Medicare
California
New Brief Shows Impact of California’s Surprise Medical Billing Law: Lower Quality Care, Reduced Access, Higher System Costs
California’s surprise medical billing law (Assembly Bill 72) – which imposes price controls on the rates out-of-network physicians can charge at in-network facilities – is hurting patients with lower quality care, reduced access, and higher health care system costs, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical ...
Commentary
Canadian Father Dies Due To Covid-19 Delays For Single-Payer Elective Surgeries
Last August, Chris Walcroft, a 50-year old Canadian father of two, was told that he would be dead within a year without dialysis, according to reporting from CTV News. His kidneys were failing. His doctor scheduled a surgery for mid-March to implant a fistula, which is necessary for dialysis. Modern medical ...
Commentary
Biden’s radical health care plans – here’s what they mean for you
When Democrats gather – virtually – for their nominating convention this week, health care is sure to take center stage. Not only is the world in the midst of a historic pandemic, but Democrats have spent the last few years making health care reform their flagship issue. Yet for voters who value things like choice, lower taxes ...
Commentary
Kamala Harris’s harrowing healthcare history
Sen. Kamala Harris will be the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president, we learned on Tuesday. The pick appears to be in line with former Vice President Joe Biden’s semi-moderate instincts. But on healthcare, Harris has proved anything but moderate. She has a long track record of support for government-run healthcare. ...
Commentary
Another coronavirus lockdown would hurt these patients and providers
Last week, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci urged states with rising COVID-19 rates to consider a new round of lockdown restrictions. “You may need to pause, you may need to drop back a little bit,” Fauci said. “I don’t think you necessarily have to revert to go all the way ...
Medicare
“Chapter 1: Health Care is Not a Right” – Get a Free Chapter of Sally Pipes’ Book
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Commentary
Dems use coronavirus to push ‘Medicare-for-all,’ but their ploy is based on bad information
More than 5 million Americans have lost their employer-sponsored health insurance due to coronavirus-related unemployment, according to a new study from FamiliesUSA. In response, Democrats are renewing their push for “Medicare-for-all”. Just this week, 360 Democratic delegates promised to vote against any party platform that doesn’t endorse single-payer health care. In their formal petition, ...
Commentary
COVID-19 makes routine vaccinations more important
As Americans eagerly anticipate a COVID-19 vaccine, there’s troubling new evidence that they’re failing to get inoculated against other infectious diseases. To get vaccination rates back where they need to be, policymakers must remind the public of the importance of routine immunizations and remove the regulatory barriers that make it ...
Commentary
Sally C. Pipes Featured in World Magazine Profile
Title: Promise me anything By Marvin Olasky, Editor in Chief, World Magazine Sally Pipes is president of the Pacific Research Institute and the author of False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All (Encounter). I interviewed her on Feb. 6, just after that book came out, and just before ...
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Impact Magazine – Summer 2020
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New Brief Shows Impact of California’s Surprise Medical Billing Law: Lower Quality Care, Reduced Access, Higher System Costs
California’s surprise medical billing law (Assembly Bill 72) – which imposes price controls on the rates out-of-network physicians can charge at in-network facilities – is hurting patients with lower quality care, reduced access, and higher health care system costs, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical ...
Canadian Father Dies Due To Covid-19 Delays For Single-Payer Elective Surgeries
Last August, Chris Walcroft, a 50-year old Canadian father of two, was told that he would be dead within a year without dialysis, according to reporting from CTV News. His kidneys were failing. His doctor scheduled a surgery for mid-March to implant a fistula, which is necessary for dialysis. Modern medical ...
Biden’s radical health care plans – here’s what they mean for you
When Democrats gather – virtually – for their nominating convention this week, health care is sure to take center stage. Not only is the world in the midst of a historic pandemic, but Democrats have spent the last few years making health care reform their flagship issue. Yet for voters who value things like choice, lower taxes ...
Kamala Harris’s harrowing healthcare history
Sen. Kamala Harris will be the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president, we learned on Tuesday. The pick appears to be in line with former Vice President Joe Biden’s semi-moderate instincts. But on healthcare, Harris has proved anything but moderate. She has a long track record of support for government-run healthcare. ...
Another coronavirus lockdown would hurt these patients and providers
Last week, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci urged states with rising COVID-19 rates to consider a new round of lockdown restrictions. “You may need to pause, you may need to drop back a little bit,” Fauci said. “I don’t think you necessarily have to revert to go all the way ...
“Chapter 1: Health Care is Not a Right” – Get a Free Chapter of Sally Pipes’ Book
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Dems use coronavirus to push ‘Medicare-for-all,’ but their ploy is based on bad information
More than 5 million Americans have lost their employer-sponsored health insurance due to coronavirus-related unemployment, according to a new study from FamiliesUSA. In response, Democrats are renewing their push for “Medicare-for-all”. Just this week, 360 Democratic delegates promised to vote against any party platform that doesn’t endorse single-payer health care. In their formal petition, ...
COVID-19 makes routine vaccinations more important
As Americans eagerly anticipate a COVID-19 vaccine, there’s troubling new evidence that they’re failing to get inoculated against other infectious diseases. To get vaccination rates back where they need to be, policymakers must remind the public of the importance of routine immunizations and remove the regulatory barriers that make it ...
Sally C. Pipes Featured in World Magazine Profile
Title: Promise me anything By Marvin Olasky, Editor in Chief, World Magazine Sally Pipes is president of the Pacific Research Institute and the author of False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All (Encounter). I interviewed her on Feb. 6, just after that book came out, and just before ...
Impact Magazine – Summer 2020
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