# sally pipes (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sally pipes. Page: Feed: --- ## [Sally Pipes: "Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All Dream Threatens Us with a Real-Life Nightmare"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-why-the-dsas-medicare) _2026-08-20 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Americans frustrated with insurers deserve the power to fire them. Medicare for All would leave them stuck with the one insurer they could never fire—Washington, DC. ## [Recap: If the System is Broken… Rebel & Thrive with Dr. Leila Javidi](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/recap-if-the-system-is-broken-rebel) _2026-08-19 · Brian Mew · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Is health care supposed to be nothing more than the avoidance of illness? Or should it be about empowering physicians and patients to pursue complete wellness and thriving? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211903330/6ccc110c0ffe3b2aad4523c63b9e17ee.mp3) ## [Sally Pipes: "The High Cost of Finding Breast Cancer Too Late"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-the-high-cost-of-finding) _2026-08-19 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Cost controls make sense when they weed out waste. They are foolish when they delay appropriate tests that can catch a deadly disease before it becomes far harder, and costlier, to treat. ## [Sally Pipes: "CMS Undermining Next Generation of Medicines"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-cms-undermining-next) _2026-08-18 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Treating distinct FDA-approved products as though they were the same drug doesn’t merely reinterpret the statute—it weakens the incentives that drive medical progress. ## [Sally Pipes: "Medicare’s Drug Price Controls Could Actually Raise Prices In The Long Run"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-medicares-drug-price) _2026-08-17 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Washington can mandate a lower price today. It cannot mandate robust competition tomorrow. ## [Sally Pipes: "Medicare’s Drug-Pricing Proposal Carries A Hidden Cost"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-medicares-drug-pricing) _2026-08-11 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Drugmakers have already begun adjusting investment decisions in response to the Inflation Reduction Act and a new proposal to Medicare’s prescription drug price control scheme. ## [Sally Pipes: "Before Embracing Medicare for All, the U.S. Should Look at Britain"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-before-embracing-medicare) _2026-08-10 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Some 8.43 million Britons have purchased private medical insurance to escape their National Health Service. Under leading Medicare for All proposals, Americans would not have that option. ## [Brian Mew: "Medi-Cal Is Running Out of Money. A Billionaire Tax is the Worst Solution."](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/brian-mew-medi-cal-is-running-out) _2026-08-07 · Brian Mew · Benjamin Rush Institute_ California does not have a revenue problem. Objectively, it has a spending problem. A bad one, at that. ## [Why More Government Won't Fix Health Care](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/why-more-government-wont-fix-health) _2026-08-04 · Brian Mew · Benjamin Rush Institute_ If more government is the solution, why have decades of expanding its regulatory powers only brought higher costs, fewer choices, and a dissolution of the doctor-patient relationship? ## [Sally Pipes: "Medicare's Physician Pay Cut Will Cost Patients"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-medicares-physician-pay) _2026-08-04 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Cutting physician reimbursement may reduce spending on paper. But it also means fewer doctors, longer waits for appointments, and more care shifting into expensive hospital settings. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MbELabylTCos) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Sally Pipes: "Hospital Price Transparency is Good Politics—and Good Policy"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-hospital-price-transparency) _2026-08-03 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ To function properly, markets require information. Patients and payers can’t reward lower-cost providers—and hospitals have little reason to compete—when prices are hidden. ## [Recap: Why Autonomy Matters: The Case for Direct Primary Care with Dr. Shane Purcell](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/recap-why-autonomy-matters-the-case) _2026-07-31 · Brian Mew · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Will the future of health care be decided by Congress, special interest groups, insurers, or conglomerates? Or will it instead be physicians who simply decide to practice differently? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209301123/384f92099787dbc18c4b8ac66359868e.mp3) ## [Sally Pipes: "Medicare Pays Billions For Obesity’s Consequences. Its GLP-1 Bridge Offers A Better Way"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-medicare-pays-billions) _2026-07-28 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ For years, Medicare has paid for the complications of obesity while refusing to cover some of the most effective treatments for the disease itself. It's time to correct that contradiction. ## [Sally Pipes: "Why Are States Taxing Companies for Hiring Poor People?"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-why-are-states-taxing) _2026-07-27 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ If legislators make hiring a Medicaid recipient more expensive than hiring someone else, employers won't happily eat that cost. They will look for ways to avoid it. ## [Sally Pipes: "Don't Blame Breakthrough Drugs for Costs, Fix Hospital Market"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-dont-blame-breakthrough) _2026-07-21 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Spending that buys longer, healthier lives is an investment. Spending driven by consolidation and distorted incentives is waste. ## [Sally Pipes: "The Hidden Contracts Keeping Hospital Prices High"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-the-hidden-contracts) _2026-07-18 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ As hospitals have grown bigger and negotiated more restrictive contracts, prices for patients have only skyrocketed. Now, federal antitrust officials are beginning to take notice—and push back. ## [Sally Pipes: "ACA's Patient Choice Boondoggle Not Aging Well"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-acas-patient-choice-boondoggle) _2026-07-10 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Fifteen years after ACA's passage, our healthcare system is less affordable, less competitive, and less fiscally sustainable. Yet many progressives argue for even greater government control. ## [Sally Pipes: "Trump's Healthcare Fraud Crackdown Is Paying Off"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-trumps-healthcare-fraud) _2026-07-08 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Those who steal from programs intended to serve seniors, low-income families, and people with disabilities should expect to be caught. Taxpayers and patients deserve nothing less. ## [Sally Pipes: "States are Grumbling About Medicaid Work Requirements. Taxpayers Shouldn't."](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-states-are-grumbling) _2026-07-06 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Medicaid grows larger, more expensive, and less focused every year. Work requirements will save taxpayers money, encourage upward mobility, and ensure Medicaid resources go to those who need it most. ## [Sally Pipes: "Trump Takes Aim At Hospitals' Pricey Lack of Transparency"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-trump-takes-aim-at-hospitals) _2026-07-02 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ In virtually every sector of the economy, consumers compare prices before making decisions. But in healthcare, prices are often hidden, allowing hospitals to engage in questionable pricing practices. ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6ZYxbm3DZ3HL) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Sally Pipes: "Healthcare Costs Keep Rising. Hospitals are a Big Reason Why."](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-healthcare-costs-keep) _2026-07-01 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Hospitals are consolidating markets, exploiting federal programs and using their growing leverage to raise prices for patients and taxpayers alike. Why? Because federal policy incentivizes it. ## [Sally Pipes: "The Real Lesson Of America’s Rising Uninsured Rate"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-the-real-lesson-of-americas) _2026-06-30 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ If policymakers want more Americans to obtain coverage, they need to make insurance better and cheaper—not merely more heavily subsidized. ## [Dr. Sonny Morton: This is How You Become a Slave](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/dr-sonny-morton-this-is-how-you-become) _2026-06-30 · Sonny Morton, MD · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Are physicians in control of their own profession? Or are they effectively slaves to an uncaring bureaucracy? ## [Sally Pipes: "Declining Obamacare Enrollment Isn’t the Crisis Critics Claim"](https://benjaminrush1776.substack.com/p/sally-pipes-declining-obamacare-enrollment) _2026-06-23 · Benjamin Rush Institute_ Inflated enrollment totals by themselves are not signs of success. They are evidence of weak oversight, improper subsidy payments, and a system vulnerable to abuse.