Medi-Cal Bad Idea for Golden State from the Start
 
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
March 10, 2023

California faces a $22.5 billion deficit, leaving the governor scrambling for ways to tighten the state’s monetary belt.

He can start by calling off his plan to expand California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, to all undocumented immigrants.


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It's Time For Medicare To Move Beyond Location, Location, Location
 
Forbes | Sally Pipes
March 13, 2023

What’s the difference between getting an x-ray at the hospital and getting one at the doctor’s office?

The former could cost a lot more than the latter.

Medicare often reimburses hospitals more than it pays doctor’s offices for the same procedure. Hospitals claim these payment differentials are necessary because they are subject to more extensive regulatory requirements and face other fees; higher payments offset those costs.


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How Congress can empower patients
 
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
March 14, 2023

Healthcare is back on the agenda in Washington. Last week, President Joe Biden released his budget proposal, which includes billions in new taxes and price controls on prescription drugs to help avert Medicare’s fiscal crisis and underwrite billions in health insurance subsidies. But in a divided Congress, it’s unlikely to go anywhere.

Instead, lawmakers need to look at more incremental approaches to health reform — ones that empower patients to take greater control of their care. Injecting more market dynamism into our healthcare system is the only way to improve quality and reduce costs.


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Improving the Quality of Life in Our Cities - The State of African American Health Care
 
PRI Next Round | Pacific Research Institute
March 13, 2023

Our podcast this week features a panel from PRI’s 5^th Annual Ideas in Action Conference in Sacramento.  The All-Star PRI panel on improving the quality of life in our cities includes PRI president and Thomas W. Smith fellow in Health Care Sally Pipes, who discusses the state of African American Health Care in our cities. 


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