PRI's Focus on Health Care

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Bernie Sanders wants universal health care. Canada shows why that's a bad idea.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Sally Pipes
January 23, 2023

Sen. Bernie Sanders would do well to look at what’s happening across our northern border before he tries to advance legislation that would import Canada’s single-payer health care system, where the government is the only insurer. The new chairman of the influential Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, he’s made clear that he’ll use his position to make the case for “universal health care.”

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Don't Fall for Biden's Obamacare Boosterism

Newsmax | Sally Pipes
January 25, 2023

As of Jan. 11, the most recent date for which the government has data, roughly 15.9 million ([link removed]) people have purchased health plans through the federal HealthCare.gov insurance exchange or those run by the states.

The Biden administration is touting this record-high enrollment as a major victory. “Thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act,” Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said, “four out of five HealthCare.gov enrollees can find coverage for $10 or less.”

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Canadian Leaders Finally Waking Up To The Horrors Of Single-Payer Health Care

Forbes | Sally Pipes
January 30, 2023

Earlier this month, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced ([link removed]) that Canada’s largest province would take a page from the U.S. playbook—and expand private care in order to provide some relief to the millions of Canadians waiting for treatment.

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How one bad law drives hospital consolidation and high health care costs

Dallas Morning News | Sally Pipes
January 28, 2023

One often overlooked cause of soaring health care costs is hospital consolidation. When a single health care system becomes the only game in town, it effectively turns into a monopoly and can set prices at whatever level it likes. Even just a few acquisitions of smaller clinics by a large hospital allows them all to raise fees. Patients are forced to pay more for care, or travel farther afield, which can also be expensive.

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