Health Care
Commentary
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:
Commentary
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. ...
Commentary
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 ...
Commentary
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. ...
Commentary
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.
Commentary
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 ...
Drug Innovation
Why Failure-to-Market Claims Are Preempted Under Federal Law
A California appellate court invented out of whole cloth a new and troubling theory of tort liability. Specifically, the court held that drug companies have a duty to develop and bring to market drugs that are supposedly safer and more effective than another, FDA-approved drug the company sells already. The ...
Commentary
Unaffordable Medicaid Means We Should Forget It
U.S. House Republicans recently released a list of proposals for slashing federal spending by as much as $5.7 trillion. A significant portion of the proposed savings — a whopping $2.3 trillion — would come from Medicaid. Progressives are decrying the GOP document as a heartless assault on an essential safety-net ...
Book
Read the new book from Sally Pipes “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 ...
Commentary
Insulin prices are falling due to market forces — no price caps required
California State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, recently introduced legislation that would cap cost-sharing for insulin at $35 a month, regardless of whether a patient has public or private insurance. It’s a popular idea. But it may not be necessary. The cost of insulin has been falling due to market ...
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 ...
Why Failure-to-Market Claims Are Preempted Under Federal Law
A California appellate court invented out of whole cloth a new and troubling theory of tort liability. Specifically, the court held that drug companies have a duty to develop and bring to market drugs that are supposedly safer and more effective than another, FDA-approved drug the company sells already. The ...
Unaffordable Medicaid Means We Should Forget It
U.S. House Republicans recently released a list of proposals for slashing federal spending by as much as $5.7 trillion. A significant portion of the proposed savings — a whopping $2.3 trillion — would come from Medicaid. Progressives are decrying the GOP document as a heartless assault on an essential safety-net ...
Read the new book from Sally Pipes “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 ...
Insulin prices are falling due to market forces — no price caps required
California State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, recently introduced legislation that would cap cost-sharing for insulin at $35 a month, regardless of whether a patient has public or private insurance. It’s a popular idea. But it may not be necessary. The cost of insulin has been falling due to market ...
