Sally Pipes
Sally C. Pipes is president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank founded in 1979. Prior to becoming president in 1991, she was assistant director of the Fraser Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada.
Ms. Pipes addresses national and international audiences on health care, women’s issues, education, privatization, civil rights, and the economy. She has been interviewed on CNNfn, “20/20,” Fox News, “The Today Show,” “Dateline NBC,” “Politically Incorrect,” “The Dennis Miller Show,” and other prominent programs.
She has written regular columns for Investor’s Business Daily, and the San Francisco Examiner. And her opinion pieces have appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times of London, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, and Boston Herald.
A Canadian who has become a naturalized United States citizen, Ms. Pipes writes, speaks, and gives invited testimony at the national and state levels on key health-care issues facing America. Topics have included the false promise of a single-payer system as exists in Canada, pharmaceutical pricing, solving the problem of the uninsured, and strategies for consumer-driven health care. Over the past year she has participated in prominent debates and public forums, testified before five committees in the California legislature, appeared on popular television programs, participated in talk radio shows nationwide, and written several dozen opinion pieces on the issue of drug importation.
Her book, “Miracle Cure: How to Solve America’s Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer” was released September 28, 2004. It is available on Amazon.com.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007Failed Reforms in the StatesBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CarePresidential candidates would do well to look at what states such as Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, and Oregon have done. As I explain in an essay in National Review Online, "Most reforms either sink on the rocky politics of increasing taxes and spending, or more »»
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007You're Already Buying Health InsuranceNo such thing as "employer's funds" Filed As: Health CareThis election cycle's health policy debate has proven depressing. Leading Republican and Democratic candidates and the thinkers behind them appear to be in agreement on two issues: American health care is in crisis and the way to fix it is with more taxes, more regulations and more government ... more »»
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Monday, July 9, 2007Canadian Care: I Wouldn't Wish it on Michael MooreFiled As: Health CareIn "Sicko," Michael Moore uses a clip of my appearance earlier this year on "The O'Reilly Factor" to introduce a segment on the glories of Canadian health care. Moore adores the Canadian system. I do not. I am a new American, but I grew up and worked for many years in ... more »»
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Thursday, June 28, 2007Own Your Own InsuranceFiled As: Health CareSome people may think that "consumer-driven health care" is just a smokescreen for employers giving up on their responsibility to pay for health insurance. But employees are already paying for insurance. They're just not controlling it. That's one point I make in an op-ed in today's ... more »»
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007So How is That Massachusetts Plan Working?Filed As: Health CareAn ambitious plan to provide universal coverage now costs more and does less than promised. That’s the point I make in today’s Boston ... more »»
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Monday, April 16, 2007Universal Coverage Proposals Rely on Massive ShiftsFiled As: Health CareCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a $12 billion health care package that he says should be the model for the rest of the country. Forcing people to buy health insurance will not solve the problem of the uninsured, make America healthier or decrease the amount of money we spend on health ... more »»
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Friday, March 23, 2007This is No Way to Run a Health SystemArmy Scandal a Classic Case of Government Health Care Filed As: Health CareThe recriminations, finger-pointing and scalp-mongering are Washington's ... more »»
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Friday, March 2, 2007Arnold's FollyFiled As: Health Care
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