PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the future of health care reform with Democrats poised to take control of the House of Representatives with John Cardillo on “Amer...
16 November, 2018
The largest problems in the health care industry are often created by reformers envisioning themselves as free market saviors, when in reality they are merely advocates for more intrusive government regulations. The Trump administ...
17 October, 2018
The controversial medical device tax hurts doctors, patients and manufacturers and should be repealed by Congress – according a new study released today by the California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institu...
08 October, 2018
The controversial medical device tax hurts doctors, patients and manufacturers and should be repealed by Congress – according a new study released today by the California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institu...
08 October, 2018We Need Smarter Regulation of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology By John J. Cohrseen and Henry I. Miller EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the early 1970s a group of scientists — none involved in agriculture or food — raised concerns about th...
28 September, 2018
Proposed reforms to the Medicare competitive bidding process for wheelchairs, home breathing equipment, and other durable medical equipment underscore the findings of a recently-released Pacific Research Institute study showing th...
26 July, 2018At 2 pm Eastern time today, President Trump spoke at the Department of Health and Human Services where he recommended a litany of policies that would ultimately impose price controls on the pharmaceutical market. Take his proposal...
25 October, 2018Play everyone’s favorite game show “What Will You Bid?” to learn about the broken competitive bidding process for providing durable medical equipment to Medicare patients. Read the new study by PRI’s Wayne ...
24 August, 2018The Trump administration recently announced a regulatory change that “proposes to expand the availability of short-term, limited-duration health insurance by allowing consumers to buy plans providing coverage for any period of les...
22 August, 2018
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the future of health care reform with Democrats poised to take control of the House of Representatives with John Cardillo on “Amer...
16 November, 2018Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss how the Democrats taking control of the House will impact health care policy on “The Lars Larson Show”. The intervie...
13 November, 2018Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate single-payer advocate and University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Gerald Friedman on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerr...
26 October, 2018
Commentary
Government Bureaucrats Who Deserve A Salute
In a new Gallup poll, Americans’ confidence in an array of U.S. societal institutions is largely unchanged, with the military continuing to earn the highest level of confidence of 15 institutions tested. (As usual, Congress is dea...
13 November, 2018Short-Term Insurance Plans Offer A Much-Needed Escape From Obamacare
Several patient advocacy groups recently sued the Trump administration to overturn an August 2018 rule that expands access to short-term health insurance plans. They argue that short-term plans, which they deride as “junk in...
13 November, 2018Putting Drug Prices on TV Will Cause Unnecessary Patient Panic
Last month, the Trump administration proposed several reforms to drive down prescription drug prices. One measure would force pharmaceutical companies to mention the sticker prices of their medicines in television advertisements. ...
09 November, 2018