PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the future of health care reform with Democrats poised to take control of the House of Representatives with John Cardillo on “Amer...
16 November, 2018
The largest problems in the health care industry are often created by reformers envisioning themselves as free market saviors, when in reality they are merely advocates for more intrusive government regulations. The Trump administ...
17 October, 2018
The controversial medical device tax hurts doctors, patients and manufacturers and should be repealed by Congress – according a new study released today by the California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institu...
08 October, 2018
The controversial medical device tax hurts doctors, patients and manufacturers and should be repealed by Congress – according a new study released today by the California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institu...
08 October, 2018We Need Smarter Regulation of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology By John J. Cohrseen and Henry I. Miller EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the early 1970s a group of scientists — none involved in agriculture or food — raised concerns about th...
28 September, 2018
Proposed reforms to the Medicare competitive bidding process for wheelchairs, home breathing equipment, and other durable medical equipment underscore the findings of a recently-released Pacific Research Institute study showing th...
26 July, 2018At 2 pm Eastern time today, President Trump spoke at the Department of Health and Human Services where he recommended a litany of policies that would ultimately impose price controls on the pharmaceutical market. Take his proposal...
25 October, 2018Play everyone’s favorite game show “What Will You Bid?” to learn about the broken competitive bidding process for providing durable medical equipment to Medicare patients. Read the new study by PRI’s Wayne ...
24 August, 2018The Trump administration recently announced a regulatory change that “proposes to expand the availability of short-term, limited-duration health insurance by allowing consumers to buy plans providing coverage for any period of les...
22 August, 2018
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the future of health care reform with Democrats poised to take control of the House of Representatives with John Cardillo on “Amer...
16 November, 2018Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss how the Democrats taking control of the House will impact health care policy on “The Lars Larson Show”. The intervie...
13 November, 2018Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate single-payer advocate and University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Gerald Friedman on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerr...
26 October, 2018
Commentary
After Midterms, Democrats Inch Toward Government-Run Health Care
The midterm elections were good to Democrats. They took the majority in the U.S. House and captured several state legislatures. Public frustration with health care was a big reason why. Just before the election, seven in 10 voters...
10 December, 2018‘Direct primary care’ empowers doctors, patients
Scores of doctors are taking a page from Netflix’s playbook and getting into the subscription business. They’ve adopted a business model called “direct primary care,” whereby patients pay a periodic fee for access to primary care ...
10 December, 2018The Secret To Reducing Health Costs May Be At The Shopping Mall
Americans spend a lot on health care. Last year, the average household’s tab was $5,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure has gone up more than 13% since 2015 — and is about $600 more than the average...
07 December, 2018