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Single Payer Health Care Support Stagnate in Single-Payer Poll Watch 2020 Update
Last month, Pacific Research Institute launched the “Single-Payer Poll Watch” to keep an eye on the latest public opinion around single-payer healthcare. Much like RealClearPolitics, the poll watch compiles questions from national polls on single-payer health care and calculates the average of the four most recent polls by date. In ...
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Bernie’s ‘Medicare-for-all’ misinformation — learn these facts before this week’s debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders has launched a new misinformation campaign on “Medicare-for-all” in advance of this week’s Democratic presidential debate. Last week, advisers to his campaign released a study trumpeting the supposed savings “Medicare-for-all” would bring. Days prior, Sanders refused to say how much his “Medicare-for-all” plan would cost. “I don’t give a number and I’ll ...
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New Book from Health Care Expert Sally Pipes Exposes the Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All
Pacific Research Institute President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes makes the case against single-payer health care and offers a vision for market-based health care reforms in her new book, False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All, now available ...
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Sally Pipes talks about her new book, False Premise, False Promise
In this podcast, PRI President and CEO Sally Pipes discusses her new book False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All. Sally makes the case against Medicare for All using evidence from government-run systems in Canada and the U.K and explains how single-payer health care makes a ...
Commentary
The Epic Folly Of Trump’s Drug Importation Crusade
Late last month, the Trump administration released a plan that would green-light the importation of certain drugs from Canada and potentially other foreign countries. The administration’s proposal comes on the heels of legislative pushes by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and Democratic Governor Jared Polis of Colorado to import drugs from Canada. Other states are ...
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Joe Biden’s healthcare plan is malarkey
The New Hampshire primary is less than six weeks away. According to the latest polls, former Vice President Joe Biden’s pitch doesn’t appear to be resonating with Granite State voters. He hasn’t topped a poll there since early November. Biden hopes his call for a public option will help vault ...
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Democrats’ health care mistakes of 2019 – five things they keep getting wrong
Whether on the debate stage or in the halls of Congress, over the past year Democrats have misled the public on just about every major health care issue. As 2019 draws to a close, let’s look at the five biggest things Democrats got wrong on health care this year. Supporters of “Medicare-for-all” routinely ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Future of Medicare for All on Alpha Media Palm Springs
Sally C. Pipes, Pacific Research Institute’s CEO and President, talks about the future of Medicare for All and public options headed into 2020 with Gene Nichols, host of Community Roundup, on Alpha Media Palm Springs. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Sally-Pipes-_-Dec-2019-_-Community-Roundup.mp3
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The Government-Sponsored Rush To Electronic Health Records Endangers Patients
The government’s push to deploy electronic health records across our medical system has driven physicians to the point of despair. That’s among the key findings of a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a medical journal. More than 5,100 doctors completed surveys on the usability of EHRs, or digital versions of ...
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Court ruling leaves problem-plagued ObamaCare’s future unknown – More pragmatic plan needed
ObamaCare’s much-hated requirement that every American carry health insurance or pay a penalty was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday in a 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That’s the right decision on a badly flawed law – but it won’t change anything for months or more likely years ...
Single Payer Health Care Support Stagnate in Single-Payer Poll Watch 2020 Update
Last month, Pacific Research Institute launched the “Single-Payer Poll Watch” to keep an eye on the latest public opinion around single-payer healthcare. Much like RealClearPolitics, the poll watch compiles questions from national polls on single-payer health care and calculates the average of the four most recent polls by date. In ...
Bernie’s ‘Medicare-for-all’ misinformation — learn these facts before this week’s debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders has launched a new misinformation campaign on “Medicare-for-all” in advance of this week’s Democratic presidential debate. Last week, advisers to his campaign released a study trumpeting the supposed savings “Medicare-for-all” would bring. Days prior, Sanders refused to say how much his “Medicare-for-all” plan would cost. “I don’t give a number and I’ll ...
New Book from Health Care Expert Sally Pipes Exposes the Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All
Pacific Research Institute President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes makes the case against single-payer health care and offers a vision for market-based health care reforms in her new book, False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All, now available ...
Sally Pipes talks about her new book, False Premise, False Promise
In this podcast, PRI President and CEO Sally Pipes discusses her new book False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All. Sally makes the case against Medicare for All using evidence from government-run systems in Canada and the U.K and explains how single-payer health care makes a ...
The Epic Folly Of Trump’s Drug Importation Crusade
Late last month, the Trump administration released a plan that would green-light the importation of certain drugs from Canada and potentially other foreign countries. The administration’s proposal comes on the heels of legislative pushes by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and Democratic Governor Jared Polis of Colorado to import drugs from Canada. Other states are ...
Joe Biden’s healthcare plan is malarkey
The New Hampshire primary is less than six weeks away. According to the latest polls, former Vice President Joe Biden’s pitch doesn’t appear to be resonating with Granite State voters. He hasn’t topped a poll there since early November. Biden hopes his call for a public option will help vault ...
Democrats’ health care mistakes of 2019 – five things they keep getting wrong
Whether on the debate stage or in the halls of Congress, over the past year Democrats have misled the public on just about every major health care issue. As 2019 draws to a close, let’s look at the five biggest things Democrats got wrong on health care this year. Supporters of “Medicare-for-all” routinely ...
Sally Pipes Talks Future of Medicare for All on Alpha Media Palm Springs
Sally C. Pipes, Pacific Research Institute’s CEO and President, talks about the future of Medicare for All and public options headed into 2020 with Gene Nichols, host of Community Roundup, on Alpha Media Palm Springs. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Sally-Pipes-_-Dec-2019-_-Community-Roundup.mp3
The Government-Sponsored Rush To Electronic Health Records Endangers Patients
The government’s push to deploy electronic health records across our medical system has driven physicians to the point of despair. That’s among the key findings of a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a medical journal. More than 5,100 doctors completed surveys on the usability of EHRs, or digital versions of ...
Court ruling leaves problem-plagued ObamaCare’s future unknown – More pragmatic plan needed
ObamaCare’s much-hated requirement that every American carry health insurance or pay a penalty was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday in a 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That’s the right decision on a badly flawed law – but it won’t change anything for months or more likely years ...
