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California

Republicans Are Attempting To Repeal Obamacare Again

There’s a new Affordable Care Act repeal effort on the table, and pro-Obamacare Californians are ready to fight. The Graham-Cassidy bill, proposed last week by Republican senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, goes to vote next Wednesday as part of the federal budget reconciliation process. It needs 50 votes to ...
Health Care

Debating The Economics of Graham-Cassidy, GOP’s (Supposed) Last-gasp Push to Repeal the ACA

Senate Republicans have just nine days left to try to pass a repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham teamed up for the bill now being considered. It would give the states block grants equal to the current federal funding ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes on The Larry Elder Show

PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes recently was a guest on the nationally-syndicated “Larry Elder Show.” They discussed the latest news about the GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, and talked about how the Canadian health care system compares with ...
Commentary

Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show

Listen to Lance Izumi’s recent interview on the national radio show, “The Lars Larson Show” on his book The Corrupt Classroom. Lance’s interview beings at the 56:00 mark. Click here to learn more or buy a copy of The Corrupt Classroom.
Health Care

Statement from Sally C. Pipes on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s New “Medicare-for-All” Bill

Pacific Research Institute President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes today issued the following statement in response to Senator Bernie Sanders’ announcement of his new “Medicare-for-All” bill: “Sen. Bernie Sanders’s new ‘Medicare-for-All 2017 Act’ released today would be disastrous for taxpayers, doctors, and ...
California

Critics Say Republican Budget Threatens Californians’ Health

As Congress works to pass a budget by the end of the month, advocates for the poor warn Republicans’ proposed cuts to safety-net programs could hurt Californians’ health. The California Budget and Policy Center has crunched the numbers in the House Budget Committee’s proposed budget. The Center says it would ...
Health Care

Veterans Choice funding strikes a temporary compromise

Although the Veterans Choice program received a six-month reprieve thanks to new emergency funding, it will take more than an influx of cash for the program to thrive, according to veterans groups. As it currently runs, VA Choice has problems, according to veterans organizations and experts. Though the program was ...
Health Care

Obamacare Enrollment Program Signed Up a Fraction of Those Who Canceled Coverage in 2017

The Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance Program helped 14,500 individuals enroll in the Obamacare exchanges, which represented only 0.007 percent of the 1.9 million individuals who decided to drop their Obamacare plan in 2017. The Obama administration established the Enrollment Assistance Program, which created storefronts and hired workers to help ...
Health Care

‘Obamacare’ opponent says ending CSR payments would weaken law

Targeting certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be the best way to weaken the legislation after the failure of repeal and replace, a longtime opponent of former President Barack Obama’s health care law argues. Sally Pipes, director of the conservative Pacific Research Institute, says to start with ...
Health Care

CBO: Eliminating Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Increase Premiums by 20%

Eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction payments will cause premiums to increase by 20 percent next year and may cause some insurers to withdraw from the exchanges, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. Cost-sharing subsidies were put in place by Obamacare to rein in the cost ...
California

Republicans Are Attempting To Repeal Obamacare Again

There’s a new Affordable Care Act repeal effort on the table, and pro-Obamacare Californians are ready to fight. The Graham-Cassidy bill, proposed last week by Republican senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, goes to vote next Wednesday as part of the federal budget reconciliation process. It needs 50 votes to ...
Health Care

Debating The Economics of Graham-Cassidy, GOP’s (Supposed) Last-gasp Push to Repeal the ACA

Senate Republicans have just nine days left to try to pass a repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham teamed up for the bill now being considered. It would give the states block grants equal to the current federal funding ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes on The Larry Elder Show

PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes recently was a guest on the nationally-syndicated “Larry Elder Show.” They discussed the latest news about the GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, and talked about how the Canadian health care system compares with ...
Commentary

Lance Izumi on The Lars Larson Show

Listen to Lance Izumi’s recent interview on the national radio show, “The Lars Larson Show” on his book The Corrupt Classroom. Lance’s interview beings at the 56:00 mark. Click here to learn more or buy a copy of The Corrupt Classroom.
Health Care

Statement from Sally C. Pipes on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s New “Medicare-for-All” Bill

Pacific Research Institute President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes today issued the following statement in response to Senator Bernie Sanders’ announcement of his new “Medicare-for-All” bill: “Sen. Bernie Sanders’s new ‘Medicare-for-All 2017 Act’ released today would be disastrous for taxpayers, doctors, and ...
California

Critics Say Republican Budget Threatens Californians’ Health

As Congress works to pass a budget by the end of the month, advocates for the poor warn Republicans’ proposed cuts to safety-net programs could hurt Californians’ health. The California Budget and Policy Center has crunched the numbers in the House Budget Committee’s proposed budget. The Center says it would ...
Health Care

Veterans Choice funding strikes a temporary compromise

Although the Veterans Choice program received a six-month reprieve thanks to new emergency funding, it will take more than an influx of cash for the program to thrive, according to veterans groups. As it currently runs, VA Choice has problems, according to veterans organizations and experts. Though the program was ...
Health Care

Obamacare Enrollment Program Signed Up a Fraction of Those Who Canceled Coverage in 2017

The Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance Program helped 14,500 individuals enroll in the Obamacare exchanges, which represented only 0.007 percent of the 1.9 million individuals who decided to drop their Obamacare plan in 2017. The Obama administration established the Enrollment Assistance Program, which created storefronts and hired workers to help ...
Health Care

‘Obamacare’ opponent says ending CSR payments would weaken law

Targeting certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be the best way to weaken the legislation after the failure of repeal and replace, a longtime opponent of former President Barack Obama’s health care law argues. Sally Pipes, director of the conservative Pacific Research Institute, says to start with ...
Health Care

CBO: Eliminating Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Increase Premiums by 20%

Eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction payments will cause premiums to increase by 20 percent next year and may cause some insurers to withdraw from the exchanges, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. Cost-sharing subsidies were put in place by Obamacare to rein in the cost ...
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