Single-Payer
Health Care
Orange County Register Ed Board Quotes PRI’s Sally C. Pipes
Not that any of us needed additional reminders, but Californians in the past year have seen the stark limits of government power as state bureaucracies mishandle their most fundamental responsibilities. We’re all still reeling from the Newsom administration’s contradictory responses to COVID-19. Meanwhile, the state Employment Development Department struggles to ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 28, 2021
California
Xavier Becerra confirmation would be a dream come true for single-payer advocates
Tomorrow, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will appear before the Senate for his confirmation hearing as President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. If Becerra’s career in public office is any indication, he’ll do everything in his power to exert greater government control over our ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 22, 2021
Energy Costs
Impact Magazine – Spring 2021
DOWNLOAD THE PDF Letter from the President The dawn of the Biden-Harris Administration has ushered in a new, progressive era. All who believe in freedom, opportunity, and limited government are concerned about the administration’s plans for new government programs and its opposition topro-growth, market-driven solutions to our nation’s challenges. ...
Pacific Research Institute
February 8, 2021
Health Care
Sally Pipes in HealthCare Dive, “How might Xavier Becerra operate as HHS Secretary?”
The nominee has made headlines since leaving the House, in part by leading blue state efforts to defend the ACA, now under threat in a case before the Supreme Court. California consumer rights groups have high hopes for Xavier Becerra, President Joseph Biden’s nominee to lead HHS, while some lawyers ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 1, 2021
Commentary
Biden sets the stage for a radical health care agenda
President Joe Biden recently announced his picks to lead his administration’s approach to health care policy — and moderate they are not. Take his nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. He served in the House for 12 terms but has no on-the-ground experience in public ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 23, 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
California
A Single-Payer Healthcare System Would Have Made the Pandemic Worse
The intended-to-scare-readers headline said “California hospitals discuss rationing care as virus surges.” And it should frighten anyone who saw it. Though not necessarily for the reason the headline writer had in mind. The alarmist string of words topped a Dec. 21 Associated Press story, which warned that “overwhelmed hospitals” in ...
Kerry Jackson
January 4, 2021
Commentary
For HHS post Biden taps ObamaCare’s lead defender – don’t expect him to be a moderate
President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday that he plans to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. It’s a conventional, if unexpected, pick. The Washington rumor mill had New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as the front-runners to lead HHS until ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 8, 2020
Blog
PRI is Reclaiming the American Dream on Giving Tuesday 2020
“To restrain the growth and the power of government to deprive people of personal freedom. That is what PRI is all about. And it’s why this organization admirably fights so far above its weight.” That’s what former California Governor Pete Wilson said at the Pacific Research Institute’s Annual Thatcher Gala ...
Ben Smithwick
December 1, 2020
Blog
PRI 2020 Holiday Book List
As most of us won’t be able to travel during the holiday season this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, we’ll have a lot more time to read a good book this year. To give you some ideas for your next great read, we present our annual PRI Holiday Book List. ...
Pacific Research Institute
November 25, 2020
Orange County Register Ed Board Quotes PRI’s Sally C. Pipes
Not that any of us needed additional reminders, but Californians in the past year have seen the stark limits of government power as state bureaucracies mishandle their most fundamental responsibilities. We’re all still reeling from the Newsom administration’s contradictory responses to COVID-19. Meanwhile, the state Employment Development Department struggles to ...
Xavier Becerra confirmation would be a dream come true for single-payer advocates
Tomorrow, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will appear before the Senate for his confirmation hearing as President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. If Becerra’s career in public office is any indication, he’ll do everything in his power to exert greater government control over our ...
Impact Magazine – Spring 2021
DOWNLOAD THE PDF Letter from the President The dawn of the Biden-Harris Administration has ushered in a new, progressive era. All who believe in freedom, opportunity, and limited government are concerned about the administration’s plans for new government programs and its opposition topro-growth, market-driven solutions to our nation’s challenges. ...
Sally Pipes in HealthCare Dive, “How might Xavier Becerra operate as HHS Secretary?”
The nominee has made headlines since leaving the House, in part by leading blue state efforts to defend the ACA, now under threat in a case before the Supreme Court. California consumer rights groups have high hopes for Xavier Becerra, President Joseph Biden’s nominee to lead HHS, while some lawyers ...
Biden sets the stage for a radical health care agenda
President Joe Biden recently announced his picks to lead his administration’s approach to health care policy — and moderate they are not. Take his nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. He served in the House for 12 terms but has no on-the-ground experience in public ...
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 ...
A Single-Payer Healthcare System Would Have Made the Pandemic Worse
The intended-to-scare-readers headline said “California hospitals discuss rationing care as virus surges.” And it should frighten anyone who saw it. Though not necessarily for the reason the headline writer had in mind. The alarmist string of words topped a Dec. 21 Associated Press story, which warned that “overwhelmed hospitals” in ...
For HHS post Biden taps ObamaCare’s lead defender – don’t expect him to be a moderate
President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday that he plans to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. It’s a conventional, if unexpected, pick. The Washington rumor mill had New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as the front-runners to lead HHS until ...
PRI is Reclaiming the American Dream on Giving Tuesday 2020
“To restrain the growth and the power of government to deprive people of personal freedom. That is what PRI is all about. And it’s why this organization admirably fights so far above its weight.” That’s what former California Governor Pete Wilson said at the Pacific Research Institute’s Annual Thatcher Gala ...
PRI 2020 Holiday Book List
As most of us won’t be able to travel during the holiday season this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, we’ll have a lot more time to read a good book this year. To give you some ideas for your next great read, we present our annual PRI Holiday Book List. ...