Medicare
Commentary
House Speaker Ryan’s Bipartisan Medicare Plan Nothing To Fear
Democrats have wasted little time attacking House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to make Medicare great — or rather, solvent — again. Sen. Bernie Sanders has launched a “hands off my Medicare” campaign. Sen. Chuck Schumer is grimly warning against a supposed Republican “war on seniors.” And Rep. Nancy Pelosi has ...
Commentary
What Will Go With Obamacare?
(Translated from Spanish to English) After the freeze of Obamacare, many wonder what changes can we expect in medical coverage? Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, a public healthcare expert since 1988, gave an exclusive interview to El Mundo Newspaper and discussed possible changes in medical ...
Health Care
Who Has The Best Plan?
As the Trump administration and members of Congress consider how they will repeal and replace Obamacare, the Pacific Research Institute today released The Way Out of Obamacare, a nonpartisan guide to help policymakers craft a market-based plan that protects doctors and patients. The guide, an updated version of PRI’s pre-election ...
Commentary
Obamacare Repeal And Replacement Could Come With Hidden Costs
The sprint to dismantle the Affordable Care Act has Houston’s hospital leaders worried about a potential fallout that could sweep beyond the poor if the uninsured rate rises again. Texas already leads the nation with more than 4 million uninsured, with Harris County topping the state at about 740,000. A ...
Health Care
Post-Election Top Policy Changes To Watch In 2017
While every new year brings change, with Donald Trump elected to become the next president and the U.S. House and Senate both having Republican majorities, managed healthcare executives will see more changes than usual in 2017—beginning with repealing and replacing most of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...
Business & Economics
Wasteful Spending By Other Names
Cutting wasteful government spending would be much easier if it were properly labeled. But, wasteful expenditures are never properly categorized as duplicitous, unnecessary, or unwarranted spending. Instead, wasteful government expenditures masquerade as important government programs with important sounding missions. With such high-minded purposes, the groups who benefit can defend their ...
Commentary
Forging A Post-Obamacare Health Policy Debate
The end of Obamacare is near. But while Republican lawmakers plan on repealing the law early in 2017, they may take as long as three years to finalize Obamacare’s replacement. In other words, the debate over the future of America’s health system is just beginning. Democrats are certain to use ...
Commentary
ObamaCare’s Risk Corridor Corruption Never Ends
The Obama Administration just caught a lucky break in its legal war with the insurance industry. A federal court has ruled that the administration doesn’t owe money to Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, a shuttered Illinois health insurer that was promised more than $70 million under the ObamaCare’s ...
Commentary
Death Of Obamacare, But How Do We Kill It?
Transcript of interview with PRI’s Sally Pipes and Stephen Sabludowsky, publisher of BayouBuzz.com Is Obamacare really broken or can it be fixed? If it is impossible to mend, will efforts to remove and replace it going to cause more problems than simply leaving it alone? One of the major issues ...
Commentary
Don’t Divorce Americans From Short-Term Health Insurance
More than 800,000 Americans divorce each year. Many more change jobs or otherwise have their employment status interrupted. Getting divorced or losing a job is hard enough. Unfortunately, the Obama administration wants to make it even harder. It’s looking to implement a new rule that would curb short-term health insurance ...
House Speaker Ryan’s Bipartisan Medicare Plan Nothing To Fear
Democrats have wasted little time attacking House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to make Medicare great — or rather, solvent — again. Sen. Bernie Sanders has launched a “hands off my Medicare” campaign. Sen. Chuck Schumer is grimly warning against a supposed Republican “war on seniors.” And Rep. Nancy Pelosi has ...
What Will Go With Obamacare?
(Translated from Spanish to English) After the freeze of Obamacare, many wonder what changes can we expect in medical coverage? Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, a public healthcare expert since 1988, gave an exclusive interview to El Mundo Newspaper and discussed possible changes in medical ...
Who Has The Best Plan?
As the Trump administration and members of Congress consider how they will repeal and replace Obamacare, the Pacific Research Institute today released The Way Out of Obamacare, a nonpartisan guide to help policymakers craft a market-based plan that protects doctors and patients. The guide, an updated version of PRI’s pre-election ...
Obamacare Repeal And Replacement Could Come With Hidden Costs
The sprint to dismantle the Affordable Care Act has Houston’s hospital leaders worried about a potential fallout that could sweep beyond the poor if the uninsured rate rises again. Texas already leads the nation with more than 4 million uninsured, with Harris County topping the state at about 740,000. A ...
Post-Election Top Policy Changes To Watch In 2017
While every new year brings change, with Donald Trump elected to become the next president and the U.S. House and Senate both having Republican majorities, managed healthcare executives will see more changes than usual in 2017—beginning with repealing and replacing most of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...
Wasteful Spending By Other Names
Cutting wasteful government spending would be much easier if it were properly labeled. But, wasteful expenditures are never properly categorized as duplicitous, unnecessary, or unwarranted spending. Instead, wasteful government expenditures masquerade as important government programs with important sounding missions. With such high-minded purposes, the groups who benefit can defend their ...
Forging A Post-Obamacare Health Policy Debate
The end of Obamacare is near. But while Republican lawmakers plan on repealing the law early in 2017, they may take as long as three years to finalize Obamacare’s replacement. In other words, the debate over the future of America’s health system is just beginning. Democrats are certain to use ...
ObamaCare’s Risk Corridor Corruption Never Ends
The Obama Administration just caught a lucky break in its legal war with the insurance industry. A federal court has ruled that the administration doesn’t owe money to Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, a shuttered Illinois health insurer that was promised more than $70 million under the ObamaCare’s ...
Death Of Obamacare, But How Do We Kill It?
Transcript of interview with PRI’s Sally Pipes and Stephen Sabludowsky, publisher of BayouBuzz.com Is Obamacare really broken or can it be fixed? If it is impossible to mend, will efforts to remove and replace it going to cause more problems than simply leaving it alone? One of the major issues ...
Don’t Divorce Americans From Short-Term Health Insurance
More than 800,000 Americans divorce each year. Many more change jobs or otherwise have their employment status interrupted. Getting divorced or losing a job is hard enough. Unfortunately, the Obama administration wants to make it even harder. It’s looking to implement a new rule that would curb short-term health insurance ...
