Health Care
Commentary
Biden His Time On Health Care?
It’s all but certain that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. Down the ballot, though, Democrats didn’t fare as well. They lost seats in the House. And Republicans appear poised to hold onto the Senate, provided they win at least one of two upcoming runoff ...
Blog
Big Agenda Facing Presidential Winner
As of this writing, we don’t know who has won the 2020 presidential election. Whoever wins, America’s next chief executive has many important policy decisions to make in the coming weeks. Here’s a preview of some of the big issues that the president will have to confront over the next ...
Commentary
Biden’s $750 billion health plan fixes nothing
Democrat Joe Biden made his plan for a new public government-run health insurance option a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. But another key provision of his health care agenda has gotten considerably less attention. The former vice president proposes to give taxpayer-subsidized coverage through Obamacare’s exchanges to more people — ...
Commentary
Fine-Tuning Treatments For COVID-19
President Trump’s COVID-19 recovery has thrust into the spotlight the possibilities of novel, experimental therapies for this potentially deadly disease. During his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he was treated with at least three drugs that have since received substantial attention in the media: the anti-viral remdesivir, ...
Commentary
Make relaxed state-based telehealth restrictions permanent
Imagine you’re traveling from Nashville to Louisville to visit your grandmother. When you’re 15 minutes from her house, you decide to call to let her know you’ll be arriving soon. For some reason, your mobile phone doesn’t connect. So you stop at a payphone to call your wireless phone provider. ...
Commentary
Is Biden a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is none too pleased with the direction of Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. According to a report from earlier this month, Sen. Sanders has privately criticized the Democratic presidential nominee for being too moderate and failing to emphasize the progressive policies at the heart ...
Blackouts
What is Joe Biden’s Economic Plan?
During the first presidential debate in September, both candidates answered where they think the economy is headed. Trump believes in a V-shaped recovery, basically a quick rebound, while Biden prefers a K-shaped recovery, with the rich recovering while the rest of the country moves slower. Biden’s theory on where the ...
Commentary
The ‘public option’ will destroy choice
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has made it abundantly clear that he opposes the “Medicare for All” model of health reform favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Instead, Biden proposes creating a public insurance option that would compete against private insurers on Obamacare’s exchanges. ...
Business & Economics
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Quoted in Nor Cal Record Story on Covid-19 Relief Bill
Next COVID-19 relief bill remains stalled in Washington; ‘Adverse impacts on the economy and individuals will be longer-lasting than they could have been’ By Sarah Downey With the outcome for a new COVID-19 financial stimulus package still in flux, concerns about the lasting economic damage have heightened the longer the ...
Commentary
Dr. Henry Miller Talks COVID-19 Vaccine Rates on the John Batchelor Show
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the lateset updates on a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Miller talks about President Donald Trump’s treatment with remdisivir during his positive coronavirus diagnosis. Batchelor and Miller talk about the push by the American government decades ago to use advertising to ...
Biden His Time On Health Care?
It’s all but certain that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. Down the ballot, though, Democrats didn’t fare as well. They lost seats in the House. And Republicans appear poised to hold onto the Senate, provided they win at least one of two upcoming runoff ...
Big Agenda Facing Presidential Winner
As of this writing, we don’t know who has won the 2020 presidential election. Whoever wins, America’s next chief executive has many important policy decisions to make in the coming weeks. Here’s a preview of some of the big issues that the president will have to confront over the next ...
Biden’s $750 billion health plan fixes nothing
Democrat Joe Biden made his plan for a new public government-run health insurance option a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. But another key provision of his health care agenda has gotten considerably less attention. The former vice president proposes to give taxpayer-subsidized coverage through Obamacare’s exchanges to more people — ...
Fine-Tuning Treatments For COVID-19
President Trump’s COVID-19 recovery has thrust into the spotlight the possibilities of novel, experimental therapies for this potentially deadly disease. During his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he was treated with at least three drugs that have since received substantial attention in the media: the anti-viral remdesivir, ...
Make relaxed state-based telehealth restrictions permanent
Imagine you’re traveling from Nashville to Louisville to visit your grandmother. When you’re 15 minutes from her house, you decide to call to let her know you’ll be arriving soon. For some reason, your mobile phone doesn’t connect. So you stop at a payphone to call your wireless phone provider. ...
Is Biden a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is none too pleased with the direction of Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. According to a report from earlier this month, Sen. Sanders has privately criticized the Democratic presidential nominee for being too moderate and failing to emphasize the progressive policies at the heart ...
What is Joe Biden’s Economic Plan?
During the first presidential debate in September, both candidates answered where they think the economy is headed. Trump believes in a V-shaped recovery, basically a quick rebound, while Biden prefers a K-shaped recovery, with the rich recovering while the rest of the country moves slower. Biden’s theory on where the ...
The ‘public option’ will destroy choice
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has made it abundantly clear that he opposes the “Medicare for All” model of health reform favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Instead, Biden proposes creating a public insurance option that would compete against private insurers on Obamacare’s exchanges. ...
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Quoted in Nor Cal Record Story on Covid-19 Relief Bill
Next COVID-19 relief bill remains stalled in Washington; ‘Adverse impacts on the economy and individuals will be longer-lasting than they could have been’ By Sarah Downey With the outcome for a new COVID-19 financial stimulus package still in flux, concerns about the lasting economic damage have heightened the longer the ...
Dr. Henry Miller Talks COVID-19 Vaccine Rates on the John Batchelor Show
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the lateset updates on a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Miller talks about President Donald Trump’s treatment with remdisivir during his positive coronavirus diagnosis. Batchelor and Miller talk about the push by the American government decades ago to use advertising to ...
