False Premise, False Promise
False Premise, False Promise provides a revealing outlook on the premise of socialized medicine, drawn from the experiences of Canada and the United Kingdom. The author illustrates the negative outcomes and human costs of providing universal, government-run health care, while also highlighting how Americans fare better than their peers. With stories of human costs of free, universal, healthcare systems, Pipes also included her vision for delivering the affordable, accessible, quality care the American people are looking for. False Premise, False Promise also advances the author’s solutions that provide access to healthcare without a complete government takeover.
“There is no better authority on Medicare for All than Sally Pipes, who lived under Canada’s government-run health care system and knows firsthand its failings. She brings facts and clear-eyed reality to the debate to show why centralized control over health care is so wrong for America while explaining a better path forward.”
―Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute
“As a former CEO of a successful company, I know how important competition is to ensuring a thriving and innovative industry. If government takes over our health care system―as Sally Pipes knows all too well―Americans can expect long waits, poor care, and higher taxes. This book presents not only the facts but also the human suffering of Canadians and others living under government-controlled health care. A must-read for those who want to stop single-payer health care from coming to America.”
―Andy Puzder, Former CEO, CKE Restaurants
“In her brilliant False Premise, False Promise, Sally Pipes dissects “Medicare for All,” laying bare the defects of all the single-payer proposals hatched by the Left―including the horror of urgently needed but fatally delayed treatment as suffered by her mother in the Canadian system―and makes the compelling case for market-based health care as America’s vitally required prescription.”
―Governor Pete Wilson
“People say health care is complicated―not really. It’s government that has made it so. And no one can sort through the morass of health care policy and present the issues with such stark clarity as Sally Pipes. In False Premise, False Promise, she exposes the financial and the human costs of a government-run health care system. Death and taxes may be certain, but not Medicare for All, thanks to this new book.”
―Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, Founder and Chairman, Laffer Associates
“A highly readable, thoroughgoing and devastating indictment of Medicare for All. Pipes makes the convincing case that such a single payer scheme in America would have horrific consequences for the health of just about everyone. It would also kill innovation.”
―Steve Forbes