Commentary
Business & Economics
The Problem With Private Lawyers Courting Attorney Generals
Addressing the problem of abusive lawsuits remains a necessary, yet unrealized, state and federal reform. Perhaps nowhere are the costs from abusive lawsuits more evident than in the health care industry. The risk of frivolous medical malpractice litigation raises insurance costs and incentivizes doctors to practice defensive medicine. According to ...
Commentary
Mind the PPACA gaps
Sally Pipes, the president of the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, has been one of the most visible players in the U.S. health finance policy fight for decades. Sir Anthony Fisher, a British businessman, set up the institute and sister think tanks, including the Manhattan Institute, to publish analyses ...
Business & Economics
Texas a great place for small business
We’re doing a lot of things right. A new study by the Pacific Research Institute ranks Texas No. 3 in the nation for small business. Low taxes and limited regulations make Texas a great place for small businesses to start and to grow. “Small businesses’ share of the private non-farm ...
Commentary
America’s health care system will look worse in 2016 thanks to Obamacare
Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges open for business Nov. 1. Millions of Americans will soon have to log on to the digital state or federal marketplace to pick their plans for 2016. They’re in for a rude awakening. Obamacare is set to make insurance a lot more expensive next year. The ...
Commentary
A solution to Medicaid’s chronic fraud problem
The Obama administration just announced that fighting Medicaid fraud is going to be a “key priority” for the final year of the president’s term. That’s a tall order. Last year, the program lost more than $17 billion to fraud. That’s on top of more than $14 billion in improper payments ...
Commentary
Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Would Be A Disaster For All
This month, Bernie Sanders took his vision for the future of American health care to a national television audience in the first Democratic presidential debate. “We should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway and learn from what they have accomplished,” Sanders said. He wants the United States ...
Commentary
Medicaid’s chronic fraud problem gets worse
The Obama administration just announced that fighting Medicaid fraud is going to be a “key priority” for the final year of the president’s term. That’s a tall order. Last year, the program lost more than $17 billion to fraud. That’s on top of more than $14 billion in improper payments ...
Commentary
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders plans will gut Medicare Part D
Hillary Clinton just released her plan to restructure Medicare “Part D,” a program that provides affordable prescription drug insurance to 37 million Americans. Clinton’s proposal comes hot on the heels of Bernie Sanders’ bill, S. 2023, which would likewise radically alter Medicare Part D by allowing federal officials to negotiate ...
Commentary
Obamacare is driving up cost of health care
Health care is about to become more expensive. Insurers in Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky are raising premiums for plans offered through Obamacare’s exchanges. Insurers in other states will soon follow. Insurers’ requests for rate hikes are an attempt to stay afloat amidst Obamacare’s sea of taxes and regulations. The blame ...
California
What do the Common Core Test results Really Tell Us?
When the California Department of Education recently released the results of the 2015 Common Core math and English tests, officials attributed the low student scores to the increased rigor of both the new standards and the new test. However, the real reasons are not so simple, and much more worrying. ...
The Problem With Private Lawyers Courting Attorney Generals
Addressing the problem of abusive lawsuits remains a necessary, yet unrealized, state and federal reform. Perhaps nowhere are the costs from abusive lawsuits more evident than in the health care industry. The risk of frivolous medical malpractice litigation raises insurance costs and incentivizes doctors to practice defensive medicine. According to ...
Mind the PPACA gaps
Sally Pipes, the president of the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, has been one of the most visible players in the U.S. health finance policy fight for decades. Sir Anthony Fisher, a British businessman, set up the institute and sister think tanks, including the Manhattan Institute, to publish analyses ...
Texas a great place for small business
We’re doing a lot of things right. A new study by the Pacific Research Institute ranks Texas No. 3 in the nation for small business. Low taxes and limited regulations make Texas a great place for small businesses to start and to grow. “Small businesses’ share of the private non-farm ...
America’s health care system will look worse in 2016 thanks to Obamacare
Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges open for business Nov. 1. Millions of Americans will soon have to log on to the digital state or federal marketplace to pick their plans for 2016. They’re in for a rude awakening. Obamacare is set to make insurance a lot more expensive next year. The ...
A solution to Medicaid’s chronic fraud problem
The Obama administration just announced that fighting Medicaid fraud is going to be a “key priority” for the final year of the president’s term. That’s a tall order. Last year, the program lost more than $17 billion to fraud. That’s on top of more than $14 billion in improper payments ...
Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Would Be A Disaster For All
This month, Bernie Sanders took his vision for the future of American health care to a national television audience in the first Democratic presidential debate. “We should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway and learn from what they have accomplished,” Sanders said. He wants the United States ...
Medicaid’s chronic fraud problem gets worse
The Obama administration just announced that fighting Medicaid fraud is going to be a “key priority” for the final year of the president’s term. That’s a tall order. Last year, the program lost more than $17 billion to fraud. That’s on top of more than $14 billion in improper payments ...
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders plans will gut Medicare Part D
Hillary Clinton just released her plan to restructure Medicare “Part D,” a program that provides affordable prescription drug insurance to 37 million Americans. Clinton’s proposal comes hot on the heels of Bernie Sanders’ bill, S. 2023, which would likewise radically alter Medicare Part D by allowing federal officials to negotiate ...
Obamacare is driving up cost of health care
Health care is about to become more expensive. Insurers in Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky are raising premiums for plans offered through Obamacare’s exchanges. Insurers in other states will soon follow. Insurers’ requests for rate hikes are an attempt to stay afloat amidst Obamacare’s sea of taxes and regulations. The blame ...
What do the Common Core Test results Really Tell Us?
When the California Department of Education recently released the results of the 2015 Common Core math and English tests, officials attributed the low student scores to the increased rigor of both the new standards and the new test. However, the real reasons are not so simple, and much more worrying. ...
