Health Care
Commentary
Pharmaceutical Companies Ruin Prospects for COVID-19 Vaccine “October Surprise”. That’s a Good Thing.
There is widespread anticipation of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infections so that Americans can get their lives back to some semblance of normal. About four dozen, made with a variety of technology platforms, are now in clinical trials, nine in large-scale safety/efficacy testing. Vaccines have also assumed unprecedented political importance. The ...
Commentary
Coronavirus lockdown benefits remain dubious as costs continue to mount
Roughly four in ten Americans report that they experienced reduced access to medical care because of COVID-19, according to a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report is just the latest evidence that, from the standpoint of public health, the lockdowns that public officials have ...
Blog
California’s Worst Bills of the Legislative Session
The final gavel fell last week on the 2020 legislative session. Cut short by seven weeks due to the coronavirus, lawmakers were forced to take a backseat to Gov. Newsom, who made use of his wide-ranging emergency powers to lock down businesses to stop the spread of the virus and ...
Health Care
Wayne Winegarden – Surprise Medical Billing
If you’ve ever had a medical procedure and received a large bill from your hospital because, unknown to you, one of your doctors was not in your insurance network – that’s the subject of this podcast. PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden discusses his recently released study on “Surprise Medical Billing.” ...
Blog
Dem “Stimulus Plan” Victim of Last Night of Session Hijinks
Much has been written about perhaps the wildest last night of the legislative session ever. For those who weren’t paying attention, all but one Republican senator was quarantined when Sen. Brian Jones tested positive for COVID-19 a few days prior, forced to vote remotely. This prolonged the Senate’s work on ...
Health Care
PRI Medical Billing Study Featured in Northern California Record
Title: AB 72 brief analyzes impact of medical billing reform law that’s had bad consequences for patients and practitioners By Sarah Downey, Northern California Record A new policy brief about the impact of California AB 72 finds that the law – designed to alleviate surprise medical billing – while well-intentioned ...
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Explains the COVID-19 Vaccine Target Date
Dr. Henry Miller joins the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show to discuss the pending target deadline for a COVID-19 vaccine set by the federal government. Miller says that Americans should be concerned about the safety of a vaccine developed at such a rapid pace. Miller explains that the phase three tests ...
Commentary
The Remdesivir Patent Isn’t State Property
Nearly three dozen attorneys general are attempting a legal act of theft. This month, attorneys general from 31 states, American Samoa, Guam and the District of Columbia sent a letter to the heads of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and the Food ...
Commentary
Hey, GOP: Run on transparency in healthcare
Republicans have concluded their national convention without offering a detailed policy plan for the next four years. Instead, they have stuck with their 2016 platform and offered seven bullet points outlining their priorities when it comes to healthcare. Among those seven are promises to reduce health insurance premiums and end surprise medical bills. They ...
Blog
A Powerful Letter That Should Leave Taxpayers Concerned
Fiscal matters related to COVID-19 has dominated the budget discussions at the State Capitol this spring and summer. In recent weeks, there have been increasingly difficult political discussions over the Newsom administration’s COVID-19 budget spending. A powerful letter sent to Gov. Newsom and lawmakers last week should leave all taxpayers ...
Pharmaceutical Companies Ruin Prospects for COVID-19 Vaccine “October Surprise”. That’s a Good Thing.
There is widespread anticipation of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infections so that Americans can get their lives back to some semblance of normal. About four dozen, made with a variety of technology platforms, are now in clinical trials, nine in large-scale safety/efficacy testing. Vaccines have also assumed unprecedented political importance. The ...
Coronavirus lockdown benefits remain dubious as costs continue to mount
Roughly four in ten Americans report that they experienced reduced access to medical care because of COVID-19, according to a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report is just the latest evidence that, from the standpoint of public health, the lockdowns that public officials have ...
California’s Worst Bills of the Legislative Session
The final gavel fell last week on the 2020 legislative session. Cut short by seven weeks due to the coronavirus, lawmakers were forced to take a backseat to Gov. Newsom, who made use of his wide-ranging emergency powers to lock down businesses to stop the spread of the virus and ...
Wayne Winegarden – Surprise Medical Billing
If you’ve ever had a medical procedure and received a large bill from your hospital because, unknown to you, one of your doctors was not in your insurance network – that’s the subject of this podcast. PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden discusses his recently released study on “Surprise Medical Billing.” ...
Dem “Stimulus Plan” Victim of Last Night of Session Hijinks
Much has been written about perhaps the wildest last night of the legislative session ever. For those who weren’t paying attention, all but one Republican senator was quarantined when Sen. Brian Jones tested positive for COVID-19 a few days prior, forced to vote remotely. This prolonged the Senate’s work on ...
PRI Medical Billing Study Featured in Northern California Record
Title: AB 72 brief analyzes impact of medical billing reform law that’s had bad consequences for patients and practitioners By Sarah Downey, Northern California Record A new policy brief about the impact of California AB 72 finds that the law – designed to alleviate surprise medical billing – while well-intentioned ...
Dr. Henry Miller Explains the COVID-19 Vaccine Target Date
Dr. Henry Miller joins the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show to discuss the pending target deadline for a COVID-19 vaccine set by the federal government. Miller says that Americans should be concerned about the safety of a vaccine developed at such a rapid pace. Miller explains that the phase three tests ...
The Remdesivir Patent Isn’t State Property
Nearly three dozen attorneys general are attempting a legal act of theft. This month, attorneys general from 31 states, American Samoa, Guam and the District of Columbia sent a letter to the heads of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and the Food ...
Hey, GOP: Run on transparency in healthcare
Republicans have concluded their national convention without offering a detailed policy plan for the next four years. Instead, they have stuck with their 2016 platform and offered seven bullet points outlining their priorities when it comes to healthcare. Among those seven are promises to reduce health insurance premiums and end surprise medical bills. They ...
A Powerful Letter That Should Leave Taxpayers Concerned
Fiscal matters related to COVID-19 has dominated the budget discussions at the State Capitol this spring and summer. In recent weeks, there have been increasingly difficult political discussions over the Newsom administration’s COVID-19 budget spending. A powerful letter sent to Gov. Newsom and lawmakers last week should leave all taxpayers ...
