Sally C. Pipes
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AOC Says Single-Payer Is Forever – That’s the Problem
“Presidents come and go,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently declared. “Single-payer is forever.” That line was meant as a boast. Americans should hear it as a warning. For years, progressives have treated government-run healthcare as the ultimate political prize. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made Medicare for All the centerpiece of ...
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Washington Is Finally Taking Medicaid Fraud More Seriously
Vice President J.D. Vance recently intensified the Trump administration’s crackdown on healthcare fraud, warning states that they could risk losing federal Medicaid funding if they don’t adequately police abuse within the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also announced a nationwide six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollments ...
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Read the latest from Sally Pipes on Obamacare
Mark Cuban Is Right About ‘Big Medicine,’ but Wrong About the Cure
He’s hardly alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., among others, are targeting vertically integrated healthcare giants as drivers of rising costs and declining competition. They’re right about one thing — “big medicine” is real. But the healthcare giants they now condemn are, in large part, creatures ...
Commentary
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on government-run health care
Democrats’ latest healthcare fantasy would mean longer waits
First came Obamacare. Now, some on the Left are trying to take the next step toward socialized medicine — “free” primary care for all. A new report from the Searchlight Institute, authored by several architects of the Affordable Care Act, urges Democratic policymakers to guarantee primary care with no out-of-pocket ...
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Read the latest on drug innovation from Sally Pipes
Big Medical Breakthroughs Start With Small Gains
That may not sound like much. For someone facing a terminal diagnosis, what difference does a few extra months really make, especially if the drugs that enable them cost tens of thousands of dollars, as so many cancer drugs do? That question misses the point. In medicine, the most important ...
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Medicare for All will bring real, human consequences in NJ
Democratic congressional candidates everywhere from Illinois and Maine to New Jersey and Pennsylvania are embracing Medicare for All. More than 100 House Democrats have backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest proposal, and state-level versions are gaining traction in places like California. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, recently summed up the mood on ...
340B
It’s Time For Congress To Get 340B Out Of Its Blind Spot
That should alarm anyone concerned about rising healthcare costs, misuse of taxpayer dollars, financial burdens on employers, or the integrity of our nation’s safety net. Congress must stop ignoring this problem and inject some badly needed transparency into 340B. Read the full article at Forbes
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Hospitals Front and Center for Rising Healthcare Costs
In a much-anticipated hearing last month, Congress asked chief executives from several of America’s major hospital systems to account for the astronomical cost of healthcare in this country. Lawmakers were certainly asking the right people. Any honest diagnosis of America’s soaring healthcare costs has to place hospitals front and center. ...
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Left And Right Agree—Hospital Consolidation Is Driving Up Healthcare Costs
A growing bipartisan consensus is emerging around one of the biggest drivers of America’s healthcare affordability crisis: hospital consolidation. Two reports published this spring—one from the market-oriented Paragon Health Institute and another from the progressive advocacy group Families USA—arrive at remarkably similar conclusions. Large hospital systems have gained enormous market ...
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Deflating the controversy over Medicaid work requirements
Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements established by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now renamed by Republicans as the working families tax cuts. Dozens of others are scrambling to follow suit before the January deadline. Democrats and much of ...
AOC Says Single-Payer Is Forever – That’s the Problem
“Presidents come and go,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently declared. “Single-payer is forever.” That line was meant as a boast. Americans should hear it as a warning. For years, progressives have treated government-run healthcare as the ultimate political prize. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made Medicare for All the centerpiece of ...
Washington Is Finally Taking Medicaid Fraud More Seriously
Vice President J.D. Vance recently intensified the Trump administration’s crackdown on healthcare fraud, warning states that they could risk losing federal Medicaid funding if they don’t adequately police abuse within the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has also announced a nationwide six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollments ...
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on Obamacare
Mark Cuban Is Right About ‘Big Medicine,’ but Wrong About the Cure
He’s hardly alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., among others, are targeting vertically integrated healthcare giants as drivers of rising costs and declining competition. They’re right about one thing — “big medicine” is real. But the healthcare giants they now condemn are, in large part, creatures ...
Read the latest from Sally Pipes on government-run health care
Democrats’ latest healthcare fantasy would mean longer waits
First came Obamacare. Now, some on the Left are trying to take the next step toward socialized medicine — “free” primary care for all. A new report from the Searchlight Institute, authored by several architects of the Affordable Care Act, urges Democratic policymakers to guarantee primary care with no out-of-pocket ...
Read the latest on drug innovation from Sally Pipes
Big Medical Breakthroughs Start With Small Gains
That may not sound like much. For someone facing a terminal diagnosis, what difference does a few extra months really make, especially if the drugs that enable them cost tens of thousands of dollars, as so many cancer drugs do? That question misses the point. In medicine, the most important ...
Medicare for All will bring real, human consequences in NJ
Democratic congressional candidates everywhere from Illinois and Maine to New Jersey and Pennsylvania are embracing Medicare for All. More than 100 House Democrats have backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest proposal, and state-level versions are gaining traction in places like California. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, recently summed up the mood on ...
It’s Time For Congress To Get 340B Out Of Its Blind Spot
That should alarm anyone concerned about rising healthcare costs, misuse of taxpayer dollars, financial burdens on employers, or the integrity of our nation’s safety net. Congress must stop ignoring this problem and inject some badly needed transparency into 340B. Read the full article at Forbes
Hospitals Front and Center for Rising Healthcare Costs
In a much-anticipated hearing last month, Congress asked chief executives from several of America’s major hospital systems to account for the astronomical cost of healthcare in this country. Lawmakers were certainly asking the right people. Any honest diagnosis of America’s soaring healthcare costs has to place hospitals front and center. ...
Left And Right Agree—Hospital Consolidation Is Driving Up Healthcare Costs
A growing bipartisan consensus is emerging around one of the biggest drivers of America’s healthcare affordability crisis: hospital consolidation. Two reports published this spring—one from the market-oriented Paragon Health Institute and another from the progressive advocacy group Families USA—arrive at remarkably similar conclusions. Large hospital systems have gained enormous market ...
Deflating the controversy over Medicaid work requirements
Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements established by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now renamed by Republicans as the working families tax cuts. Dozens of others are scrambling to follow suit before the January deadline. Democrats and much of ...