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Business & Economics
Mark Skousen – On These Uncertain Times
Dr. Mark Skousen is one of the most prominent libertarians in the country and founder of FreedomFest – the largest gathering of libertarians in the world. Dr. Skousen also teaches economics at Chapman University. In this podcast, we discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus, the financial markets, politics, California, ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 30, 2020
Coronavirus
John Batchelor and Dr. Henry Miller Discuss the Importance of Serology Tests in Coronavirus Fight
Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the importance of gathering data and testing from people who have recovered from the coronavirus. Dr. Miller talks about an example from the United Kingdom of doctors testing patients who recovered from COVID-19 without showing symptoms.
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
March 30, 2020
Commentary
In coronavirus battle, price controls would make it harder to develop lifesaving drugs
As scientists race to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, Democrats in Congress have renewed their push for price controls on drugs designed to protect us from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, along with other illnesses. The Democrats claim many Americans will only be able to afford the therapies that ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 30, 2020
Blog
Single Payer Poll Watch: Coronavirus Update
Coronavirus is impacting everything and anything it touches. In the March PRI Single Payer Poll Watch, average opposition to a single payer plan overtook support, continuing the trend of growing opposition to a single payer health care plan PRI noticed in our first poll watch in December 2019. With the ...
Evan Harris
March 30, 2020
Commentary
A Surprise in the Congressional Stimulus Package?
A proposed fix for surprise medical bills may end up on the cutting-room floor as negotiations over the multi trillion-dollar economic stimulus package wrap up on Capitol Hill. Last week, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., were trying to get their plan, which would essentially cap bills ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 27, 2020
Blog
What We’re Watching – March 27
Tim Anaya – Escape the Drug Pricing Maze Watch Professor Salvare guide Pete Paystoomuch through the drug pricing maze, showing how the direction policymakers take on drug pricing policy could impact the affordability and availability of current medicines, and innovation that could lead to future, life-saving cures. Ben Smithwick – ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 27, 2020
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller and Lars Larson Talk Coronavirus Infection Rates
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller talks to Lars Larson on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show about the new timeline to remove the shelter in place orders as well as estimates in the United States and United Kingdom about the actual infection rate of the coronavirus. Dr. Miller is a former U.S. ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
March 26, 2020
Blog
How State Budget Will Be Impacted by Coronavirus Coming More into Focus
A clearer picture formed this week about how the coronavirus will affect the state budget, with action in Sacramento and Washington. Director of Finance Keely Bosler sent a letter to lawmakers that the department will “reevaluate all budget changes within the context of a workload budget.” “While our first priority ...
Tim Anaya
March 26, 2020
Commentary
As Coronavirus Spreads, Private Sector Offers Hope—And Treatments
Optimism is in short supply as the coronavirus pandemic grows deadlier by the day. COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives around the world and upended nearly every aspect of daily life. But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health emergency. That’s the astounding speed with ...
Sally C. Pipes
March 25, 2020
Blog
The Coronavirus Aftermath: Debt and Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See
All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin’ in the sun, Talkin’ ’bout the things They woulda coulda shoulda done… –Shel Silverstein As of this writing, the Trump Administration has pledged to spend more than a trillion dollars to save the lives and livelihoods of Americans as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. We’re ...
Rowena Itchon
March 24, 2020
Mark Skousen – On These Uncertain Times
Dr. Mark Skousen is one of the most prominent libertarians in the country and founder of FreedomFest – the largest gathering of libertarians in the world. Dr. Skousen also teaches economics at Chapman University. In this podcast, we discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus, the financial markets, politics, California, ...
John Batchelor and Dr. Henry Miller Discuss the Importance of Serology Tests in Coronavirus Fight
Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the importance of gathering data and testing from people who have recovered from the coronavirus. Dr. Miller talks about an example from the United Kingdom of doctors testing patients who recovered from COVID-19 without showing symptoms.
In coronavirus battle, price controls would make it harder to develop lifesaving drugs
As scientists race to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, Democrats in Congress have renewed their push for price controls on drugs designed to protect us from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, along with other illnesses. The Democrats claim many Americans will only be able to afford the therapies that ...
Single Payer Poll Watch: Coronavirus Update
Coronavirus is impacting everything and anything it touches. In the March PRI Single Payer Poll Watch, average opposition to a single payer plan overtook support, continuing the trend of growing opposition to a single payer health care plan PRI noticed in our first poll watch in December 2019. With the ...
A Surprise in the Congressional Stimulus Package?
A proposed fix for surprise medical bills may end up on the cutting-room floor as negotiations over the multi trillion-dollar economic stimulus package wrap up on Capitol Hill. Last week, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., were trying to get their plan, which would essentially cap bills ...
What We’re Watching – March 27
Tim Anaya – Escape the Drug Pricing Maze Watch Professor Salvare guide Pete Paystoomuch through the drug pricing maze, showing how the direction policymakers take on drug pricing policy could impact the affordability and availability of current medicines, and innovation that could lead to future, life-saving cures. Ben Smithwick – ...
Dr. Henry Miller and Lars Larson Talk Coronavirus Infection Rates
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller talks to Lars Larson on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show about the new timeline to remove the shelter in place orders as well as estimates in the United States and United Kingdom about the actual infection rate of the coronavirus. Dr. Miller is a former U.S. ...
How State Budget Will Be Impacted by Coronavirus Coming More into Focus
A clearer picture formed this week about how the coronavirus will affect the state budget, with action in Sacramento and Washington. Director of Finance Keely Bosler sent a letter to lawmakers that the department will “reevaluate all budget changes within the context of a workload budget.” “While our first priority ...
As Coronavirus Spreads, Private Sector Offers Hope—And Treatments
Optimism is in short supply as the coronavirus pandemic grows deadlier by the day. COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives around the world and upended nearly every aspect of daily life. But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health emergency. That’s the astounding speed with ...
The Coronavirus Aftermath: Debt and Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See
All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin’ in the sun, Talkin’ ’bout the things They woulda coulda shoulda done… –Shel Silverstein As of this writing, the Trump Administration has pledged to spend more than a trillion dollars to save the lives and livelihoods of Americans as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. We’re ...