Inflation
Commentary
Yes, We Should Block-Grant Medicaid
The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act is effectively dead following the 57–43 no vote on July 25. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also did not have the votes to pass the Obamacare-repeal bill that Congress passed in 2015 but President Obama vetoed; it was rejected the next day, 55–45. That’s mainly ...
Commentary
Declaring Independence From Obamacare
Republican senators are hashing out their health reform bill over the July 4 recess. When they return on July 10, let’s hope they’ve written a bill that looks less like Obamacare Lite and more like a genuine market-based alternative to repeal and replace the failing health law. Anyone who believes ...
Commentary
The Senate Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare Lite
After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the Senate Republican leadership on Thursday released its bid to repeal and replace Obamacare. It’s the product of a 13-member Senate working group. The bill is a disappointment. It’s little more than repeal in name only. And its ideas for replacement are almost indistinguishable from ...
Commentary
Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare In Their Healthcare Bill
Today, the Senate Republican leadership released its draft of a bill that would supposedly repeal and replace Obamacare. It does neither. With this bill, Senate Republicans are betraying the promises they made on the campaign trail for the better part of seven years. If it passes, the GOP will have ...
Business & Economics
New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Healthcare Costs
It’s easy for politicians and consumers to rage about the high price of prescription drugs, but Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute’s senior fellow in business and economics, said those prices are not to blame for the high cost of healthcare in the United States. Recently, U.S. Bernie Sanders has been ...
Business & Economics
Drug Importation Will Not Improve Health Care Affordability
The growing problem of health care affordability requires prompt and effective policy solutions. However, just as the wrong medical diagnosis will not cure a patient, and may make the patient even sicker, the wrong policy solution will not address the U.S. health care affordability problem, and may even worsen the ...
Business & Economics
New PRI Study Finds That High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Health Care Costs
A more realistic evaluation of U.S. prescription drug prices shows that high drug prices are not actually driving up health care costs overall, and reflect the higher U.S. health care costs compared to the rest of the world, according to a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute. ...
Business & Economics
Can The Government Afford Economic Growth?
Despite the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate increase last week, interest rates remain low by historical standards. While rising interest rates are an indication that the economic outlook is improving, the slow climb back to normal rates is a significant risk to the government’s budget. 50 years ago, about 10 ...
Health Care
Health Care Spending Increases, Federal Share Rises
The federal government spends more on health care than any other entity or group, in part due to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contributed to the federal government becoming the largest purchaser of health insurance and other health care services ...
Business & Economics
Why Government Spending Is An Obstacle To Growth
Click here to read Part 1 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 2 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 3 of the New Normal series For too long, our economy has been growing unnecessarily slow. Since 2000, U.S. economic growth has been ...
Yes, We Should Block-Grant Medicaid
The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act is effectively dead following the 57–43 no vote on July 25. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also did not have the votes to pass the Obamacare-repeal bill that Congress passed in 2015 but President Obama vetoed; it was rejected the next day, 55–45. That’s mainly ...
Declaring Independence From Obamacare
Republican senators are hashing out their health reform bill over the July 4 recess. When they return on July 10, let’s hope they’ve written a bill that looks less like Obamacare Lite and more like a genuine market-based alternative to repeal and replace the failing health law. Anyone who believes ...
The Senate Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare Lite
After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the Senate Republican leadership on Thursday released its bid to repeal and replace Obamacare. It’s the product of a 13-member Senate working group. The bill is a disappointment. It’s little more than repeal in name only. And its ideas for replacement are almost indistinguishable from ...
Senate Republicans Embrace Obamacare In Their Healthcare Bill
Today, the Senate Republican leadership released its draft of a bill that would supposedly repeal and replace Obamacare. It does neither. With this bill, Senate Republicans are betraying the promises they made on the campaign trail for the better part of seven years. If it passes, the GOP will have ...
New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Healthcare Costs
It’s easy for politicians and consumers to rage about the high price of prescription drugs, but Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute’s senior fellow in business and economics, said those prices are not to blame for the high cost of healthcare in the United States. Recently, U.S. Bernie Sanders has been ...
Drug Importation Will Not Improve Health Care Affordability
The growing problem of health care affordability requires prompt and effective policy solutions. However, just as the wrong medical diagnosis will not cure a patient, and may make the patient even sicker, the wrong policy solution will not address the U.S. health care affordability problem, and may even worsen the ...
New PRI Study Finds That High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Health Care Costs
A more realistic evaluation of U.S. prescription drug prices shows that high drug prices are not actually driving up health care costs overall, and reflect the higher U.S. health care costs compared to the rest of the world, according to a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute. ...
Can The Government Afford Economic Growth?
Despite the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate increase last week, interest rates remain low by historical standards. While rising interest rates are an indication that the economic outlook is improving, the slow climb back to normal rates is a significant risk to the government’s budget. 50 years ago, about 10 ...
Health Care Spending Increases, Federal Share Rises
The federal government spends more on health care than any other entity or group, in part due to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contributed to the federal government becoming the largest purchaser of health insurance and other health care services ...
Why Government Spending Is An Obstacle To Growth
Click here to read Part 1 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 2 of the New Normal series Click here to read Part 3 of the New Normal series For too long, our economy has been growing unnecessarily slow. Since 2000, U.S. economic growth has been ...
