Health Care
Business & Economics
California continues to launch businesses, residents into other states
Elon Musk is not alone in his frustration with the way California treats businesses. But he makes the news, and the announcement that SpaceX is abandoning plans to build rockets in Los Angeles and will instead make them in Texas and Florida is another high-profile setback for the state. One ...
Kerry Jackson
June 23, 2020
Coronavirus
The John Batchelor Show Talks U.S.-China Pharmaceutical Risk with Dr. Henry Miller
Dr. Henry Miller talks about the dangers from the United States sourcing a majority of active pharmaceutical ingredients, commonly called APIs, from China and other places impacted by the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic. APIs can be considered the “important” component of a pill or medicine. Miller references a 2019 report ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
June 23, 2020
Commentary
What coronavirus data show – it’s time for the country to do this
Political and public health leaders appear to have contracted another case of lockdown fever. The governors of Oregon and Utah recently hit pause on their states’ reopening efforts. Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to do the same in New York City on June 14, even as the city prepares for a ...
Evan Harris
June 23, 2020
Blog
Budget Debate Setting the Stage for Massive Tax Increase Push This Fall
At long last, Gov. Newsom and Democratic leaders have reached a budget agreement. Now lawmakers will race to pass the final legislation as the clock ticks down toward the June 30th deadline for the Gov. to sign a balanced budget. For many days, Newsom and the Legislature’s Democratic leadership disagreed ...
Tim Anaya
June 23, 2020
Health Care
Medicare for All and the COVID-19 Crisis
As single-payer advocates such as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are seizing on the COVID-19 pandemic to push even more aggressively for a complete takeover of our health care system by the federal government, listen to a special presentation of our recent webinar featuring PRI ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 22, 2020
Climate Change
Biden’s Mask Of Moderation Has Finally Slipped
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pitches himself to American voters as a reasonable and pragmatic centrist. But he’s stocked his campaign team with some of the Democratic party’s most prominent—and extreme—left-wingers. Last month, Biden announced the creation of several policy task forces designed to bring the party together. Those task ...
Sally C. Pipes
June 22, 2020
Blog
What We’re Watching – June 19
Tim Anaya – How Medicines in the U.S. are Sold In the latest video in PRI’s “Escape the Drug Pricing Maze” video, the Professor and Pete reach the most difficult part of their journey: understanding how medicines are sold. It’s a complex system that hurts patients and at times exposes ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 19, 2020
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Talks Inconsistent Testing, Protests on the Lars Larson Show
Dr. Henry Miller and Lars Larson discuss the inconsistent testing procedures in New York and other parts of the country for coronavirus. Miller also talks about the spread of coronavirus due to protests. Miller’s segment begins at the 47:00 minute mark. Lars Larson National Podcast · Lars Larson National Podcast ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
June 18, 2020
Blog
Blocking Evictions Sets Off A Harmful Chain Of Events
In the early days of the pandemic lockdowns, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a temporary moratorium on evictions of small and mid-size businesses “due to a loss of income related to lost revenue or other economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” She also prohibited evictions from “all residential ...
Kerry Jackson
June 17, 2020
Climate Change
Pandemics, Pollution, and Poppycock
By Henry I. Miller, M.S, M.D. and Andrew I. Fillat With the world in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the short-term focus is now on how to avoid surges of infections and get the economy functioning so people can go back to work. Hindsight is, of course, ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 15, 2020
California continues to launch businesses, residents into other states
Elon Musk is not alone in his frustration with the way California treats businesses. But he makes the news, and the announcement that SpaceX is abandoning plans to build rockets in Los Angeles and will instead make them in Texas and Florida is another high-profile setback for the state. One ...
The John Batchelor Show Talks U.S.-China Pharmaceutical Risk with Dr. Henry Miller
Dr. Henry Miller talks about the dangers from the United States sourcing a majority of active pharmaceutical ingredients, commonly called APIs, from China and other places impacted by the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic. APIs can be considered the “important” component of a pill or medicine. Miller references a 2019 report ...
What coronavirus data show – it’s time for the country to do this
Political and public health leaders appear to have contracted another case of lockdown fever. The governors of Oregon and Utah recently hit pause on their states’ reopening efforts. Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to do the same in New York City on June 14, even as the city prepares for a ...
Budget Debate Setting the Stage for Massive Tax Increase Push This Fall
At long last, Gov. Newsom and Democratic leaders have reached a budget agreement. Now lawmakers will race to pass the final legislation as the clock ticks down toward the June 30th deadline for the Gov. to sign a balanced budget. For many days, Newsom and the Legislature’s Democratic leadership disagreed ...
Medicare for All and the COVID-19 Crisis
As single-payer advocates such as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are seizing on the COVID-19 pandemic to push even more aggressively for a complete takeover of our health care system by the federal government, listen to a special presentation of our recent webinar featuring PRI ...
Biden’s Mask Of Moderation Has Finally Slipped
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pitches himself to American voters as a reasonable and pragmatic centrist. But he’s stocked his campaign team with some of the Democratic party’s most prominent—and extreme—left-wingers. Last month, Biden announced the creation of several policy task forces designed to bring the party together. Those task ...
What We’re Watching – June 19
Tim Anaya – How Medicines in the U.S. are Sold In the latest video in PRI’s “Escape the Drug Pricing Maze” video, the Professor and Pete reach the most difficult part of their journey: understanding how medicines are sold. It’s a complex system that hurts patients and at times exposes ...
Dr. Henry Miller Talks Inconsistent Testing, Protests on the Lars Larson Show
Dr. Henry Miller and Lars Larson discuss the inconsistent testing procedures in New York and other parts of the country for coronavirus. Miller also talks about the spread of coronavirus due to protests. Miller’s segment begins at the 47:00 minute mark. Lars Larson National Podcast · Lars Larson National Podcast ...
Blocking Evictions Sets Off A Harmful Chain Of Events
In the early days of the pandemic lockdowns, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a temporary moratorium on evictions of small and mid-size businesses “due to a loss of income related to lost revenue or other economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” She also prohibited evictions from “all residential ...
Pandemics, Pollution, and Poppycock
By Henry I. Miller, M.S, M.D. and Andrew I. Fillat With the world in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the short-term focus is now on how to avoid surges of infections and get the economy functioning so people can go back to work. Hindsight is, of course, ...