Pacific Research Institute
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Problems with Biden-Harris Health Plan on Lars Larson Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the Biden-Harris health care plan and the problems with the Canadian health care system that their plan would move us toward on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Sally Pipes – Canada’s health-care ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 25, 2020
Podcast
Former Speechwriters Take on 2020 Democratic Convention
PRI’s former speechwriters (Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, and Tim Anaya) discuss the highs and lows of the first virtual convention in American history. We share our thoughts on the key highlights from the -2020 Democratic convention, including John Kasich, Bernie Sanders, Michele Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jill Biden, Barack Obama – ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 24, 2020
California
Read Revcycle Intelligence Story on Surprise Medical Billing Brief
Surprise Billing Price Controls Decreasing Care Quality in CA By: Jacqueline LaPointe, Reporter Researchers at the Pacific Research Institute are warning Congressmembers to steer clear from price controls as a solution for surprise billing after finding that the policy approach had unintended consequences in California. In a new brief, researchers found ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 24, 2020
Blog
What We’re Watching – August 21
Tim Anaya – A Convention Roll Call Unlike Any You’ve Seen There’s been a lot of chatter among pundits and on social media about this week’s “virtual” Democratic convention (and the “former speechwriters” will add to the chatter next week on a special convention edition of Next Round with PRI). ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 21, 2020
Coronavirus
Winegarden Comments on COVID-19 Data Privacy Concerns
Title: Privacy considerations prevalent as COVID-19 testing migrates to workplaces By: Sarah Downey, Northern California Record As businesses embark on reopening plans, the question of how to test employees and customers for COVID-19 could present difficulty especially in the area of privacy law. . . . . . Research is ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 18, 2020
Business & Economics
Craft Beer, Distilleries, and COVID-19
This week’s podcast is a special presentation of PRI’s recent Young Leaders’ Circle webinar, which brought together distillery owners, craft brewers, and licensing experts to examine the impact that COVID-19 has had on the production of our favorite cocktails and beers. The craft beer and distillery industry has seen incredible ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 17, 2020
Blog
What We’re Watching – August 14
Tim Anaya – Reforming Patient Costs at the Pharmacy In the latest video in the Pacific Research Institute “Escape the Drug Pricing Maze” series, the Professor and Pete must collect 3 keys to finally escape the drug pricing maze. The first key involves reforms to increase drug affordability for patients ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 14, 2020
Coronavirus
Watch PRI Webinar on Craft Beer, COVID, and Distilleries
On our latest webinar, PRI brings together distillery owners, craft brewers, and licensing experts to examine the impact that COVID-19 has had on the production of our favorite cocktails and beers. The craft beer and distillery industry is one that has seen incredible disruption, with states and counties opening and ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 12, 2020
Business & Economics
The Hon. Dan Kolkey – How 2020’s Key Public Policy Issues Are Being Affected by the Courts
The Hon. Dan Kolkey – former legal advisor to Gov. Wilson, former appeals court justice, and PRI board member – joins us to discuss how this year’s key public policy issues, such as the state’s response to COVID-19, the housing crisis, and efforts to prevent mass power outages during this ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 10, 2020
Agriculture
What We’re Watching – August 7
Evan Harris – 75th Anniversary of the end of World War II It’s a somber anniversary, but 75 years ago this week, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. As a fan of military history, American use of nuclear ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 7, 2020
Sally Pipes Discusses Problems with Biden-Harris Health Plan on Lars Larson Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the Biden-Harris health care plan and the problems with the Canadian health care system that their plan would move us toward on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Sally Pipes – Canada’s health-care ...
Former Speechwriters Take on 2020 Democratic Convention
PRI’s former speechwriters (Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, and Tim Anaya) discuss the highs and lows of the first virtual convention in American history. We share our thoughts on the key highlights from the -2020 Democratic convention, including John Kasich, Bernie Sanders, Michele Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jill Biden, Barack Obama – ...
Read Revcycle Intelligence Story on Surprise Medical Billing Brief
Surprise Billing Price Controls Decreasing Care Quality in CA By: Jacqueline LaPointe, Reporter Researchers at the Pacific Research Institute are warning Congressmembers to steer clear from price controls as a solution for surprise billing after finding that the policy approach had unintended consequences in California. In a new brief, researchers found ...
What We’re Watching – August 21
Tim Anaya – A Convention Roll Call Unlike Any You’ve Seen There’s been a lot of chatter among pundits and on social media about this week’s “virtual” Democratic convention (and the “former speechwriters” will add to the chatter next week on a special convention edition of Next Round with PRI). ...
Winegarden Comments on COVID-19 Data Privacy Concerns
Title: Privacy considerations prevalent as COVID-19 testing migrates to workplaces By: Sarah Downey, Northern California Record As businesses embark on reopening plans, the question of how to test employees and customers for COVID-19 could present difficulty especially in the area of privacy law. . . . . . Research is ...
Craft Beer, Distilleries, and COVID-19
This week’s podcast is a special presentation of PRI’s recent Young Leaders’ Circle webinar, which brought together distillery owners, craft brewers, and licensing experts to examine the impact that COVID-19 has had on the production of our favorite cocktails and beers. The craft beer and distillery industry has seen incredible ...
What We’re Watching – August 14
Tim Anaya – Reforming Patient Costs at the Pharmacy In the latest video in the Pacific Research Institute “Escape the Drug Pricing Maze” series, the Professor and Pete must collect 3 keys to finally escape the drug pricing maze. The first key involves reforms to increase drug affordability for patients ...
Watch PRI Webinar on Craft Beer, COVID, and Distilleries
On our latest webinar, PRI brings together distillery owners, craft brewers, and licensing experts to examine the impact that COVID-19 has had on the production of our favorite cocktails and beers. The craft beer and distillery industry is one that has seen incredible disruption, with states and counties opening and ...
The Hon. Dan Kolkey – How 2020’s Key Public Policy Issues Are Being Affected by the Courts
The Hon. Dan Kolkey – former legal advisor to Gov. Wilson, former appeals court justice, and PRI board member – joins us to discuss how this year’s key public policy issues, such as the state’s response to COVID-19, the housing crisis, and efforts to prevent mass power outages during this ...
What We’re Watching – August 7
Evan Harris – 75th Anniversary of the end of World War II It’s a somber anniversary, but 75 years ago this week, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. As a fan of military history, American use of nuclear ...