Who Should Pay for Health Care?

Sally C. Pipes  |  2008.06.27  |  Policy Express No 8-2

We've all heard the statistic "47 million Americans do not have health insurance" as an underlying argument for massive health care reform. But did you know that 57 percent of the 47 million uninsured have annual incomes above $50,000? Or that two-thirds of the 47 million are between the ages of 18 and 34?

Are younger Americans being sold another Social Security scheme?

Author Sally C. Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute, describes the two traditional, competing visions for health care reform: one focused on government, mandates, and taxes; the other focused on markets, consumer free will, and innovation. She warns that "young Americans have the most to gain or lose by the outcome of the health care reform debate."

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About the Author: Sally C. Pipes is president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute and author of the 2004 book Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer. She was named one of the world's top 30 health care experts by Forbes and was featured in a new book Women Who Paved the Way as one of the 35 most outstanding women in business in the nation. She writes and speaks extensively on health care, women's issues, civil rights, and the economy.

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