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Obama Misunderestimates Why He Won the Presidency
There are limits to what a great communicator can accomplish if he is communicating the wrong message. In the last few weeks, Barack Obama has been receiving a lesson in this truth and learning, perhaps, too, that he, in the words of his less audibly gifted predecessor, “misunderestimated” why he ...
Commentary
A long, hot August for Obama’s health plan
That big whoosh you hear is the air rushing out of President Obama’s PR blitzkrieg to hurry Congress into approving his nationalized health care reform proposal before leaving town next week for the annual August recess. Nearly two weeks’ worth of carefully orchestrated speeches and events was capped by a ...
Commentary
Did Obama Accomplish Anything With His Health-Care Presser?
As we predicted last night, the biggest news coming out of last night’s prime-time press conference was President Obama’s reaction to the professor Gates arrest. But, as little attention as it’s receiving, for the vast majority of the hour-long health-care presser, Obama was indeed talking about health care. Whether he ...
Health Care
Healthcare is on Hold
President Obama wants a healthcare reform bill passed before the August recess, but it may not happen. Insight with CNBC’s John Harwood, Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute, and Igor Volsky, Center for American Progress health care research/blogger.
Commentary
Pacific Research Institute Releases State Rankings on Health Ownership
North Dakota Comes Out on Top, New York Finishes Last for the Third Straight Year San Francisco, July 21, 2009 – Americans continue to lack the basic freedom to make their own health care decisions according to the third edition of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, an annual report ...
Health Care
Healthcare Costs?
There are serious concerns not only about the cost of the president’s plan, but also about the quality of healthcare. PRI President and CEO, Sally Pipes, is a guest on the Lou Dobbs Show, as well as Igor Voksky of the Center for American Progress.
Health Care
Medical Meltdown
Should Congress remake national health care on the Massachusetts model? That was the topic of discussion for President and CEO Sally C. Pipes, who was a featured guest on the Glenn Beck show, along with Michael Cannon, director of health studies at the Cato Institute.
Health Care
Tab for Health-Care Plan Continues to Grow
Jeffrey H. Anderson, Pacific Research Institute, Senior Fellow in Health Studies, discusses how his study shows that Medicare costs have risen 34% more than the costs of private insurance during the past forty years.
Commentary
Reformers’ Claims Just Don’t Add Up
Health Reform: Many extravagant claims have been made on behalf of the various health care “reforms” now emerging from Congress and the White House. But on closer inspection, virtually all prove to be false. Yet even as many Americans start to have second thoughts about our government’s possible takeover of ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes details realities of Canadian health care
Sally C. Pipes understands Canadian health care. As the former Assistant Director of the free-market Fraser Institute, she lived under Canada’s national health care system. Today Pipes is president of the Pacific Research Institute and author of the new book, The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care. She spoke ...
Obama Misunderestimates Why He Won the Presidency
There are limits to what a great communicator can accomplish if he is communicating the wrong message. In the last few weeks, Barack Obama has been receiving a lesson in this truth and learning, perhaps, too, that he, in the words of his less audibly gifted predecessor, “misunderestimated” why he ...
A long, hot August for Obama’s health plan
That big whoosh you hear is the air rushing out of President Obama’s PR blitzkrieg to hurry Congress into approving his nationalized health care reform proposal before leaving town next week for the annual August recess. Nearly two weeks’ worth of carefully orchestrated speeches and events was capped by a ...
Did Obama Accomplish Anything With His Health-Care Presser?
As we predicted last night, the biggest news coming out of last night’s prime-time press conference was President Obama’s reaction to the professor Gates arrest. But, as little attention as it’s receiving, for the vast majority of the hour-long health-care presser, Obama was indeed talking about health care. Whether he ...
Healthcare is on Hold
President Obama wants a healthcare reform bill passed before the August recess, but it may not happen. Insight with CNBC’s John Harwood, Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute, and Igor Volsky, Center for American Progress health care research/blogger.
Pacific Research Institute Releases State Rankings on Health Ownership
North Dakota Comes Out on Top, New York Finishes Last for the Third Straight Year San Francisco, July 21, 2009 – Americans continue to lack the basic freedom to make their own health care decisions according to the third edition of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, an annual report ...
Healthcare Costs?
There are serious concerns not only about the cost of the president’s plan, but also about the quality of healthcare. PRI President and CEO, Sally Pipes, is a guest on the Lou Dobbs Show, as well as Igor Voksky of the Center for American Progress.
Medical Meltdown
Should Congress remake national health care on the Massachusetts model? That was the topic of discussion for President and CEO Sally C. Pipes, who was a featured guest on the Glenn Beck show, along with Michael Cannon, director of health studies at the Cato Institute.
Tab for Health-Care Plan Continues to Grow
Jeffrey H. Anderson, Pacific Research Institute, Senior Fellow in Health Studies, discusses how his study shows that Medicare costs have risen 34% more than the costs of private insurance during the past forty years.
Reformers’ Claims Just Don’t Add Up
Health Reform: Many extravagant claims have been made on behalf of the various health care “reforms” now emerging from Congress and the White House. But on closer inspection, virtually all prove to be false. Yet even as many Americans start to have second thoughts about our government’s possible takeover of ...
Sally Pipes details realities of Canadian health care
Sally C. Pipes understands Canadian health care. As the former Assistant Director of the free-market Fraser Institute, she lived under Canada’s national health care system. Today Pipes is president of the Pacific Research Institute and author of the new book, The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care. She spoke ...
