
Tariffs Harm American Consumers, Manufacturers and the Economy, Warns New Study
Wayne Winegarden
February 25, 2025
SACRAMENTO – Recently enacted and proposed tariffs will have devastating consequences for American families, businesses, and the overall economy, according to a new study by the Pacific Research Institute. The report, authored by economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden, finds that tariffs ...
Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”
Sally C. Pipes
February 4, 2025
Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through ...
Read the latest on the push for single-payer health care
What’s Wrong With Single-Payer? Ask Vermont.
Sally C. Pipes
June 3, 2025
In 2011, Vermont created Green Mountain Care, “a publicly financed health care program designed to contain costs and to provide comprehensive, affordable, high-quality health care coverage for all Vermont residents.” But the initiative didn’t last long. Estimates suggested the program ...
Read the latest on California's growing budget problem
Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See
Wayne Winegarden
June 2, 2025
In its Multiyear Budget Outlook, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) summed up the dire state of California’s fiscal state. According to the LAO, Both our office and the Department of Finance (DOF) project operating deficits ranging from $10 billion to ...
America Shouldn’t Buy Into Single-Payer Mirage
Sally C. Pipes
May 30, 2025
Will the seventh time be the charm? Sen. Bernie Sanders sure hopes so. Vermont’s senior senator just introduced his latest bid to install Medicare for All in the United States. In seven of the last eight Congresses, dating back to ...
Read the latest on the push for single-payer health care
What’s Wrong With Single-Payer? Ask Vermont.
Sally C. Pipes
June 3, 2025
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