Pacific Research Institute
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses Texas Tech Ending Race-Based Admissions on KCBS
Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins Jeff Bell and Patti Reising on KCBS Radio in San Francisco to discuss the move by Texas Tech University to stop using race as a factor when admitting students to its medical school.
Health Care
Sally Pipes on Future of Obamacare
Experts discuss future of Obamacare after latest ruling By Caitlin Randle Experts who oppose the Affordable Care Act spoke at a conference Tuesday to address its future – now that a Texas federal judge has ruled that Obamacare is unconstitutional . . . Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the ...
California
How Non-Profits and Private Charities Can More Effectively Lift People Out of Poverty
There are many well-intentioned programs serving the homeless in California, but private charities and non-profits are just as effective – if not more so – in getting people back on their feet. PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Damon Dunn, Michele Steeb of Saint John’s Program for Real Change, and Deacon Jim ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All on Sean Burke Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the latest in the ongoing battle over Medicare for All on the “Sean Burke Show.”
Commentary
Failed federal housing policy undermines Trump’s opioid reforms
By Lance Izumi and Michele Steeb Over the past two years, President Trump has promoted bold reforms designed to address the opioid crisis. Congress, in a rare bipartisan effort, wholeheartedly supported Trump’s significant reforms, but these initiatives are being undermined by the failures of federal housing policy. In October 2018, ...
California
Sally Pipes in Sacramento Bee: Stepping Stones to Government Takeover of Health Care
Twenty-two ways to ease California health insurance bills are up for debate in the Capitol By Deepa Bharath, Michael Finch II, Sophia Bollag and Sammy Caiola . . . Twenty-two bills before the Legislature this year aim to make health care more affordable and accessible. It seems almost certain that ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – April 5
Kerry Jackson – The Sensible Environmentalist Watch this video and imagine a debate between him and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
California
Legislating Energy Poverty
Public opinion polls show that most Californians see climate change as a threat to the state’s economy and quality of life, yet the state’s approach is hurting poor, rural, inland, and minority communities. PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, and John C. Gamboa of California Community Builders ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Gene Therapies Can Save Lives
Gene therapies have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans living with life-threatening diseases. Watch the new PRI video to learn how policy obstacles are standing in the way of making gene therapies a reality for millions.
Featured
Watch New PRI Video – Gene Therapies Can Save Lives
Gene therapies have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans living with life-threatening diseases. Watch the video to learn how policy obstacles are standing in the way of making gene therapies a reality for millions.
Lance Izumi Discusses Texas Tech Ending Race-Based Admissions on KCBS
Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins Jeff Bell and Patti Reising on KCBS Radio in San Francisco to discuss the move by Texas Tech University to stop using race as a factor when admitting students to its medical school.
Sally Pipes on Future of Obamacare
Experts discuss future of Obamacare after latest ruling By Caitlin Randle Experts who oppose the Affordable Care Act spoke at a conference Tuesday to address its future – now that a Texas federal judge has ruled that Obamacare is unconstitutional . . . Sally Pipes, president and CEO of the ...
How Non-Profits and Private Charities Can More Effectively Lift People Out of Poverty
There are many well-intentioned programs serving the homeless in California, but private charities and non-profits are just as effective – if not more so – in getting people back on their feet. PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Damon Dunn, Michele Steeb of Saint John’s Program for Real Change, and Deacon Jim ...
Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All on Sean Burke Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the latest in the ongoing battle over Medicare for All on the “Sean Burke Show.”
Failed federal housing policy undermines Trump’s opioid reforms
By Lance Izumi and Michele Steeb Over the past two years, President Trump has promoted bold reforms designed to address the opioid crisis. Congress, in a rare bipartisan effort, wholeheartedly supported Trump’s significant reforms, but these initiatives are being undermined by the failures of federal housing policy. In October 2018, ...
Sally Pipes in Sacramento Bee: Stepping Stones to Government Takeover of Health Care
Twenty-two ways to ease California health insurance bills are up for debate in the Capitol By Deepa Bharath, Michael Finch II, Sophia Bollag and Sammy Caiola . . . Twenty-two bills before the Legislature this year aim to make health care more affordable and accessible. It seems almost certain that ...
What We’re Watching – April 5
Kerry Jackson – The Sensible Environmentalist Watch this video and imagine a debate between him and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Legislating Energy Poverty
Public opinion polls show that most Californians see climate change as a threat to the state’s economy and quality of life, yet the state’s approach is hurting poor, rural, inland, and minority communities. PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation, and John C. Gamboa of California Community Builders ...
What We’re Watching – Gene Therapies Can Save Lives
Gene therapies have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans living with life-threatening diseases. Watch the new PRI video to learn how policy obstacles are standing in the way of making gene therapies a reality for millions.
Watch New PRI Video – Gene Therapies Can Save Lives
Gene therapies have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans living with life-threatening diseases. Watch the video to learn how policy obstacles are standing in the way of making gene therapies a reality for millions.
