Pacific Research Institute
Climate Change
Hysteria’s History Part I
New Video Series on the Environment Episode 1: Hysterias History: Why Havent We Starved to Death? Hysterias History: Why Havent We Starved to Death?, is the first in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in poor and ...
Commentary
A Silver Lining in the Legal Threats to Obamacare?
The battle over Obamacare has shifted to the courts. This time, the president is on the defensive. Last month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 in Halbig v. Burwell that the federal government lacks the authority to provide subsidies to offset ...
Commentary
Access and Cost: What the U.S. Health Care System Can Learn from Other Countries
March 11, 2014 Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, a non-profit think tank based in San Francisco, was invited by the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, to testify on the issue of Access and ...
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 ...
Hysteria’s History Part I
New Video Series on the Environment Episode 1: Hysterias History: Why Havent We Starved to Death? Hysterias History: Why Havent We Starved to Death?, is the first in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in poor and ...
A Silver Lining in the Legal Threats to Obamacare?
The battle over Obamacare has shifted to the courts. This time, the president is on the defensive. Last month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 in Halbig v. Burwell that the federal government lacks the authority to provide subsidies to offset ...
Access and Cost: What the U.S. Health Care System Can Learn from Other Countries
March 11, 2014 Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, a non-profit think tank based in San Francisco, was invited by the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, to testify on the issue of Access and ...
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 ...
