PRI's Focus on Health Care

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Trump Has a Plan for Healthcare
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes | September 20, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris is mocking former President Donald Trump for saying he has “concepts of a plan” to replace Obamacare.

She’d do well to remove the plank from her own eye before slamming her opponent for a gaffe. During his presidency, Trump advanced several reforms that expanded access to affordable coverage.

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How Long Can Pharmacy Benefit Managers Go Unchecked?
Newsmax | Sally Pipes | September 24, 2024

Last week, a House subcommittee held a hearing on pharmacy benefit managers and their impact on the prices patients pay for prescription drugs.

The hearing speaks to voters’ concerns. Republicans and Democrats alike have identified the cost of prescription drugs as their No. 2 health care concern, according to polling this month from KFF.

And PBMs deserve congressional scrutiny. These middlemen have used their enormous influence in the drug market to make prescription medications unaffordable for a sizable share of patients.

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Women, Children, Disabled Pay the Price for Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion
Issues and Insights | Sally C. Pipes | September 25, 2024

Obamacare greatly expanded Medicaid eligibility. As a result, about 20 million able-bodied, working-age adults who were previously ineligible are now enrolled in the program.

But as a new report from the Paragon Health Institute makes clear, their gains have come at the expense of the pregnant women, children, and people with disabilities that Medicaid was established for.

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