Single-payer health care’s deadly waitlists
The Orange County Register | Sally C. Pipes
July 16, 2021
In Northern Ireland, the wait for a urology appointment can be up to seven years. The wait to see an orthopedist or general surgeon is more than five years. In the United States, by contrast, the average wait for a first-time patient to see a urologist is less than three weeks. The average wait to see an orthopedic surgeon in 15 major U.S. metropolitan areas examined by Merritt Hawkins, a physician search firm, is about two weeks.
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We Need Full Approval Of COVID-19 Vaccines, But Only After Careful Evaluation
The Washington Examiner | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
July 15, 2021
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are not killed-virus vaccines, so faulty inactivation is not a possibility, but drug and vaccine manufacture are highly complex. Earlier this year, for example, the FDA recalled certain batches of a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, metformin, because it contained unacceptably high levels of a cancer-causing chemical contaminant.
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Sally C. Pipes Talks Medicare Expansion on Alabama Morning News
Alabama Morning News | Sally C. Pipes
July 14, 2021
PRI President and CEO Sally C. Pipes joins the Alabama Morning news with JT to talk about congressional Democrats recent push to expand Medicare. Pipes talks about the recent proposals in the works, including Biden’s campaign promise to lower the Medicare age, and proposals from progressives to push changes in Medicare in the upcoming budget reconciliation process.
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