2019-20 state budget is also Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first opportunity to put his stamp on the state’s ...
Commentary

California’s ‘free’ health care for illegal immigrants — courtesy of the taxpayers

On Thursday, June 13, California lawmakers approved a $215 billion state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign. Included in the budget are several health care reforms whose mammoth cost the state may soon regret. Paramount among them is the expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program to cover low-income undocumented ...
California

Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal

California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
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Washington’s Cascade Care will bring a cascade of problems

Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., signed a bill to create a state-chartered insurance plan to be sold on the state’s insurance exchange. That makes the Evergreen State the first in the nation to offer a “public option.” State officials claim the new plan gives consumers one more option on the individual insurance market, ...
Health Care

Read Sally Pipes in Western Journal Story on How Medicare for All Hurts Seniors

GOP Senator: ‘Medicare for All’ Is the ‘Greatest Threat’ to People on Medicare Now By Randy DeSoto Wyoming senator and former surgeon John Barrasso says it is seniors relying on Medicare who will be hurt the most if Sen. Bernie Sanders-style “Medicare for All” is adopted. “There will be fewer ...
Health Care

Read Western Journal Story on Sally Pipes’ Medicare-for-All Warning

Medical Expert from Canada Explains Why Elderly Will Suffer Most Under ‘Medicare for All By Randy DeSoto Sally Pipes — CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, who immigrated to the U.S. from Canada — warned Americans that seniors will be among those most negatively impacted through denied health care if ...
Commentary

Pharmaceutical Rebates — Keeping The Right Score

Sometimes the important reforms are those that address the mundane details. The Administration’s proposed changes to how pharmaceutical rebates are paid fall into this category. While far from a panacea, this reform could meaningfully improve the pharmaceutical market. For this reason, the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) just released “budget score“ on ...
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Sally Pipes Talks Medicare-for-All with Mark Levin on Fox News

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss all things health care with Mark Levin on “Life, Liberty, and Levin” on Fox News Channel. They discuss Obamacare, the push for Medicare-for-All/single-payer health care in Congress ...
Commentary

Single-Payer Will Fracture Democrats’ 2020 Coalition

Earlier this month, Senator Bernie Sanders released a new version of his plan for “Medicare for All.” Four of his competitors for the Democratic presidential nomination — Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — quickly signed on as co-sponsors. They all think Medicare for All is their ...
Commentary

Medicaid expansion is a failure: Lots of spending, little benefit

Researchers from MIT and Harvard recently released a report concluding that Obamacare had a “clearly positive effect on access to and consumption of health care.” Nearly 16 million people gained coverage through Medicaid expansion while just over 11 million purchased insurance through Obamacare’s exchanges in the past year. But that ...
Blog

Winners and Losers in 2019’s State Budget

This year’s state budget debate is in the history books.  On Thursday, the Legislature’s liberal supermajority passed the main budget bill and some of the trailer bills required to implement the budget. The 2019-20 state budget is also Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first opportunity to put his stamp on the state’s ...
Commentary

California’s ‘free’ health care for illegal immigrants — courtesy of the taxpayers

On Thursday, June 13, California lawmakers approved a $215 billion state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign. Included in the budget are several health care reforms whose mammoth cost the state may soon regret. Paramount among them is the expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program to cover low-income undocumented ...
California

Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal

California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
Commentary

Washington’s Cascade Care will bring a cascade of problems

Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., signed a bill to create a state-chartered insurance plan to be sold on the state’s insurance exchange. That makes the Evergreen State the first in the nation to offer a “public option.” State officials claim the new plan gives consumers one more option on the individual insurance market, ...
Health Care

Read Sally Pipes in Western Journal Story on How Medicare for All Hurts Seniors

GOP Senator: ‘Medicare for All’ Is the ‘Greatest Threat’ to People on Medicare Now By Randy DeSoto Wyoming senator and former surgeon John Barrasso says it is seniors relying on Medicare who will be hurt the most if Sen. Bernie Sanders-style “Medicare for All” is adopted. “There will be fewer ...
Health Care

Read Western Journal Story on Sally Pipes’ Medicare-for-All Warning

Medical Expert from Canada Explains Why Elderly Will Suffer Most Under ‘Medicare for All By Randy DeSoto Sally Pipes — CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, who immigrated to the U.S. from Canada — warned Americans that seniors will be among those most negatively impacted through denied health care if ...
Commentary

Pharmaceutical Rebates — Keeping The Right Score

Sometimes the important reforms are those that address the mundane details. The Administration’s proposed changes to how pharmaceutical rebates are paid fall into this category. While far from a panacea, this reform could meaningfully improve the pharmaceutical market. For this reason, the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) just released “budget score“ on ...
Featured

Sally Pipes Talks Medicare-for-All with Mark Levin on Fox News

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss all things health care with Mark Levin on “Life, Liberty, and Levin” on Fox News Channel. They discuss Obamacare, the push for Medicare-for-All/single-payer health care in Congress ...
Commentary

Single-Payer Will Fracture Democrats’ 2020 Coalition

Earlier this month, Senator Bernie Sanders released a new version of his plan for “Medicare for All.” Four of his competitors for the Democratic presidential nomination — Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — quickly signed on as co-sponsors. They all think Medicare for All is their ...
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