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Could Sanders Make Healthcare Worse? Author Sally Pipes Weighs In
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September 16, 2017Pacific Research Institute
Will Obamacare Finally Be Repealed and Replaced?
PRI President and CEO Sally Pipes gives her thoughts about what's next for the efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, and the move toward a single-payer system in California. Later, she shares her favorite wine with listeners -...
September 04, 2017Pacific Research Institute
Don’t let California prove how single-payer fails patients
Is single-payer health care dead in California? There were a lot of headlines to that effect in late June, after Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved the Healthy California Act, which would have abolished private insurance and ...
August 20, 2017Sally C. Pipes

New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Healthcare Costs
It’s easy for politicians and consumers to rage about the high price of prescription drugs, but Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute’s senior fellow in business and economics, said those prices are not to blame for the hig...
May 16, 2017Wayne H Winegarden
New Brief Highlights The Economic Costs Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Exploring a tool that millions of Americans use every day when paying for prescription drugs, the Pacific Research Institute today released a new research brief exploring how Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) impact prescription dr...
May 08, 2017Pacific Research Institute
New PRI Study Finds That High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Health Care Costs
A more realistic evaluation of U.S. prescription drug prices shows that high drug prices are not actually driving up health care costs overall, and reflect the higher U.S. health care costs compared to the rest of the world, accor...
April 25, 2017Wayne Winegarden

Bernie Sanders’ Socialized Healthcare Plan is Even Worse Than Canada’s Health System
There’s little to envy about the Canadian health system. Yet, when Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rolled out his single-payer Medicare for All Act on Sept. 13, he pointed to Canada as a model. The comparison should strike Ameri...
September 22, 2017Sally C. Pipes
Lewis Carroll and the Pricing of Pharmaceuticals
Imagine a pharmaceutical market designed by Lewis Carroll’s Mad Hatter. In contrast to almost every other market, he might begin by charging wholesale prices that are higher than retail prices. He would then make sure that the hig...
September 20, 2017Wayne Winegarden
The New Obamacare Repeal Bill Could Lead to Single Payer Health Care
This week, a group of Republican senators is scrambling to pick up enough votes for a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. The senators have until Sept. 30 to act. But ...
September 19, 2017Sally C. Pipes

Price Transparency Occurs in Markets, Not Government Offices
The wrong model, no matter how hard it is worked, always provides the wrong answer. And, so it is with a bill being considered in Sacramento (SB 17). SB 17 is supposed to address the problem of skyrocketing health care costs by re...
September 11, 2017Wayne Winegarden
U.S. Pharmaceutical Spending Is Below Average?
For the 30 nations that comprise the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which promotes policies to improve the well-being of people around the world, pharmaceutical spending comprised, on average, 16.9 p...
August 30, 2017Wayne Winegarden

Will Obamacare Finally Be Repealed and Replaced?
PRI President and CEO Sally Pipes gives her thoughts about what's next for the efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, and the move toward a single-payer system in California. Later, she shares her favorite wine with listeners -...
September 04, 2017Pacific Research Institute

Sally Pipes Discusses Bernie Sanders Single-Payer Plan on NBC Bay Area
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes responds to Bernie Sanders’ appearance at a San Francisco rally promoting single-payer health care legislation on NBC Bay Area. “” Clic...
September 23, 2017Pacific Research Institute
Sally Pipes Talks House AHCA Vote on Newsmax TV
PRI President and CEO Sally Pipes discuss the House vote to pass the American Health Care Act with Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV....
May 04, 2017Pacific Research Institute
Watch New PRI Animated Video: Imagine What Would Happen If You Never Paid Directly for Your Morning Coffee Again
Video Uses Buying a Cup of Coffee to Break Down Complex Pharmacy Pricing, Shows Americans are Paying More for Less Through Middlemen Like Pharmacy Benefit Managers A new animated video released today by the Pacific Research Instit...
May 02, 2017Pacific Research Institute