Medicaid work requirements aren't in the debt limit deal. They should've been
 
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
June 5, 2023

President Joe Biden signed a measure on Saturday that suspended the country’s debt limit after weeks of wrangling with Republicans in the House. The legislation averts a default on the nation’s debt. Democrats managed to keep Medicaid work requirements out of the final compromise . That’s a shame.


Read more. . .

Repeal laws that stifle health care competition
 
Las Vegas Sun | Sally Pipes
June 4, 2023

Patients in several states could soon find it easier to access life-saving medical care, if state legislators and executive officials eliminate so-called certificate-of-need restrictions for new acute-care hospitals in rural areas.


Read more . . .

May We Never Know Dysfunction, Cruelty of Public Health Care
 
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
June 6, 2023

“The current health care system in the United States is totally broken,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said at a recent event on Capitol Hill. “It is totally dysfunctional, and it is extremely cruel.”

His preferred fix remains Medicare for All — a sweeping government takeover of health insurance. His latest attempt to advance this program began earlier this month, when he and 14 co-sponsors in the Senate introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2023. Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., are the lead sponsors for a companion bill in the House.


Read more. . .