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, September 1, 2009Prevention Does not Save MoneyBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareIn the debate over health care reform, preventive medicine has become almost everyone's panacea. During recent campaign-style town hall meetings in New Hampshire, Colorado and Montana, President Barack Obama never missed an opportunity to claim that preventive care and wellness programs would save ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009Bait and SwitchBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareHealth care reform is turning into the ultimate bait and switch. Candidate Barack Obama promised Americans savings of $2,500, expanded coverage and no generalized tax increase in the form of an individual mandate. Yet President Obama is endorsing the 1,000-plus-page bills working their way ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009Tax Me NotThe Effects of Wellness Efforts on Health Care Expenses By Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareDrink tax proponents claim that their plan kills two birds with one stone: it would generate needed revenue for health reform and bring down long-term medical costs by discouraging the consumption of purportedly unhealthy products like sugary beverages and alcohol. The reality is not so simple. The ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009More Medical MythsBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareA week ago, I talked with Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online about health care. You can read the interview on the PRI website. One excerpt: "Conservatives must put real flesh and human faces on the ... more »»
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Friday, February 13, 2009A Closer Look at the UninsuredBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareAmong the myths surrounding health care in this country is the notion that tens of millions of Americans don't have access to health care. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of uninsured Americans at 46 million; of those, 6.6 million live in California, according to the California HealthCare ... more »»
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Thursday, April 16, 2009A "Public Option" is a Disaster in the MakingBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareHigh-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through "budget reconciliation," a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the ... more »»
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Friday, March 6, 2009Before Rushing into Government Health Care, Ask QuestionsWidely held beliefs about costs just aren't so By Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareIf Americans slow down and ask questions about the rush to expand government health care, they will understand that many of the slogans used to justify government intervention are false. Statist health-care reform, for example, is said to be needed to help the economy recover in a period of ... more »»
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Thursday, February 12, 2009Universal Coverage in ActionBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareAcross the world — and here in the states — government-run insurance programs have proven inept at getting patients the care they need.The insurance program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, for instance, is notoriously mismanaged. An insurance claim with ... more »»
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009National Insurance Exchange Will Lead to Goverment Monopoly on InsuranceBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CarePresident Obama wants a National Health Insurance Exchange where individuals and small businesses could purchase health insurance from government-approved private providers or from the government itself. But because the government can tap into the public purse — and therefore keep prices artificially ... more »»
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009Don't Increase Medicaid Funding Without ReformBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised the ire of many in California by calling for $1.1 billion in cuts to Medi-Cal, the state health care program for the poor, as part of an effort to head off a projected $42 billion budget deficit over the next 17 months. The federal government is now throwing him ... more »»
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