Medicare
Health Care
Sally Pipes Cited in Congressional Testimony on Medicare for All Legislation
In her testimony to the U.S. House Rules Committee on April 30, Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner cited the work of PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes in highlighting the problems with single-payer health care in the United Kingdom. Turner was ...
Tim Anaya
April 30, 2019
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 ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 30, 2019
Featured
Sally Pipes – Medicare for All in the 2020 Campaign
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes joins us to discuss how Medicare for All is becoming a big issue in the 2020 presidential campaign, the growing push for Medicare for All in Congress and states like California and New York, and how ...
Pacific Research Institute
April 29, 2019
Health Care
Sally Pipes Responds to $60 Trillion Cost Estimate for Medicare for All
Report: Medicare for All Would Cost $60 Trillion Over First Decade By Christopher Talgo A new report estimates a single-payer health care system in the United States would cost between $54.6 and $60.7 trillion over the first 10 years. Implementation of Medicare for All (M4A) would require enormous tax increases, ...
Pacific Research Institute
April 29, 2019
Business & Economics
Control Spending To Grow The Economy
Milton Friedman used to say, “keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending because that’s the true tax”. Judged against this criterion, despite the recent tax reforms, the U.S. economy is still taxed too much. At the federal level, Congress recently passed another ...
Wayne Winegarden
April 26, 2019
Commentary
X out ‘Medicare X’
Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., recently unveiled their “Medicare X” proposal, which would create a public Medicare plan that anyone could purchase. The idea’s supporters are framing it as a moderate counterpoint to “Medicare for all,” which would ban private insurance coverage and force everyone onto a new ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 25, 2019
Commentary
Pick your poison on Democrats’ health care ideas
More than 100 House Democrats have signed onto a new bill from Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal that would outlaw private insurance and force everyone into a government-run health plan. Some other Democrats are leery of Jayapal’s bid for “Medicare for All.” So they’ve rolled out more “moderate” measures that would ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 22, 2019
Commentary
Medicare ‘buy-in’ proposals would lead to single-payer system, long waits, care rationing
Many Democratic politicians, including those seeking the party’s presidential nomination, believe bigger government is the solution to America’s health care woes. But a handful of centrist Democrats worry full-fledged “Medicare for all” will spook independents. So they have unveiled several seemingly moderate plans that would allow people to buy into Medicare ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 16, 2019
Commentary
Bernie Sanders took his terrible ‘Medicare for all’ idea and made it a disaster
On Wednesday, 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released his updated “Medicare for all” bill. The plan is even more disastrous than its original 2017 iteration. The new bill is not all that different from the one he introduced two years ago. It would still force virtually every person to swap ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 11, 2019
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Bernie Sanders’ Updated Medicare-for-All Plan on Wilkow Majority
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss Bernie Sanders’ updated Medicare-for-All plan on “The Wilkow Majority” on Sirius XM Patriot, Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-4-10-19.mp3
Pacific Research Institute
April 10, 2019
Sally Pipes Cited in Congressional Testimony on Medicare for All Legislation
In her testimony to the U.S. House Rules Committee on April 30, Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner cited the work of PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes in highlighting the problems with single-payer health care in the United Kingdom. Turner was ...
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 ...
Sally Pipes – Medicare for All in the 2020 Campaign
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes joins us to discuss how Medicare for All is becoming a big issue in the 2020 presidential campaign, the growing push for Medicare for All in Congress and states like California and New York, and how ...
Sally Pipes Responds to $60 Trillion Cost Estimate for Medicare for All
Report: Medicare for All Would Cost $60 Trillion Over First Decade By Christopher Talgo A new report estimates a single-payer health care system in the United States would cost between $54.6 and $60.7 trillion over the first 10 years. Implementation of Medicare for All (M4A) would require enormous tax increases, ...
Control Spending To Grow The Economy
Milton Friedman used to say, “keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending because that’s the true tax”. Judged against this criterion, despite the recent tax reforms, the U.S. economy is still taxed too much. At the federal level, Congress recently passed another ...
X out ‘Medicare X’
Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., recently unveiled their “Medicare X” proposal, which would create a public Medicare plan that anyone could purchase. The idea’s supporters are framing it as a moderate counterpoint to “Medicare for all,” which would ban private insurance coverage and force everyone onto a new ...
Pick your poison on Democrats’ health care ideas
More than 100 House Democrats have signed onto a new bill from Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal that would outlaw private insurance and force everyone into a government-run health plan. Some other Democrats are leery of Jayapal’s bid for “Medicare for All.” So they’ve rolled out more “moderate” measures that would ...
Medicare ‘buy-in’ proposals would lead to single-payer system, long waits, care rationing
Many Democratic politicians, including those seeking the party’s presidential nomination, believe bigger government is the solution to America’s health care woes. But a handful of centrist Democrats worry full-fledged “Medicare for all” will spook independents. So they have unveiled several seemingly moderate plans that would allow people to buy into Medicare ...
Bernie Sanders took his terrible ‘Medicare for all’ idea and made it a disaster
On Wednesday, 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released his updated “Medicare for all” bill. The plan is even more disastrous than its original 2017 iteration. The new bill is not all that different from the one he introduced two years ago. It would still force virtually every person to swap ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Bernie Sanders’ Updated Medicare-for-All Plan on Wilkow Majority
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss Bernie Sanders’ updated Medicare-for-All plan on “The Wilkow Majority” on Sirius XM Patriot, Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-4-10-19.mp3