Pacific Research Institute
California
Digital Learning Conference 2014
On December 4th, 2013, in San Diego, the Paci?c Research Institute convened school board members from around California to learn more about the digital-education revolution that is sweeping the country.The conference was developed by Lance Izumi, senior director of PRIs Education Center. The four workshops were led by prominent computer ...
Commentary
The Pacific Research Institute and the Cato Institute File Amicus Brief Against Extending Tax Subsidies to Purchasers of Insurance in Federal Exchanges (HealthCare.gov)
The Pacific Research Institute and the Cato Institute File Amicus Brief Against Extending Tax Subsidies to Purchasers of Insurance in Federal Exchanges (HealthCare.gov) DOWNLOAD BRIEF February 18, 2014 The Pacific Research Institute and the Cato Institute issued the following statements after filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
Business & Economics
Municipal Bankruptcy: An Overview for Local Officials
Cities and other municipalities falling on hard financial times is nothing new, but it is rare that any such entity files for bankruptcy as a way of addressing its massive debts. Out of nearly 89,500 municipalities in the country, there were just 239 municipal bankruptcy filings between 1980 and 2010.1 ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s doctor depression
Thanks to Obamacare, America’s corps of doctors appears to have a case of the blues. The Physicians Foundation recently asked more than 13,000 doctors about their morale, their career plans, their practices and their views of the Affordable Care Act. The results were grim. Nearly six in 10 doctors said ...
Commentary
In Debates Romney Passes Education Test that Obama Fails
In the presidential debates and in recent interviews, its clear that Mitt Romney realizes something that President Obama cant seem to fathom: the federal government is not the nations school board. In the recent third presidential debate, President Obama alluded to his support for national Common Core education standards that ...
Commentary
Another Broken Obama Promise: The Healthcare Cost Monster Emerges
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article for its special Election 2012? edition signed by nearly two dozen economists and healthcare experts calling for a systematic approach to health cost control. Several of the co-authors used to be advisers to President Obama, including former budget chief Peter ...
Commentary
Medical Students Need Second Opinion About Obamacare
The board can’t make any changes to Medicare’s fee-for-service structure or adjust the benefits seniors receive. That leaves two options for bringing Medicare’s costs into balance. IPAB could cut payments to doctors or Congress could raise taxes. Reimbursements for doctors are already low. Doctors receive 20% less from the ...
Commentary
ACOs not as popular as government hoped
Despite health reform efforts calling for accountable care organizations, ACOs aren’t growing as fast as the government had hoped, according to Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the public policy think tank Pacific Research Institute. Out of the of the 270 ACOs the Obama administration predicted for this year, only ...
Digital Learning Conference 2014
On December 4th, 2013, in San Diego, the Paci?c Research Institute convened school board members from around California to learn more about the digital-education revolution that is sweeping the country.The conference was developed by Lance Izumi, senior director of PRIs Education Center. The four workshops were led by prominent computer ...
The Pacific Research Institute and the Cato Institute File Amicus Brief Against Extending Tax Subsidies to Purchasers of Insurance in Federal Exchanges (HealthCare.gov)
The Pacific Research Institute and the Cato Institute File Amicus Brief Against Extending Tax Subsidies to Purchasers of Insurance in Federal Exchanges (HealthCare.gov) DOWNLOAD BRIEF February 18, 2014 The Pacific Research Institute and the Cato Institute issued the following statements after filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
Municipal Bankruptcy: An Overview for Local Officials
Cities and other municipalities falling on hard financial times is nothing new, but it is rare that any such entity files for bankruptcy as a way of addressing its massive debts. Out of nearly 89,500 municipalities in the country, there were just 239 municipal bankruptcy filings between 1980 and 2010.1 ...
Obamacare’s doctor depression
Thanks to Obamacare, America’s corps of doctors appears to have a case of the blues. The Physicians Foundation recently asked more than 13,000 doctors about their morale, their career plans, their practices and their views of the Affordable Care Act. The results were grim. Nearly six in 10 doctors said ...
In Debates Romney Passes Education Test that Obama Fails
In the presidential debates and in recent interviews, its clear that Mitt Romney realizes something that President Obama cant seem to fathom: the federal government is not the nations school board. In the recent third presidential debate, President Obama alluded to his support for national Common Core education standards that ...
Another Broken Obama Promise: The Healthcare Cost Monster Emerges
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article for its special Election 2012? edition signed by nearly two dozen economists and healthcare experts calling for a systematic approach to health cost control. Several of the co-authors used to be advisers to President Obama, including former budget chief Peter ...
Medical Students Need Second Opinion About Obamacare
The board can’t make any changes to Medicare’s fee-for-service structure or adjust the benefits seniors receive. That leaves two options for bringing Medicare’s costs into balance. IPAB could cut payments to doctors or Congress could raise taxes. Reimbursements for doctors are already low. Doctors receive 20% less from the ...
ACOs not as popular as government hoped
Despite health reform efforts calling for accountable care organizations, ACOs aren’t growing as fast as the government had hoped, according to Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the public policy think tank Pacific Research Institute. Out of the of the 270 ACOs the Obama administration predicted for this year, only ...
