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Posted: Wed. April 27, 2022, 11:42am PT

Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs is interviewed on American Medicine Today and talks about his family's ordeal with his daughter's cancer diagnosis and how Obamacare twice left her without coverage. Scarcity of coverage, not high prices, was the issue with his family, showing the dangers of a “single-payer” health system.

Posted: Thu. April 7, 2022, 1:33pm PT

Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs talks about his family's ordeal, treating his young daughter's cancer under the Affordable Care Act. His family was twice denied coverage for her cancer under Obamacare. The answer, Briggs says, is to repeal the ACA and the restoration of actuarially sound insurance products curated to individual needs.

Posted: Thu. April 7, 2022, 11:20pm PT

Posted: Wed. March 30, 2022, 3:21pm PT

The father of a little girl twice denied coverage for cancer under Obamacare mounted a riveting, moving opposition on Capitol Hill to House Democrats’ proposal to impose single-payer healthcare on the country.

Posted: Thu. March 17, 2022, 4:05pm PT

“Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope” is the Independent Institute's award-winning, 38-minute documentary on the very serious and growing problem of homelessness cities in America. The film contrasts the current tragic conditions of San Francisco’s unhoused with a successful community-wide solution called Haven for Hope of Bexar County, located in San Antonio, TX. The film is also the companion to the in-depth Independent Institute book, “Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions,” that is co-edited by Adam B. Summers and Mary L.G. Theroux.

Posted: Thu. February 11, 2021, 11:49pm PT

Originally aired on OAN's "Real America with Dan Ball," January 31, 2021. One America News Network's Dan Ball interviews Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs about his op-ed in The New York Post, titled “My Kid Has Cancer and Obamacare Is Making Everything Worse.” Briggs recounts his family's obstacles of losing their health insurance while they were dealing with their daughter's cancer diagnosis.

Posted: Wed. February 10, 2021, 11:51pm PT

Originally aired on OAN's "Morning News," January 25, 2021. One America News Network's Stephanie Myers interviews Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs about his op-ed in The New York Post, titled “My Kid Has Cancer and Obamacare is Making Everything Worse.” Briggs recounts his family's obstacles of losing their health insurance while they were dealing with their daughter's cancer diagnosis.

Posted: Wed. February 10, 2021, 9:43am PT

Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs shares his family's story of increasing Obamacare premiums, sky-high deductibles, then ultimately having their insurance cancelled after their daughter was diagnosed with cancer.