Sally C. Pipes
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Why House Republican Budget Cuts Should Start With Health Insurance Subsidies
Last night, House Republicans passed a critical budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years to get America’s fiscal house in order and address our $35 trillion national debt. Congress should start by addressing one of the economy’s biggest pain ...
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RFK Jr. Can Breathe New Life Into HHS
Speaking to agency staffers last week, newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., insisted that “nothing is off limits” in his fight against chronic disease. It’s an encouraging message. HHS is in desperate need of modernization. Read the entire op-ed in Newsmax.
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Stop the Medicaid provider tax grift
House Republicans are calling for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts next year. Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan established in 1965 to provide publicly funded health coverage to the poor and disabled, is reportedly where they’ll find much of that money. Eliminating so-called “provider taxes,” which allow states to game ...
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Time to Administer DOGE to Medicare, Medicaid
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is setting its sights on fraud and abuse within Medicare and Medicaid. It’s about time. The two government programs have been cesspools of malfeasance, incompetence, and duplicity for too long. And the cost of all this corruption and waste has grown at a ...
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Trump’s Healthcare Overhaul & Canada as the 51st State? Sally Pipes Weighs In
They explore executive orders, Medicaid challenges, and the flaws in Canada’s healthcare system. The conversation also tackles a provocative question: Could Canada ever become the 51st state? Sally breaks down the political, economic, and healthcare implications of such a shift. Listen to the entire podcast here:
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Want To Spend Less On Health Care? Get Your Doctor A Raise
Do you think your doctor deserves a raise? The conventional wisdom holds that doctors are well paid. But the fact is that physician pay has fallen in real terms in recent years—particularly for those who treat Medicare beneficiaries. Falling reimbursement is just one of the challenges medical practices face today. ...
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No, $900B in Medicaid Spending Is Not Making Americans Healthier
During his confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the incoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, posed a key question about the nation’s largest health insurance program. “Do you think all that money, the $900 billion we’re sending to Medicaid every year, has made Americans healthy?” he ...
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Congress Eyes Regulating Drug Ads, It Won’t Mean Lower Prices
“Knowing what something costs before buying it is just common sense.” That’s how Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, justified a bill he introduced in January to require drug companies to include a medicine’s list price in their advertisements. Unfortunately, his Drug-price Transparency for Consumers, or DTC, Act — co-sponsored by Sen. ...
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Obamacare insurers collect billions in taxpayer subsidies — just to deny claims
Democrats spent the last four years trying to expand Obamacare enrollment, largely by ramping up federal premium subsidies. However, the health coverage available through the exchanges often doesn’t do much good, as too many Obamacare enrollees discover when a medical bill comes due. Read the op-ed here.
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The World’s Medicine Chest
Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through market capitalism. Click here to register to watch a special live ...
Why House Republican Budget Cuts Should Start With Health Insurance Subsidies
Last night, House Republicans passed a critical budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years to get America’s fiscal house in order and address our $35 trillion national debt. Congress should start by addressing one of the economy’s biggest pain ...
RFK Jr. Can Breathe New Life Into HHS
Speaking to agency staffers last week, newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., insisted that “nothing is off limits” in his fight against chronic disease. It’s an encouraging message. HHS is in desperate need of modernization. Read the entire op-ed in Newsmax.
Stop the Medicaid provider tax grift
House Republicans are calling for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts next year. Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan established in 1965 to provide publicly funded health coverage to the poor and disabled, is reportedly where they’ll find much of that money. Eliminating so-called “provider taxes,” which allow states to game ...
Time to Administer DOGE to Medicare, Medicaid
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is setting its sights on fraud and abuse within Medicare and Medicaid. It’s about time. The two government programs have been cesspools of malfeasance, incompetence, and duplicity for too long. And the cost of all this corruption and waste has grown at a ...
Trump’s Healthcare Overhaul & Canada as the 51st State? Sally Pipes Weighs In
They explore executive orders, Medicaid challenges, and the flaws in Canada’s healthcare system. The conversation also tackles a provocative question: Could Canada ever become the 51st state? Sally breaks down the political, economic, and healthcare implications of such a shift. Listen to the entire podcast here:
Want To Spend Less On Health Care? Get Your Doctor A Raise
Do you think your doctor deserves a raise? The conventional wisdom holds that doctors are well paid. But the fact is that physician pay has fallen in real terms in recent years—particularly for those who treat Medicare beneficiaries. Falling reimbursement is just one of the challenges medical practices face today. ...
No, $900B in Medicaid Spending Is Not Making Americans Healthier
During his confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the incoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, posed a key question about the nation’s largest health insurance program. “Do you think all that money, the $900 billion we’re sending to Medicaid every year, has made Americans healthy?” he ...
Congress Eyes Regulating Drug Ads, It Won’t Mean Lower Prices
“Knowing what something costs before buying it is just common sense.” That’s how Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, justified a bill he introduced in January to require drug companies to include a medicine’s list price in their advertisements. Unfortunately, his Drug-price Transparency for Consumers, or DTC, Act — co-sponsored by Sen. ...
Obamacare insurers collect billions in taxpayer subsidies — just to deny claims
Democrats spent the last four years trying to expand Obamacare enrollment, largely by ramping up federal premium subsidies. However, the health coverage available through the exchanges often doesn’t do much good, as too many Obamacare enrollees discover when a medical bill comes due. Read the op-ed here.
The World’s Medicine Chest
Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through market capitalism. Click here to register to watch a special live ...
