Commentary
Commentary
The key to stopping Biden’s healthcare plan: Gridlock
It looks like gridlock will be the norm in Washington for the next few years. And that just might be a good thing. While multiple news outlets have declared Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election, Republicans seem likely to control the Senate by one or two seats, as ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 9, 2020
Commentary
Biden His Time On Health Care?
It’s all but certain that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. Down the ballot, though, Democrats didn’t fare as well. They lost seats in the House. And Republicans appear poised to hold onto the Senate, provided they win at least one of two upcoming runoff ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 9, 2020
Commentary
Biden’s $750 billion health plan fixes nothing
Democrat Joe Biden made his plan for a new public government-run health insurance option a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. But another key provision of his health care agenda has gotten considerably less attention. The former vice president proposes to give taxpayer-subsidized coverage through Obamacare’s exchanges to more people — ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 3, 2020
Commentary
Fine-Tuning Treatments For COVID-19
President Trump’s COVID-19 recovery has thrust into the spotlight the possibilities of novel, experimental therapies for this potentially deadly disease. During his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he was treated with at least three drugs that have since received substantial attention in the media: the anti-viral remdesivir, ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
November 3, 2020
Commentary
Make relaxed state-based telehealth restrictions permanent
Imagine you’re traveling from Nashville to Louisville to visit your grandmother. When you’re 15 minutes from her house, you decide to call to let her know you’ll be arriving soon. For some reason, your mobile phone doesn’t connect. So you stop at a payphone to call your wireless phone provider. ...
Sally C. Pipes
November 3, 2020
Commentary
Is Biden a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is none too pleased with the direction of Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. According to a report from earlier this month, Sen. Sanders has privately criticized the Democratic presidential nominee for being too moderate and failing to emphasize the progressive policies at the heart ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 29, 2020
California
Proposition 16 backers are spending big to reinstitutionalize racial discrimination
By Lawrence Siskind In 1996, California voters amended their Constitution by enacting Proposition 209. It reads: “The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin … in education or public employment or contracting.” ...
Pacific Research Institute
October 29, 2020
Commentary
The ‘public option’ will destroy choice
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has made it abundantly clear that he opposes the “Medicare for All” model of health reform favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Instead, Biden proposes creating a public insurance option that would compete against private insurers on Obamacare’s exchanges. ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 26, 2020
Commentary
Dr. Henry Miller Talks COVID-19 Vaccine Rates on the John Batchelor Show
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the lateset updates on a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Miller talks about President Donald Trump’s treatment with remdisivir during his positive coronavirus diagnosis. Batchelor and Miller talk about the push by the American government decades ago to use advertising to ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
October 26, 2020
Commentary
BidenCare would bring socialized medicine and end private health insurance
When President Trump accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at their debate Thursday of supporting socialized medicine, Biden called the claim “ridiculous.” But in fact, Trump is right. The former vice president is trying to position himself as a moderate on health care — someone who will build on ObamaCare. ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 26, 2020
The key to stopping Biden’s healthcare plan: Gridlock
It looks like gridlock will be the norm in Washington for the next few years. And that just might be a good thing. While multiple news outlets have declared Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election, Republicans seem likely to control the Senate by one or two seats, as ...
Biden His Time On Health Care?
It’s all but certain that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. Down the ballot, though, Democrats didn’t fare as well. They lost seats in the House. And Republicans appear poised to hold onto the Senate, provided they win at least one of two upcoming runoff ...
Biden’s $750 billion health plan fixes nothing
Democrat Joe Biden made his plan for a new public government-run health insurance option a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. But another key provision of his health care agenda has gotten considerably less attention. The former vice president proposes to give taxpayer-subsidized coverage through Obamacare’s exchanges to more people — ...
Fine-Tuning Treatments For COVID-19
President Trump’s COVID-19 recovery has thrust into the spotlight the possibilities of novel, experimental therapies for this potentially deadly disease. During his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he was treated with at least three drugs that have since received substantial attention in the media: the anti-viral remdesivir, ...
Make relaxed state-based telehealth restrictions permanent
Imagine you’re traveling from Nashville to Louisville to visit your grandmother. When you’re 15 minutes from her house, you decide to call to let her know you’ll be arriving soon. For some reason, your mobile phone doesn’t connect. So you stop at a payphone to call your wireless phone provider. ...
Is Biden a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is none too pleased with the direction of Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. According to a report from earlier this month, Sen. Sanders has privately criticized the Democratic presidential nominee for being too moderate and failing to emphasize the progressive policies at the heart ...
Proposition 16 backers are spending big to reinstitutionalize racial discrimination
By Lawrence Siskind In 1996, California voters amended their Constitution by enacting Proposition 209. It reads: “The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin … in education or public employment or contracting.” ...
The ‘public option’ will destroy choice
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has made it abundantly clear that he opposes the “Medicare for All” model of health reform favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Instead, Biden proposes creating a public insurance option that would compete against private insurers on Obamacare’s exchanges. ...
Dr. Henry Miller Talks COVID-19 Vaccine Rates on the John Batchelor Show
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the lateset updates on a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Miller talks about President Donald Trump’s treatment with remdisivir during his positive coronavirus diagnosis. Batchelor and Miller talk about the push by the American government decades ago to use advertising to ...
BidenCare would bring socialized medicine and end private health insurance
When President Trump accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at their debate Thursday of supporting socialized medicine, Biden called the claim “ridiculous.” But in fact, Trump is right. The former vice president is trying to position himself as a moderate on health care — someone who will build on ObamaCare. ...