Health Care
Commentary
Let The Failures Of Government Vaccine Distribution Be A Warning
Last week, former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb suggested that we “hit the reset” button on Covid-19 vaccine distribution. That reset should include taking the government out of the equation. The government has largely failed to get life-saving vaccines into the arms of Americans. And the consequences are deadly. The government’s botched ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 19, 2021
Blog
It’s the Payment System
Effectively addressing the drug affordability problem requires an understanding of its causes. Toward this end, the rhetoric of Matt Eyles, the president and chief executive of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), is unhelpful. According to Eyles, “Americans are being hurt by out-of-control drug prices, which are set and fully controlled ...
Wayne Winegarden
January 19, 2021
Blog
New Senate Majority Means Blue State Bailout on Horizon
While Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, and Democrats across America were cheering their party’s victories in the Georgia senate runoffs, no one was probably cheering louder than Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow blue state governors (plus scores of Democratic mayors). Once the two new senators are sworn in and Californian ...
Tim Anaya
January 18, 2021
Commentary
Biden officials threaten to jumpstart single-payer health care systems
Move over, Bidencare. Single-payer health care could be coming to the United States. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, is a longtime supporter of Medicare for All. If confirmed, he’ll have the power to approve waivers that would allow states ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 14, 2021
Commentary
Critical but Little-Known Facts About the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been many thousands of articles and commentaries published on almost every imaginable aspect of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic it has caused. They have appeared online, in journals, on preprint servers, in newspapers, and on blogs. As much as ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
January 13, 2021
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Talks Moderna/Pfizer Vaccine Impact by Age on the Lars Larson Show
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., joins the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show based in Portland, Oregon, to discuss little known facts about the rollout and use of the current COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. One of the main points Dr. Miller makes is the difference in how the two vaccines have performed in various ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
January 13, 2021
Commentary
Government incompetence deprives people of COVID-19 vaccines
By Monday afternoon, of 25.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed across the United States, just 9 million had actually been administered to patients. That’s well short of the government’s goal of inoculating 20 million people by the end of 2020. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. Government-controlled markets are notoriously inefficient and subject ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 12, 2021
Blog
Support, Not Stimulus or Political Favoritism
Governor Newsom has announced his stimulus plans for the state economy, the “Equitable Recovery for California’s Business and Jobs” plan. While increased support to those who are harmed is necessary, neither California nor the U.S. require an economic stimulus, as traditionally defined. To see why, consider the state and national ...
Wayne Winegarden
January 11, 2021
Coronavirus
PRI’s Lance Izumi Talks About the Need to Reopen Schools on Newsy
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the debate over school reopenings and the resignation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Newsy, the national cable news network. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Newsy-7_00-PM-8_00-PM-Lance-Izumi-interview-NT-1.8.2021.mp4
Lance Izumi
January 8, 2021
Coronavirus
The John Batchelor Show Interviews Dr. Henry Miller on the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the hesitancy of long-term care givers and staffers in nursing homes to get the COVID-19 vaccinations. Miller talks about the role of the anti-vaccine lobby and conspiracy theories that have painted doubt about the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
January 7, 2021
Let The Failures Of Government Vaccine Distribution Be A Warning
Last week, former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb suggested that we “hit the reset” button on Covid-19 vaccine distribution. That reset should include taking the government out of the equation. The government has largely failed to get life-saving vaccines into the arms of Americans. And the consequences are deadly. The government’s botched ...
It’s the Payment System
Effectively addressing the drug affordability problem requires an understanding of its causes. Toward this end, the rhetoric of Matt Eyles, the president and chief executive of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), is unhelpful. According to Eyles, “Americans are being hurt by out-of-control drug prices, which are set and fully controlled ...
New Senate Majority Means Blue State Bailout on Horizon
While Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, and Democrats across America were cheering their party’s victories in the Georgia senate runoffs, no one was probably cheering louder than Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow blue state governors (plus scores of Democratic mayors). Once the two new senators are sworn in and Californian ...
Biden officials threaten to jumpstart single-payer health care systems
Move over, Bidencare. Single-payer health care could be coming to the United States. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, is a longtime supporter of Medicare for All. If confirmed, he’ll have the power to approve waivers that would allow states ...
Critical but Little-Known Facts About the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been many thousands of articles and commentaries published on almost every imaginable aspect of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic it has caused. They have appeared online, in journals, on preprint servers, in newspapers, and on blogs. As much as ...
Dr. Henry Miller Talks Moderna/Pfizer Vaccine Impact by Age on the Lars Larson Show
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., joins the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show based in Portland, Oregon, to discuss little known facts about the rollout and use of the current COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. One of the main points Dr. Miller makes is the difference in how the two vaccines have performed in various ...
Government incompetence deprives people of COVID-19 vaccines
By Monday afternoon, of 25.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed across the United States, just 9 million had actually been administered to patients. That’s well short of the government’s goal of inoculating 20 million people by the end of 2020. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. Government-controlled markets are notoriously inefficient and subject ...
Support, Not Stimulus or Political Favoritism
Governor Newsom has announced his stimulus plans for the state economy, the “Equitable Recovery for California’s Business and Jobs” plan. While increased support to those who are harmed is necessary, neither California nor the U.S. require an economic stimulus, as traditionally defined. To see why, consider the state and national ...
PRI’s Lance Izumi Talks About the Need to Reopen Schools on Newsy
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the debate over school reopenings and the resignation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Newsy, the national cable news network. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Newsy-7_00-PM-8_00-PM-Lance-Izumi-interview-NT-1.8.2021.mp4
The John Batchelor Show Interviews Dr. Henry Miller on the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the hesitancy of long-term care givers and staffers in nursing homes to get the COVID-19 vaccinations. Miller talks about the role of the anti-vaccine lobby and conspiracy theories that have painted doubt about the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna ...