Commentary
Agriculture
Environmentalists Try to Squash a Bug Killer
Green groups blame a widely-used insecticide for bee ‘die-offs,’ but the evidence is weak. In January, the European Commission advised the EU not to use neonicotinoids, a relatively new class of agricultural insecticides. Now the member countries are considering whether to ban the chemical. The Commission’s warning came after heavy ...
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Why Are The Democrats Attacking The Only Successful Part Of Medicare
The much-discussed sequester has taken effect. But federal lawmakers are still trying to find ways to undo the $85 billion in spending cuts it has put in motion. In his state -of-the-union address, President Obama trained his eyes on one of his favorite bogeymen the pharmaceutical industry. The president ...
Commentary
Mandating Inefficiency in the Health Care Industry
Despite 50 years of failure, faith that the federal government can cure what ails the health care industry endures. That enduring faith drives a seemingly never-ending call for plans, both grandiose and modest, that attempt to address the failings of this sector. Grand redesigns of the health care system began ...
Commentary
Obamacare may put end to doctor-patient relationship
Are the days of the traditional family doctor coming to an end? In the almost three years since Obamacare became the law of the land, more and more physicians have expressed concern about the future of their profession. Consequently, they’ve been leaving private practice and opting instead for the likes ...
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ObamaCare’s False Starts A Blessing
It’s not often that you’d call government ineptitude a blessing. But that could be the case with ObamaCare. The feds missed their own deadline late last year for issuing all the rules for states on how their insurance exchanges are to operate. They haven’t yet finished the “data hub” states ...
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Obamacare’s not-so-universal coverage
Nearly 10 percent of U.S. will remain uninsured under Obamacare. Federal regulators just issued rules governing the individual coverage mandate within President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which, starting in 2014, will require all Americans to secure health insurance or pay a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their income, ...
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Obamacare’s Health Exchanges Are Customer Free Zones
Last month, the CEO of the nations largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacares insurance exchanges online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. We will only participate in ...
Agriculture
New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry
San Francisco The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today that reviews the state of Californias agriculture production, examines the barriers that are impeding Californias agricultural economy, and provides recommendations for policy reforms that will spur additional growth. Growing Californias ...
Commentary
Delay, Repeal, Replace
Watching Congress take the final steps to pass Obamacare in March 2010 was a bitterly disappointing moment for the laws opponents. They didnt have to be told that what was being rammed through the House and Senate was the largest power grab by the federal government in at least a ...
Commentary
The Lifesaving Promise Of The Pharmaceutical Drug Pipeline
There was a time not long ago when patients suffering from rare diseases had little hope of finding a medicine that could cure their ills. But in the 30 years since Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act, research into orphan drugs defined as those treating diseases that affect fewer ...
Environmentalists Try to Squash a Bug Killer
Green groups blame a widely-used insecticide for bee ‘die-offs,’ but the evidence is weak. In January, the European Commission advised the EU not to use neonicotinoids, a relatively new class of agricultural insecticides. Now the member countries are considering whether to ban the chemical. The Commission’s warning came after heavy ...
Why Are The Democrats Attacking The Only Successful Part Of Medicare
The much-discussed sequester has taken effect. But federal lawmakers are still trying to find ways to undo the $85 billion in spending cuts it has put in motion. In his state -of-the-union address, President Obama trained his eyes on one of his favorite bogeymen the pharmaceutical industry. The president ...
Mandating Inefficiency in the Health Care Industry
Despite 50 years of failure, faith that the federal government can cure what ails the health care industry endures. That enduring faith drives a seemingly never-ending call for plans, both grandiose and modest, that attempt to address the failings of this sector. Grand redesigns of the health care system began ...
Obamacare may put end to doctor-patient relationship
Are the days of the traditional family doctor coming to an end? In the almost three years since Obamacare became the law of the land, more and more physicians have expressed concern about the future of their profession. Consequently, they’ve been leaving private practice and opting instead for the likes ...
ObamaCare’s False Starts A Blessing
It’s not often that you’d call government ineptitude a blessing. But that could be the case with ObamaCare. The feds missed their own deadline late last year for issuing all the rules for states on how their insurance exchanges are to operate. They haven’t yet finished the “data hub” states ...
Obamacare’s not-so-universal coverage
Nearly 10 percent of U.S. will remain uninsured under Obamacare. Federal regulators just issued rules governing the individual coverage mandate within President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which, starting in 2014, will require all Americans to secure health insurance or pay a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their income, ...
Obamacare’s Health Exchanges Are Customer Free Zones
Last month, the CEO of the nations largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacares insurance exchanges online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. We will only participate in ...
New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry
San Francisco The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today that reviews the state of Californias agriculture production, examines the barriers that are impeding Californias agricultural economy, and provides recommendations for policy reforms that will spur additional growth. Growing Californias ...
Delay, Repeal, Replace
Watching Congress take the final steps to pass Obamacare in March 2010 was a bitterly disappointing moment for the laws opponents. They didnt have to be told that what was being rammed through the House and Senate was the largest power grab by the federal government in at least a ...
The Lifesaving Promise Of The Pharmaceutical Drug Pipeline
There was a time not long ago when patients suffering from rare diseases had little hope of finding a medicine that could cure their ills. But in the 30 years since Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act, research into orphan drugs defined as those treating diseases that affect fewer ...
