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Legislative Analyst Offers First Hint of Impact of Coronavirus on State Budget
The coronavirus and the massive economic shutdown that has accompanied it as large parts of California are sheltering in place is significantly complicating work on the May Revise of the Gov. Newsom’s budget, due in just weeks. California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek on Wednesday released his first assessment of ...
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Will State Budget Be Victim of Coronavirus?
The uncertainty over the coronavirus has negatively impacted the financial markets. Hit the hardest in the short term have been the travel and hospitality industries – with much talk of layoffs, bankruptcies, and industry bailouts. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq have entered bear territory, falling more than 20 percent in ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Quoted Refuting ‘Medicare for all,” Coronavirus
Title: Sanders & AOC Use CoronaVirus to Push Argument for ‘Medicare-for-All’ By: Jim Cardle Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders – who is off the campaign trail due to the CoronaVirus threat – was asked if he felt frustrated that his fellow Democrat and presidential nominee competitor Joe Biden had attacked his “Medicare-for-All” ...
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Coronavirus is not a good argument for ‘Medicare for all’
The novel coronavirus has emerged as the latest justification for “Medicare for all.” This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “When I talk about healthcare being a human right … the coronavirus crisis makes that abundantly clear as to why it should be.” And last week, left-wing wunderkind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ...
Health Care
The Seth Leibsohn Show Talks Medicare for All, Sanders Health Care Plans with Sally Pipes
Sally Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, and author of the book, “False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All,” joined the Seth Leibsohn Show (960 KKNT Phoenix) on what Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden would do to our health care system, including the confusion around the total ...
Commentary
Surprise billing: Not all fixes are created equal
Congress is still fighting about surprise medical bills. The House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee are both trying to line up bipartisan support for their competing approaches. Neither committee’s approach is right. Congress must go back to the drawing board and come up with a fix ...
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NEW ISSUE BRIEF: Expanding Biosimilars Use Could Save Patients, Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs By 17 Percent
Expanding the use of biosimilars to treat serious illnesses like cancer or auto-immune diseases could reduce a patient’s out-of-pocket costs by 17 percent, finds a new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute. Click here to download the study “Biologics ...
Commentary
Biden and Sanders would both end private health insurance, despite what Biden claims
Self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who says he will launch a political revolution if elected president in November, has made his radical “Medicare-for-all” proposal the centerpiece of his campaign. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is challenging Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, argues correctly that “Medicare-for-all” is unaffordable. Biden wants ...
California
The PRI All Stars Super Tuesday Wrap Up
The PRI All Stars discuss the big takeaways from Super Tuesday – including Joe Biden’s big comeback, which candidate would be easier for President Trump to defeat, and voter attitudes on single-payer health care and socialism. We also talk about the interesting California legislative races and preview the mega ballot ...
California
Celebrating the Return of the Primitive
Private automobiles are no longer allowed on Market Street in San Francisco, California. The result has been an increase in bike ridership. This is, of course, being hailed as progress. So why does it look like the city is resetting the clock to a previous century? When novelist Ayn Rand ...
Legislative Analyst Offers First Hint of Impact of Coronavirus on State Budget
The coronavirus and the massive economic shutdown that has accompanied it as large parts of California are sheltering in place is significantly complicating work on the May Revise of the Gov. Newsom’s budget, due in just weeks. California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek on Wednesday released his first assessment of ...
Will State Budget Be Victim of Coronavirus?
The uncertainty over the coronavirus has negatively impacted the financial markets. Hit the hardest in the short term have been the travel and hospitality industries – with much talk of layoffs, bankruptcies, and industry bailouts. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq have entered bear territory, falling more than 20 percent in ...
Sally Pipes Quoted Refuting ‘Medicare for all,” Coronavirus
Title: Sanders & AOC Use CoronaVirus to Push Argument for ‘Medicare-for-All’ By: Jim Cardle Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders – who is off the campaign trail due to the CoronaVirus threat – was asked if he felt frustrated that his fellow Democrat and presidential nominee competitor Joe Biden had attacked his “Medicare-for-All” ...
Coronavirus is not a good argument for ‘Medicare for all’
The novel coronavirus has emerged as the latest justification for “Medicare for all.” This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “When I talk about healthcare being a human right … the coronavirus crisis makes that abundantly clear as to why it should be.” And last week, left-wing wunderkind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ...
The Seth Leibsohn Show Talks Medicare for All, Sanders Health Care Plans with Sally Pipes
Sally Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO, and author of the book, “False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All,” joined the Seth Leibsohn Show (960 KKNT Phoenix) on what Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden would do to our health care system, including the confusion around the total ...
Surprise billing: Not all fixes are created equal
Congress is still fighting about surprise medical bills. The House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee are both trying to line up bipartisan support for their competing approaches. Neither committee’s approach is right. Congress must go back to the drawing board and come up with a fix ...
NEW ISSUE BRIEF: Expanding Biosimilars Use Could Save Patients, Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs By 17 Percent
Expanding the use of biosimilars to treat serious illnesses like cancer or auto-immune diseases could reduce a patient’s out-of-pocket costs by 17 percent, finds a new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute. Click here to download the study “Biologics ...
Biden and Sanders would both end private health insurance, despite what Biden claims
Self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who says he will launch a political revolution if elected president in November, has made his radical “Medicare-for-all” proposal the centerpiece of his campaign. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is challenging Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, argues correctly that “Medicare-for-all” is unaffordable. Biden wants ...
The PRI All Stars Super Tuesday Wrap Up
The PRI All Stars discuss the big takeaways from Super Tuesday – including Joe Biden’s big comeback, which candidate would be easier for President Trump to defeat, and voter attitudes on single-payer health care and socialism. We also talk about the interesting California legislative races and preview the mega ballot ...
Celebrating the Return of the Primitive
Private automobiles are no longer allowed on Market Street in San Francisco, California. The result has been an increase in bike ridership. This is, of course, being hailed as progress. So why does it look like the city is resetting the clock to a previous century? When novelist Ayn Rand ...
