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Single Payer Will Worsen California’s Healthcare System and Reduce Economic Growth
Single Payer Will Worsen California’s Healthcare System and Reduce Economic Growth Wayne Winegarden March 2024 With the introduction of AB 2200, advocates are, once again, proposing that California adopt a single payer healthcare system. Ostensibly, their proposed CalCare system would streamline payments, lower per-capita spending, guarantee “quality health care and long-term care,” and eliminate “out-of-pocket costs.”[1] Further, proponents say the taxes imposed by the state would equal the money that would have been spent on ...
Spending Watch
Too Much Government Spending and Volatile Tax Revenues Drive State’s Budget Problem
Too Much Government Spending and Volatile Tax Revenues Drive State’s Budget Problem Wayne Winegarden March 2024 This analysis is the first publication of Spending Watch, a new initiative from the Pacific Research Institute. Spending Watch is a resource that evaluates the revenue, spending, and economic impacts of major budget and policy proposals. The purpose of a budget is to establish an affordable spending level and then prioritize spending choices to ensure that total spending remains ...
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Reparations: A Financially Unrealistic Proposal That Will Bankrupt California
Reparations: A Financially Unrealistic Proposal That Will Bankrupt California Wayne Winegarden February 2024 With the introduction of its first set of reparations bills, the California legislature is officially considering the recommendations of the California Reparations Report from the state Reparations Task Force.1 Given these introductions, it is imperative to understand the financial implications. Some basic arithmetic demonstrates that the idea of reparations is fiscally unrealistic. According to the U.S. Census,2 there are 2.5 million “black ...
Watch Videos from PRI’s 2024 California Ideas in Action Conference
Watch Videos from PRI’s 2024 California Ideas in Action Conference The theme of the 2024 PRI California Ideas in Action Conference is the “5 Issues for 2024”. Recent surveys show the economy, homelessness and housing, crime, energy regulation, and debt are top issues for voters in advance of the 2024 elections. PRI scholars, elected officials, media voices, and real life change makers will show how market-based ideas offer actionable solutions to these key problems for ...
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March 25, 2024
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February 26, 2024
Roger Simon – American Refugee
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Blogs
Read latest on efforts to reform or repeal Prop. 47
Proposed Reforms Aim to Ensure Crime Doesn’t Pay on Retail Theft
Steve Smith
March 25, 2024
Can state lawmakers legislate happiness?
Time to Legislate our Happiness?
Emily Humpal
March 20, 2024
Read our latest State Budget Update
Senate Dem Plan to “Shrink the Shortfall” is Destined to Fail
Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya
March 18, 2024
What do the California primary results mean?
Wake Us When It’s Over – A Few Takeaways from the California Primary
Tim Anaya
March 11, 2024
Spending Watch
Single Payer Will Worsen California’s Healthcare System and Reduce Economic Growth
Wayne Winegarden
March 8, 2024
Commentary
Read the latest on Project Homekey
Latest figures show what we’ve known all along: Project Homekey is a waste of taxpayer dollars
Kerry Jackson
February 2, 2024
Why Californicating the United States isn’t going well
Kerry Jackson
January 12, 2024
Unleash Private Sector to Repair 10 Freeway
Newsom should channel spirit of Northridge quake rebuild when repairing 10 Freeway
Kerry Jackson
November 14, 2023