Benjamin Rush Institute

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. The solution to fixing health care is NOT to implement more of the same price controls and regulations that reduce choice, limit access, and ultimately make care less affordable.

Read the latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:

Sally Pipes: "Some Never Learn: Dems' Healthcare Repeats Same Mistakes" Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. New price controls and regulations would only reduce choice, limit access, and make health care less affordable.

"The 'insurance giants' are suddenly worried about didn’t emerge in spite of . They emerged because of it."

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Sally Pipes: "Democrats Didn’t Discover The Insurance Crisis. They Created It" "The 'insurance giants' Democrats are suddenly worried about didn’t emerge in spite of Obamacare. They emerged because of it."

By trying to force more manufacturing onshore through tariffs, policymakers risk weakening the very innovation ecosystem that makes America indispensable to global health.

That's hardly putting America first.

Read the latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:
https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-trumps-drug-tariffs-could

"If policymakers want to reduce the number of uninsured Americans, they should focus on expanding choice rather than piling on more subsidies or mandates." - Sally Pipes, BRI Founder & Chair

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Sally Pipes: "Uninsured Americans Want Coverage Worth Buying" If policymakers want to reduce the number of uninsured Americans, they should focus on expanding choice rather than piling on more subsidies or mandates.

has strayed far from its original purpose. Reining in fraud and refocusing eligibility are commonsense steps toward preserving the program for those who genuinely need it.

The latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:

Sally Pipes: "Trump's War on Medicaid Fraud Finally Gains Steam" Medicaid has strayed far from its original purpose. Reining in fraud and refocusing eligibility are commonsense steps toward preserving the program for those who genuinely need it.

It's sadly no surprise that medically-assisted deaths are on the rise across countries with government-run health care—deficient systems characterized by rationed resources and extreme waitlists.

Read more from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:
https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-what-canadas-euthanasia

Sally Pipes: "What Canada’s Euthanasia Surge Reveals About Single-Payer Health Care" It's sadly no surprise that medically-assisted deaths are on the rise across countries with government-run health care—deficient systems characterized by rationed resources and extreme waitlists.

HSAs put patients, not the system, in control of their own care. But they remain held back by strict federal rules that limit both their utility and their availability.

Read the latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:
https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-lawmakers-divided-on

The New York Health Act is a sweeping promise. It’s also a fiscal and medical gamble that New York can’t afford.

Read the latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes here:
https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-new-yorkers-cant-afford

Federal regulators are cracking down on compounded versions of popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs. It’s about time.

Patients deserve access to safe and properly reviewed medicines. Innovators deserve protection for the products they worked to create.

The latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:

Sally Pipes: "Copycat Weight-Loss Drugs Put Patients at Risk" Innovators deserve protection for the products they worked to create. And patients deserve access to safe, effective, properly reviewed medicines.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Between 2022 and 2024, biopharmaceutical manufacturers earned an average return on capital of about 10.3%. But health insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and drug wholesalers posted returns of 41.4%.

Read the latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:
https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-the-real-profiteers-in

If philanthropists and health systems are serious about addressing the physician shortage, they must aid in funding the creation of more residencies and ensure trained medical students can complete their education.

The latest from BRI Founder & Chair Sally Pipes:

Sally Pipes: "America Doesn’t Need More Medical Students. It Needs More Residents" If philanthropists and health systems are serious about addressing the physician shortage, they must aid in funding the creation of more residencies.