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The Dope on Drugs: They Don't Come Free
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.29.2004
To hear the presidential candidates tell it, you would think expensive medicine was the biggest problem facing America today. At nearly every campaign rally, President Bush touts his new Medicare bill with its drug-discount program for seniors. John Kerry, meanwhile, says he is "choosing seniors over pharmaceutical profits."
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Where This Angell Should Have Feared to Tread
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes, Benjamin Zycher
9.28.2004
No one would pay much attention to the views of an economist with respect, say, to the causes of heart disease. Why then are prominent physicians accorded prime-time attention when they pontificate on the economics of pharmaceutical development?
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What time is it at the FDA?
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Peter Pitts
9.28.2004
Whichever party wins in November, one truth will prevail at FDA – regulators love ambiguity but can learn to embrace predictability. A second truth is that FDA decisions are and will continue to be based solely on sound science and its impact on the public health. So, whether red or blue is ascendant, FDA will rule on silicone breast implants and OTC “Plan B” based on the facts.
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New Book Offers Fresh Solutions to Fix
PRI Press Release
9.28.2004
On a recent Thursday, President Clinton was diagnosed with blocked arteries, and on the following Monday, he had successful quadruple bypass surgery. This is the kind of efficient and advanced health care that Americans would not enjoy if Canada’s single payer model were adopted, according to health-care expert Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, who today releases her latest book, Miracle Cure: How to Solve America’s Health-Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer. Pipes is a Canadian who has lived in the U.S. for more than a decade.
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A Physician In the Land of the Politicos
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes, Benjamin Zycher
9.28.2004
Let us now behold the rising sun of Marcia Angell’s new book attacking the pharmaceutical producers, as its rays cast darkness and confusion upon every issue relevant to the problems of drug innovation and prices. Analogous to a Kitty Kelly of pharmaceutical policy, Angell lives on a planet upon which no assertion is too silly, no argument is too preposterous, no policy nostrum is too destructive to have been excluded from her writings. To wit:
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Fork in the Road
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: John Rutledge
9.27.2004
With the Federal Reserve's latest rate increase, investors are wondering if the stock market rally that began in mid-August is a head fake and will stall. The answer is no. In fact, the stock market rally has little to do with the Fed. It's the tax rates.
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Outsourcing is Good for America
Technology Op-Ed
9.24.2004
This week, the General Accounting Office (GAO) released a study on the outsourcing of jobs overseas, prompting at least two Seattle-based unions to call for government action.
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Competition keeps phone rates low
Technology Op-Ed
9.22.2004
Your editorial ("Dial PUC for higher phone bills,'' Opinion, Sept. 20) has the perspective of someone who's been hiding in a cave for the last five years.
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Health Care, Canadian Style
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.20.2004
Reforming America’s health care system has become a defining domestic issue in the presidential race. Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry wants the federal government — that is, the taxpayer — to become the country’s catastrophic insurer. Other Democrats openly assail any private involvement in health care.
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Sensible drug policy
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.20.2004
The California Legislature, always eagle-eyed in pursuit of free lunches, has sent four bills to the governor's desk that would pave the way for the importation of "cheap" pharmaceuticals from Canada. Governor Schwarzenegger is already indicating that he intends to forge a different path for reform.
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RFID, Politics and the Technology Marketplace
Technology Op-Ed
9.17.2004
When politicians express interest in designing technology standards, the nation's tech community should be greatly concerned and react appropriately. One of those times is now and the issue is radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
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California Governor Signs Balanced Budget with No New Taxes
PRI in the News
9.1.2004
The state of California has a no-new-taxes budget in place for the coming fiscal year. Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reached agreement with legislative leaders on July 26, and on July 27 he signed into law the new $105 billion budget.
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Consumer 'Advocates' Set Sights on Wireless
Technology Op-Ed
9.1.2004
With AT&T retreating from the wireline resale market in favor of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), consumer advocacy groups are now setting their crosshairs on the proposed merger of Cingular and AT&T Wireless.
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California Governor Signs Balanced Budget with No New Taxes
PRI in the News
9.1.2004
The state of California has a no-new-taxes budget in place for the coming fiscal year. Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reached agreement with legislative leaders on July 26, and on July 27 he signed into law the new $105 billion budget.
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