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.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008State Drug Importation Plans FailBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareAdvocates of legalizing drug importation fail to mention that drug importation has already been tried in the United States. And it has failed miserably. A number of states and cities have shirked federal law and established their own local drug importation programs. Not one has been popular. ... more »»
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Saturday, September 27, 200845.7 Million or 8 Million?By Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareOfficials at the U.S. Census Bureau recently released new health insurance figures purporting to show that the number of Americans officially classified as uninsured in 2007 was 45.7 million, down from 47 million in 2006. Despite the decline, the new figure is being spun as proof positive that ... more »»
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Friday, August 8, 2008Biotech Under Mass. AttackBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health Care, Information Technology(This op-ed appeared in Wednesday's Boston Herald.) On the last day of July, the Massachusetts Legislature passed the Act to Promote Cost Containment, Transparency and Efficiency in the Delivery of Quality Health Care. It’s both a ... more »»
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Friday, May 30, 2008Two Visions and the Big Picture of Health Care PolicyBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareThere are two main visions for the American health care system. One is based in government, mandates and taxes. The other is grounded in free markets, free will and innovation. I expanded on these two different visions in a talk I gave to some high-school students at a conference held by the Young ... more »»
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Monday, June 9, 2008Give Them an Eye ChartBy Sally PipesFiled As: Health CareThe campaign trail is awash with promises to make universal health care a reality. Candidates claim they can lower costs — and insure everyone — through legislative mandates and increased government intervention in the healthcare market.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008Have you Fallen for the Five Myths of Health Care?Filed As: Health CareFictions don't become facts through repetition.Keep that in mind next time you hear a politician breathlessly decry the horrors of the American health-care system and then explain how he intends to fix it. Some of the most popular talking points in the health-care debate pass as the gospel ... more »»
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Thursday, February 28, 2008Candidates Need Better VisionFiled As: Health CareCandidates from both parties claim they can lower costs — and insure everyone — through legislative mandates and increased government intervention in the health-care market.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008NY Plan Puts Patient Health at the Mercy of the Fiscal CycleBias against prescription drugs counterproductive Filed As: Health CareTo help close New York's $4.4 billion budget deficit, Gov. Spitzer has put prescription drugs on the chopping block. His budget proposal for the next fiscal year would axe drug spending by $172 million from the $1.9 billion otherwise expected.The governor describes this as a way "to ... more »»
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Saturday, January 19, 2008Counterfeit Prescription Drugs Threaten HealthFiled As: Health CareMillions of Americans will look to weight-loss drugs to help them keep their New Year's resolution to slim down. And if they can't get a prescription from a doctor, many will go online to purchase the pills from foreign distributors. But beware: Most of these Web sites are glossed-up fakes ... more »»
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Thursday, January 17, 2008Redefining ObesityFiled As: Health CareIf you're like most Americans, you've probably stuffed yourself like a holiday turkey during the past few weeks. So it should come as no surprise that the average American gains about one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's, according to the National Institutes ... more »»
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