Sally C. Pipes

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Biden’s Disdain for Democracy Revealed in Backdoor Bailout

Few likely noticed when the Biden administration announced a “voluntary Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration” late last month. The initiative aims to “test” whether a new approach to reducing premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans will “increase the efficiency and economy of services” under the program — at least according to the ...
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Scope-of-practice laws put patients in the crosshairs

New research appears to have found the proverbial “free lunch” economists have long been searching for. States that grant nurse practitioners “full practice authority” — that authorize them to provide care independently, without the supervision of a physician or other provider — reduce total healthcare costs for people with diabetes ...
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JD Vance’s Healthcare Record Should Give Republicans Pause

The selection of JD Vance as the Republican vice-presidential nominee has made many in the limited-government wing of the GOP squirm. Consider his record on healthcare, where he’s signaled support for more state intervention. He justifies this approach by pointing to the struggles of ordinary Americans to afford healthcare. But more government ...
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Pending Government Drug Pricing Will Harm Seniors’ Care And Budgets

Any day now, the Biden administration will publish the prices it has set for ten drugs covered by Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit. These price controls will provide “meaningful financial relief for millions of people with Medicare,” administration officials say. Many seniors are about to see just how false that ...
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Harris is wrong about medical debt

Is Vice President Kamala Harris trying to rebrand as a centrist? She has recently disavowed her previous progressive positions on everything from border security to fracking to “Medicare for All.” But she and her running mate remain enthusiastic about socializing medical debt. In a recent statement, Harris claimed that “more than 100 million Americans struggle with medical ...
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Read the latest on pharmaceutical benefit managers

Legislation Urgently Needed to Rein In Pharmacy Benefit Mgrs.

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing last month with the CEOs of the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers: CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx. The hearing coincided with a new report from the committee on the outsized role these prescription-drug middlemen play in determining what people pay for ...
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Joe Biden Leaves Behind A Disastrous Healthcare Legacy

President Joe Biden’s term will expire on January 20, 2025, when a new president will be inaugurated. He brought his decades-long political career to a close last month when he announced he would not seek re-election. Biden has thrown his support to his vice president, Kamala Harris, in this November’s election. ...
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Obamacare needs to police fraud

Are Obamacare’s exchanges hotbeds of fraud? New research suggests as much. An estimated 4 million to 5 million people have received fully subsidized health insurance by misrepresenting their income. That’s $20 billion lost to bogus enrollments this year. The problem stems from the original design of Obamacare – and the ...
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Vance Must Put America First on Healthcare

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance has made quite a splash since arriving in Washington less than two years ago. He’s gone from the junior senator from Ohio and the 96th by seniority to the top of the Republican ticket as Donald Trump’s running mate. Vance has branded himself as an “America First” conservative. ...
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Kamala Harris’s healthcare record is rotten to the core

Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, have enthusiastically rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their presumptive presidential nominee. Voters will not be nearly as enthusiastic about her record on healthcare. Harris stands to President Joe Biden’s left on health policy. If elected, she would almost certainly drag the United States closer to a complete government ...
Commentary

Biden’s Disdain for Democracy Revealed in Backdoor Bailout

Few likely noticed when the Biden administration announced a “voluntary Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration” late last month. The initiative aims to “test” whether a new approach to reducing premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans will “increase the efficiency and economy of services” under the program — at least according to the ...
Commentary

Scope-of-practice laws put patients in the crosshairs

New research appears to have found the proverbial “free lunch” economists have long been searching for. States that grant nurse practitioners “full practice authority” — that authorize them to provide care independently, without the supervision of a physician or other provider — reduce total healthcare costs for people with diabetes ...
Commentary

JD Vance’s Healthcare Record Should Give Republicans Pause

The selection of JD Vance as the Republican vice-presidential nominee has made many in the limited-government wing of the GOP squirm. Consider his record on healthcare, where he’s signaled support for more state intervention. He justifies this approach by pointing to the struggles of ordinary Americans to afford healthcare. But more government ...
Commentary

Pending Government Drug Pricing Will Harm Seniors’ Care And Budgets

Any day now, the Biden administration will publish the prices it has set for ten drugs covered by Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit. These price controls will provide “meaningful financial relief for millions of people with Medicare,” administration officials say. Many seniors are about to see just how false that ...
Commentary

Harris is wrong about medical debt

Is Vice President Kamala Harris trying to rebrand as a centrist? She has recently disavowed her previous progressive positions on everything from border security to fracking to “Medicare for All.” But she and her running mate remain enthusiastic about socializing medical debt. In a recent statement, Harris claimed that “more than 100 million Americans struggle with medical ...
Commentary

Read the latest on pharmaceutical benefit managers

Legislation Urgently Needed to Rein In Pharmacy Benefit Mgrs.

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing last month with the CEOs of the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers: CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx. The hearing coincided with a new report from the committee on the outsized role these prescription-drug middlemen play in determining what people pay for ...
Commentary

Joe Biden Leaves Behind A Disastrous Healthcare Legacy

President Joe Biden’s term will expire on January 20, 2025, when a new president will be inaugurated. He brought his decades-long political career to a close last month when he announced he would not seek re-election. Biden has thrown his support to his vice president, Kamala Harris, in this November’s election. ...
Commentary

Obamacare needs to police fraud

Are Obamacare’s exchanges hotbeds of fraud? New research suggests as much. An estimated 4 million to 5 million people have received fully subsidized health insurance by misrepresenting their income. That’s $20 billion lost to bogus enrollments this year. The problem stems from the original design of Obamacare – and the ...
Commentary

Vance Must Put America First on Healthcare

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance has made quite a splash since arriving in Washington less than two years ago. He’s gone from the junior senator from Ohio and the 96th by seniority to the top of the Republican ticket as Donald Trump’s running mate. Vance has branded himself as an “America First” conservative. ...
Commentary

Kamala Harris’s healthcare record is rotten to the core

Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, have enthusiastically rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their presumptive presidential nominee. Voters will not be nearly as enthusiastic about her record on healthcare. Harris stands to President Joe Biden’s left on health policy. If elected, she would almost certainly drag the United States closer to a complete government ...
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