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Many uninsured will opt to remain so
Health Care Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
1.30.2007
It takes a special effort to propose a $12 billion solution to a so-called problem that costs $9.5 billion, then claim that you are reducing the cost of the problem. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears up to the task.
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States fail national problem
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.30.2007
Despite the increasing popularity of providing universal health care at the state level, most of the current plans are completely misguided ("Idea of medical care for all grows," Jan. 21). Modeled largely after the Massachusetts and California plans, these initiatives will do little to tackle the major problem plaguing the American system -- out-of-control costs.
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President Pushes Private School Vouchers for Poor Students
PRI in the News
By: Kim Trobee
1.29.2007
Under No Child Left Behind, low income students can transfer to another public school in their district that is performing better. The only problem? There aren’t enough successful schools to accommodate all the kids who want to move. Clint Bolick with the Alliance for School Choice says under the new plan, parents could also choose charter and private schools.
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API-Yai-Yai
By: Alfred Lee
1.25.2007
California’s education system is failing, and Lance Izumi believes he has the answers.
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School grant program wastes billions
1.23.2007
Just how much improvement of low-accomplishing public schools have Californians purchased with the $1.25 billion in their taxes spent on No Child Left Behind special programs?
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Arnold's folly
National Review - Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.22.2007
“Everyone in California must have health insurance," declared Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he rolled out a Massachusetts-style scheme to blanket the state in health insurance. The politician who came to power attacking an employer-health-insurance mandate, and vetoed a single-payer bill once in office, is now proposing a health-care plan that relies on the former and will almost certainly result in the latter.
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Arnold’s Folly
California’s disastrous new health-care plan is another step toward a single-payer system.
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.22.2007
“Everyone in California must have health insurance," declared Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he rolled out a Massachusetts-style scheme to blanket the state in health insurance.
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House Passes Part D Rx Negotiations Bill; Senate Goes Slow in Face of Opposition
PRI in the News
1.19.2007
As expected, the full House passed legislation last week that gives HHS the authority to negotiate prescription drug prices under the Medicare Part D benefit. The initiative, however, is expected to face a much tougher time in the Senate, where some Democrats already have expressed skepticism about the government's ability to drive prices lower than what can be achieved by private health plans and PBMs.
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Laton High scores up — why?
Report praising school for improvement sparks debate about who gets credit.
By: Christina Vance
1.19.2007
Laton High School's test scores are improving. Everyone can agree on that.
But three groups — a research organization, state educators and school officials — can't quite agree on what made the Fresno County school score better.
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Transparently bad data of little use
Governor's call for more ease in evaluating schools doesn't go far enough
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
1.17.2007
In his State of the State address, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger touched on some key education principles. Foremost was his call for enhancing parental choice by improving the transparency of the public school system through online information about school performance, funding and demographics.
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No Crisis To Cure
PRI in the News
1.12.2007
Health Care: The House has passed a bill that requires Washington to negotiate drug prices for Medicare patients. We hope the Senate is wiser. If not, we have to trust the president's veto threat isn't an empty one.
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Second Life Tax Man?
By: Sonia Arrison
1.12.2007
Late last year, a congressional committee began examining the idea of taxing property inside digital worlds such as Second Life.
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Governor's Health Plan Will Result in Spiraling Taxes,
Media Advisory
1.11.2007
Health policy experts at PRI responded with dismay to many elements of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's health reform initiative, which levies a significant tax increase not only on small businesses, but also, bizarrely, on health providers such as physicians and hospitals.
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Governator Strong-Arms Health Care
By: Elisabeth Eaves
1.11.2007
Welcoming the new year with sweeping policy announcements on health care and the environment, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has pleased plenty of voters but alarmed others – among them businesses who see heavy costs ahead.
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Medicare Part D and Prescription Drug Prices Policy Fact Sheet
PRI in the News
1.9.2007
Price negotiation by competing private plans offering Medicare drug coverage is producing high satisfaction rates among seniors at a much lower cost than if the government had provided a traditional plan. Congress should not impose new government controls that could reduce seniors’ access to needed drugs.
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Momentum Grows On Health Care
By: Jill Gardiner
1.9.2007
The once-taboo subject of universal health care has picked up bipartisan momentum and is likely to play out as a key domestic issue in the 2008 presidential election.
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The Pacific Research Institute Offers Five Steps Towards Universal Choice in 2007
1.3.2007
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will present his health care proposals to improve Californians’ access to high quality health services in his State of the State address on January 9. The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in California, recommends reform methods based on market incentives rather than increased government-control.
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HSAs Help Uninsured
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.3.2007
Your report rightly noted that consumer-driven health plans encourage smart shopping, as opposed to the all-you-can-use mentality of traditional health insurance
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Get well at Wal-Mart
PRI in the News
1.2.2007
Coming soon to your favorite neighborhood retail store: fast access to routine medical services at new health care clinics.
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Health accounts milestone
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.1.2007
It's not just Father Time who is turning a year older today. The New Year marks the second birthday of Health Savings Accounts, the largest innovation in health care policy since Congress created Medicare in 1965.
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