Health Care Reform
Commentary
For GOP Health Reformers, No Sleep Til Cleveland
The Republican National Convention is less than three months away. The party may not have settled on a presidential nominee by then but if the GOP’s top elected official, Speaker Paul Ryan, has his way, Republicans will arrive in Cleveland with a brand-new plan for replacing Obamacare. The time is ...
Sally C. Pipes
May 2, 2016
Commentary
Trump’s Healthcare Plan: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
Donald Trump recently released a healthcare reform plan. If only he had spent as much time crafting it as he does his hair. The GOP frontrunner is right that Obamacare has failed to fix what ails America’s healthcare system. As Trump put it, the Affordable Care Act has “tragically but ...
Sally C. Pipes
April 8, 2016
Commentary
Donald Trump’s Obamacare Alternative Isn’t Bad, But It Isn’t Great Either
“Repeal and replace with something terrific.” That was Donald Trump’s promise for how he’d deal with Obamacare shortly after he announced his candidacy in June. Trump has finally revealed just what he meant by “terrific.” Last week, he released a seven-point plan outlining his alternative to Obamacare. Trump calls it ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 7, 2016
Commentary
Sally Pipes Talks About her Latest Book
Listen here. President Barack Obama has declared that his signature health reform law – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – is “here to stay.” But his days in the White House are numbered, and the law has failed: insurance premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed, patients are losing access ...
Pacific Research Institute
January 22, 2016
Commentary
New Book Release By Sally Pipes
President Barack Obama has declared that his signature health reform law – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – is “here to stay.” But his days in the White House are numbered, and the law has failed: insurance premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed, patients are losing access to doctors, ...
Pacific Research Institute
January 11, 2016
Health Care
Too Soon To Start Writing Obamacare’s Death Certificate
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) insisted Tuesday that the individual health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have a strong future, despite a warning from one of the nation’s biggest insurers that it may drop out of the markets due to unsustainable losses. United Health ...
Stephen Loiaconia
November 30, 2015
Commentary
Walker Trumps the GOP Presidential Field in Healthcare Reform
Donald Trump may lead the Republican presidential candidates in the polls today. But he doesn’t lead the pack in ideas for how to replace Obamacare. At the recent GOP debate, Trump said he believed in single-payer healthcare. “It works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.” The business mogul ...
Sally C. Pipes
September 8, 2015
Commentary
These GOP Plans Are Antidote For ObamaCare’s Ills
The next Republican presidential debate is just two weeks away. Health care reform will no doubt be front and center, thanks in large part to the release of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s alternative to ObamaCare. Pundits have called Walker’s plan the first “serious” health reform plan from the crowd of ...
Sally C. Pipes
September 3, 2015
Commentary
HSAs bend cost curve down
AS FOLKS begin to shop for health insurance this fall, they’ll discover that insurance companies are seeking rate increases from 20 to 40 percent or more. Regulators in some states are ordering insurers to hike premiums even further to avoid going bankrupt. But according to a new study from the ...
Sally C. Pipes
August 7, 2015
Commentary
Obamacare’s True Costs Are Finally Coming To Light
State regulators typically use their power to review health insurance premiums to limit rate hikes. But in Oregon, officials are ordering insurers to raise premiums — in many cases by double digits. The regulators pointed out that insurers spent over $100 million more than they took in last year. Any ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 30, 2015
For GOP Health Reformers, No Sleep Til Cleveland
The Republican National Convention is less than three months away. The party may not have settled on a presidential nominee by then but if the GOP’s top elected official, Speaker Paul Ryan, has his way, Republicans will arrive in Cleveland with a brand-new plan for replacing Obamacare. The time is ...
Trump’s Healthcare Plan: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
Donald Trump recently released a healthcare reform plan. If only he had spent as much time crafting it as he does his hair. The GOP frontrunner is right that Obamacare has failed to fix what ails America’s healthcare system. As Trump put it, the Affordable Care Act has “tragically but ...
Donald Trump’s Obamacare Alternative Isn’t Bad, But It Isn’t Great Either
“Repeal and replace with something terrific.” That was Donald Trump’s promise for how he’d deal with Obamacare shortly after he announced his candidacy in June. Trump has finally revealed just what he meant by “terrific.” Last week, he released a seven-point plan outlining his alternative to Obamacare. Trump calls it ...
Sally Pipes Talks About her Latest Book
Listen here. President Barack Obama has declared that his signature health reform law – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – is “here to stay.” But his days in the White House are numbered, and the law has failed: insurance premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed, patients are losing access ...
New Book Release By Sally Pipes
President Barack Obama has declared that his signature health reform law – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – is “here to stay.” But his days in the White House are numbered, and the law has failed: insurance premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed, patients are losing access to doctors, ...
Too Soon To Start Writing Obamacare’s Death Certificate
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) insisted Tuesday that the individual health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have a strong future, despite a warning from one of the nation’s biggest insurers that it may drop out of the markets due to unsustainable losses. United Health ...
Walker Trumps the GOP Presidential Field in Healthcare Reform
Donald Trump may lead the Republican presidential candidates in the polls today. But he doesn’t lead the pack in ideas for how to replace Obamacare. At the recent GOP debate, Trump said he believed in single-payer healthcare. “It works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.” The business mogul ...
These GOP Plans Are Antidote For ObamaCare’s Ills
The next Republican presidential debate is just two weeks away. Health care reform will no doubt be front and center, thanks in large part to the release of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s alternative to ObamaCare. Pundits have called Walker’s plan the first “serious” health reform plan from the crowd of ...
HSAs bend cost curve down
AS FOLKS begin to shop for health insurance this fall, they’ll discover that insurance companies are seeking rate increases from 20 to 40 percent or more. Regulators in some states are ordering insurers to hike premiums even further to avoid going bankrupt. But according to a new study from the ...
Obamacare’s True Costs Are Finally Coming To Light
State regulators typically use their power to review health insurance premiums to limit rate hikes. But in Oregon, officials are ordering insurers to raise premiums — in many cases by double digits. The regulators pointed out that insurers spent over $100 million more than they took in last year. Any ...