Commentary
Business & Economics
The Rust Belt Is Right To Blame Obama
Donald Trump hasn’t wasted time moving to revive America’s economic growth, with an emphasis on manufacturing. Critics may say the recent Carrier deal, which will save 800 American jobs, is small potatoes, but Mr. Trump’s pledge to reduce regulation is decidedly not. A new analysis confirms that the average industry’s ...
Clark S. Judge
December 18, 2016
Commentary
To Fix Health Care, Stop Defending Obamacare
If there was any doubt that the Affordable Care Act has utterly failed, a new study by the Commonwealth Fund should put it to rest. According to the report, Americans are more likely to forgo necessary care because of financial concerns and to struggle with their health bills than their ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 14, 2016
Blended Learning
Can Technology Help Students and Save Education in California?
Click here to watch a video of PRI’s recent panel discussion on ed tech and blended learning in the classroom. Much of the debate in education over the last few years has centered around issues of standards, curricula and testing. While very important, these issues should not obscure the possibilities ...
Lance Izumi
December 13, 2016
Commentary
Clean Power Plan Would Trap More People In Poverty
More and more West Virginians are living in energy poverty today. If you spend more than 10 percent of your income on electricity, natural gas, and other household energy costs, then you are afflicted by energy poverty. It is a tragedy that forces some families to choose between keeping the ...
Wayne Winegarden
December 12, 2016
Commentary
Forging A Post-Obamacare Health Policy Debate
The end of Obamacare is near. But while Republican lawmakers plan on repealing the law early in 2017, they may take as long as three years to finalize Obamacare’s replacement. In other words, the debate over the future of America’s health system is just beginning. Democrats are certain to use ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 12, 2016
Commentary
ObamaCare’s Risk Corridor Corruption Never Ends
The Obama Administration just caught a lucky break in its legal war with the insurance industry. A federal court has ruled that the administration doesn’t owe money to Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, a shuttered Illinois health insurer that was promised more than $70 million under the ObamaCare’s ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 12, 2016
Commentary
Why Millions Of Americans Are Paying Extra To Avoid Obamacare
It’s open-enrollment season, and millions of Americans are signing up for health insurance on the individual market. ObamaCare’s creators expected most, if not all, to head into the law’s exchanges. Yet as many as 9 million people decided to go off-exchange for coverage this year, even though such plans tend ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 9, 2016
Commentary
Steve Malzberg Interview With Sally Pipes
PRI’s Sally Pipes talks about the appointment of Congressman Tom Price as Health and Human Services Secretary and the efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare with Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV.
Newsmax TV
December 9, 2016
Commentary
The Obamacare Enrollee Solution
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes talks with Mary Kissel on Opinion Journal about how Congress can repeal Obamacare without stranding insured patients. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/120816opinionmedicaid_v2_ec664k.mp4
Opinion Journal
December 9, 2016
Blended Learning
The Future Is Now – Ed Tech And Blended Learning
Watch PRI’s recent panel discussion on ed tech and blended learning in the classroom – “The Future is Now.” The panel is moderated by PRI’s Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of the Center for Education. Panelists include Paul Escala of Grimmway Academy, Senate Republican Leader ...
Pacific Research Institute
December 8, 2016
The Rust Belt Is Right To Blame Obama
Donald Trump hasn’t wasted time moving to revive America’s economic growth, with an emphasis on manufacturing. Critics may say the recent Carrier deal, which will save 800 American jobs, is small potatoes, but Mr. Trump’s pledge to reduce regulation is decidedly not. A new analysis confirms that the average industry’s ...
To Fix Health Care, Stop Defending Obamacare
If there was any doubt that the Affordable Care Act has utterly failed, a new study by the Commonwealth Fund should put it to rest. According to the report, Americans are more likely to forgo necessary care because of financial concerns and to struggle with their health bills than their ...
Can Technology Help Students and Save Education in California?
Click here to watch a video of PRI’s recent panel discussion on ed tech and blended learning in the classroom. Much of the debate in education over the last few years has centered around issues of standards, curricula and testing. While very important, these issues should not obscure the possibilities ...
Clean Power Plan Would Trap More People In Poverty
More and more West Virginians are living in energy poverty today. If you spend more than 10 percent of your income on electricity, natural gas, and other household energy costs, then you are afflicted by energy poverty. It is a tragedy that forces some families to choose between keeping the ...
Forging A Post-Obamacare Health Policy Debate
The end of Obamacare is near. But while Republican lawmakers plan on repealing the law early in 2017, they may take as long as three years to finalize Obamacare’s replacement. In other words, the debate over the future of America’s health system is just beginning. Democrats are certain to use ...
ObamaCare’s Risk Corridor Corruption Never Ends
The Obama Administration just caught a lucky break in its legal war with the insurance industry. A federal court has ruled that the administration doesn’t owe money to Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, a shuttered Illinois health insurer that was promised more than $70 million under the ObamaCare’s ...
Why Millions Of Americans Are Paying Extra To Avoid Obamacare
It’s open-enrollment season, and millions of Americans are signing up for health insurance on the individual market. ObamaCare’s creators expected most, if not all, to head into the law’s exchanges. Yet as many as 9 million people decided to go off-exchange for coverage this year, even though such plans tend ...
Steve Malzberg Interview With Sally Pipes
PRI’s Sally Pipes talks about the appointment of Congressman Tom Price as Health and Human Services Secretary and the efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare with Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV.
The Obamacare Enrollee Solution
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes talks with Mary Kissel on Opinion Journal about how Congress can repeal Obamacare without stranding insured patients. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/120816opinionmedicaid_v2_ec664k.mp4
The Future Is Now – Ed Tech And Blended Learning
Watch PRI’s recent panel discussion on ed tech and blended learning in the classroom – “The Future is Now.” The panel is moderated by PRI’s Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of the Center for Education. Panelists include Paul Escala of Grimmway Academy, Senate Republican Leader ...