Health Care
Commentary
Cutting Medical Costs Can Be a Bargain
Much of the medical progress in the past half-century has involved expensive, high-tech diagnostic tests and therapies. But it would be a mistake to gainsay the value of inexpensive, low-tech innovations. Consider the problem of falls, which are both a cause and effect of declining health in the elderly. They ...
Blog
Latest ‘Wild Thing’ from Sacramento: Lowering Voting Age to 17
I loved the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are when I was a kid. If I were to write a story about the political version of Where the Wild Things Are, I’d set it on the floor of the State Assembly during the final weeks of the legislative ...
Health Care
Bidencare Is Bad News
As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new, government-run insurance plan. Biden ...
Commentary
We Need to Defend the Miracle of Vaccination
Infectious diseases that used to claim the lives of 1-in-6 children before their fifth year are making an alarming comeback in the United States. The culprits are parents who should know better—and the politicians who accommodate them. Parents of small children today no longer know the fear—much less the reality—of ...
Commentary
New Bombshell Report Reveals Obamacare’s Epic Medicaid Waste
Medicaid was created in 1965 to provide health coverage to impoverished Americans. But according to a new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, it’s the insurer of record for a significant number of middle-class Americans. The cost to taxpayers? Hundreds of millions of dollars. The culprit for this epic ...
Commentary
Bidencare is bad news
As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new, government-run insurance plan. Biden ...
Business & Economics
This Labor Day, celebrate America’s job creators as well as our workforce
Ask Americans what Labor Day means, and they’ll likely say it marks the end of summer. One last chance to wear white and go for a swim before the pool is drained. But as its name suggests, Labor Day was established to celebrate labor –- organized labor, to be more specific. The idea for ...
Commentary
The promise and perils of surprise medical bill reform
Congress appears set to do something about surprise medical bills. Last month, the House Energy and Commerce Committee cleared a bill that would address the issue for a final floor vote. The Senate is planning to vote on a similar measure after its August recess. No one likes to receive ...
Health Care
Sally C. Pipes on Medicare For All with the Pat Miller Program
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, joins the Pat Miller Program in Indiana to discuss medicare for all. Listen here
Health Care
Point of View Radio discusses the dangers of medicare for all for seniors with Sally C. Pipes
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, speaks with Kerby Anderson from Point of View Radio in Texas about how medicare for all will be hazardous for seniors. Ms. Pipes segment begins at the 47:00 minute mark. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/082819.mp3
Cutting Medical Costs Can Be a Bargain
Much of the medical progress in the past half-century has involved expensive, high-tech diagnostic tests and therapies. But it would be a mistake to gainsay the value of inexpensive, low-tech innovations. Consider the problem of falls, which are both a cause and effect of declining health in the elderly. They ...
Latest ‘Wild Thing’ from Sacramento: Lowering Voting Age to 17
I loved the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are when I was a kid. If I were to write a story about the political version of Where the Wild Things Are, I’d set it on the floor of the State Assembly during the final weeks of the legislative ...
Bidencare Is Bad News
As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new, government-run insurance plan. Biden ...
We Need to Defend the Miracle of Vaccination
Infectious diseases that used to claim the lives of 1-in-6 children before their fifth year are making an alarming comeback in the United States. The culprits are parents who should know better—and the politicians who accommodate them. Parents of small children today no longer know the fear—much less the reality—of ...
New Bombshell Report Reveals Obamacare’s Epic Medicaid Waste
Medicaid was created in 1965 to provide health coverage to impoverished Americans. But according to a new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, it’s the insurer of record for a significant number of middle-class Americans. The cost to taxpayers? Hundreds of millions of dollars. The culprit for this epic ...
Bidencare is bad news
As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new, government-run insurance plan. Biden ...
This Labor Day, celebrate America’s job creators as well as our workforce
Ask Americans what Labor Day means, and they’ll likely say it marks the end of summer. One last chance to wear white and go for a swim before the pool is drained. But as its name suggests, Labor Day was established to celebrate labor –- organized labor, to be more specific. The idea for ...
The promise and perils of surprise medical bill reform
Congress appears set to do something about surprise medical bills. Last month, the House Energy and Commerce Committee cleared a bill that would address the issue for a final floor vote. The Senate is planning to vote on a similar measure after its August recess. No one likes to receive ...
Sally C. Pipes on Medicare For All with the Pat Miller Program
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, joins the Pat Miller Program in Indiana to discuss medicare for all. Listen here
Point of View Radio discusses the dangers of medicare for all for seniors with Sally C. Pipes
Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, speaks with Kerby Anderson from Point of View Radio in Texas about how medicare for all will be hazardous for seniors. Ms. Pipes segment begins at the 47:00 minute mark. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/082819.mp3
