It's Baaack, Single-Payer Health Care in California
PRI Next Round | Sally Pipes
April 17, 2023
Our podcast guest this week is Sally Pipes, PRI president and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care. Sally discusses two health care bills that are wending their way through the legislature. Senate bill 770 is a new bill sponsored by Senator Scott Wiener – a more incremental approach to single-payer. The other bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Ash Kalra, is one that we’ve seen in the past, an approach that would mean a complete takeover of health care by state government. She also updates listeners on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new efforts at the federal level.
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Sorry, taxpayers can't afford unlimited Obamacare subsidies
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
April 17, 2023
Congress returns from a spring recess on Monday.
In early March, President Joe Biden released his $6.8 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2024, complete with a proposal to permanently extend the generous healthcare insurance subsidies enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan Act passed in March 2021. Many Republicans are insisting on spending cuts, given the federal government’s $31 trillion debt load.
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Price controls in Medicare will kill new cures
Tribune-Review | Sally Pipes
April 18, 2023
President Biden just released his budget plan for the next fiscal year. It purports to extend Medicare’s solvency by decades and reassure the millions of Americans who rely on the program.
But once they realize his approach will grind drug research to a halt, perhaps they’ll come to a different conclusion.
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Free-Market Solutions to Improving American Health Care
Right by the Bay | Sally Pipes
April 12, 2023
Editor’s note: Today’s blog is part three of a three part series featuring PRI’s CEO & President Sally Pipes’ health care speech delivered at Reason Weekend on March 18th.
As you’ve heard today, there’s no shortage of evidence that neither federal entitlement programs nor government-run healthcare systems can provide patients with truly affordable, high-quality care.
What then shall we do?
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