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Where Does White House Health Overhaul Policy Go Now?
Hugh Hewitt Blog (Townhall.com)
By: Clark Judge
8.31.2009
On Sunday the Rasmussen organization reported that 42 percent of likely voters had told them they strong disapprove of the president’s job performance. At this rate it is not out of the question that the new year could see this number break the 50 percent mark.
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Failing the International Test
Freedom Politics
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
8.31.2009
American students lag behind most of their international counterparts in math achievement, according to recent analysis from the U.S. Department of Education. In the face of this bad news, however, state and federal policymakers continue to push government-centered “solutions” destined to make matters worse.
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Schwarzenegger Sets Trap for Obama's "Race to the Top" Education Initiative
Huffington Post
By: Chris Prevatt
8.31.2009
In the 1985 action film, Commando, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays John Matrix, a commando who uses a little humor when taking revenge on the bad guys, "Remember when I said I'd kill you last... I lied!" Though this is a forgettable little line, President Obama should pay attention to it because he is about to be played by someone who really believes he is an action hero.
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An ounce of prevention is no cost-saving cure
Washington D.C. Examiner
By: Sally C. Pipes
8.30.2009
In the debate over health care reform, preventive medicine has become almost everyone's panacea. During recent campaign-style town hall meetings in New Hampshire, Colorado and Montana, President Barack Obama never missed an opportunity to claim that preventive care and wellness programs would save money and lives.
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Preventive medicine does help to keep costs down
The Washington D.C. Examiner
By: Christopher T. Fey, Staff Writer
8.30.2009
Sally C. Pipes offers a dangerously misleading diagnosis in her Aug. 30 column, "An ounce of prevention is no cost-saving cure." Citing a recent CBO analysis, Pipes wrongly concludes that preventive health care raises costs by increasing utilization.
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UC system shouldn't have to fund labor institute
San Jose Mercury News
By: Kevin Dayton
8.30.2009
Under duress from California labor unions and union-backed politicians, the University of California system is funding a labor institute at the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses that trains union organizers and produces biased studies to support the union political agenda. The story of why UC is funding this program at the expense of academic programs emerges in 140 pages of university documents obtained through a Public Records Act request.
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Tort Tally 2009
Foundation for Fair Civil Justice
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
8.29.2009
The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, today released Tort Law Tally, a new report identifying which state tort reforms reduce tort losses and tort insurance premiums the most.
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The California Prosperity Project – Assessing California’s economic performance
iePolitics.com
By: Senator George Runner
8.29.2009
From the start, California has enjoyed unique natural economic advantages over other states, from its regional location and deep sea ports to its temperate weather and year-round fertile agricultural land. Our world class university system, cutting edge research and development centers, and an ample, willing and able workforce would also seem to point to boundless success for the Golden State. With all of these advantages then, why has California lost its luster?
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What Has President Obama Done for Silicon Valley?
TechNewsWorld.org
8.28.2009
President Obama's appointments of Silicon Valley outsiders were only the first indications that his administration would be less than friendly to the high-tech industry, despite campaign promises. Since then, it has shown an inclination toward tight regulatory practices and away from transparency.
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Obama plan is stealth for a single payer system
San Jose Mercury News
By: Sally C. Pipes
8.27.2009
At a recent town hall meeting in New Hampshire, President Barack Obama promised that health care reform will not threaten private insurance coverage. "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan," he said. "This is not about putting the government in charge of your health insurance."
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Conservative Leaders on Costly Lawsuits and Health Care Reform
American Spectator
8.27.2009
Costly lawsuit abuses drive up medical expenses and add billions of dollars to the cost of healthcare, but provide only marginal assistance to injured patients. Yet Congress refuses to address this problem or to make it part of meaningful healthcare reform. Concerned citizens need to raise the issue with Members of Congress and insist it be addressed in any health care reform legislation.
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What we need
The Victorville Daily Press (CA)
By: Steve Williams
8.27.2009
In an interview with the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Pacific Research Institute last week, Tom McClintock — one-time candidate for governor in California, one-time member of the state’s Assembly and Senate, and now a member of the House of Representatives — offered an opinion about why this state is a mess. “California remains one of the best places in the world to build a successful small business,” he said, “All you have to do is start with a successful large business.”
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The Medicare tsunami
The Washington Times
By: Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D
8.26.2009
In a recent news conference, President Obama said: "The biggest driving force behind our federal deficit is the skyrocketing cost of Medicare and Medicaid. So let me be clear: If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficits." He is absolutely right.
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Prescription: Debt
New York Post
By: Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D
8.26.2009
DEMOCRATIC members of Congress are now trying to decide whether they're better off abandoning ObamaCare and inviting the administration's wrath -- or supporting it and inviting their constitu ents' wrath.
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Another Attack On Big Drugmakers
Investors Business Daily
8.26.2009
Powerful California Rep. Henry Waxman wants to save Medicare billions by going after drug industry "windfalls." As usual, his "savings" will very quickly turn into higher costs for you-know-who.
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Instead of Universal Coverage, Reforms that Will Work
NewMajority.com
By: E. D. Kain
8.26.2009
Tens of millions of Americans lack health insurance. Extending coverage to them has been a core goal of health reform proposals since the 1960s. President Richard Nixon offered a universal health plan in his first administration, but since then Republicans have hesitated to commit the nation to so costly an undertaking.
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The Reagan Revolution and Its Discontents
National Review
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
8.26.2009
Some years ago I had occasion to hear Sir Martin Gilbert, then in the midst of producing the official biography of Winston Churchill, discuss how he became interested in writing history. His answer was simple — curiosity. As a small boy, he wondered why bombs were falling from the sky on London, why he was being packed aboard a ship and sent off to relatives in Canada, why his uncle in the army came back from captivity in Asia some years later weighing less than 100 pounds.
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O's Rx: Break It
New York Post Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
8.25.2009
PRESIDENT Obama and his allies in Congress seem to have decided that the best way to fix the private health-insurance market is to break it completely.
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Steven Hayward: The Age of Reagan 2
Powerline
By: Scott Johnson
8.25.2009
My friend Steven Hayward's The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order was published eight years ago. Upon its publication, Charles Kesler saw something epochal about the book itself. Kesler declared: "The end is near. Not the end of history, but the end of liberal history, the kind of history written by liberals, for liberals, and usually about liberals[.]"
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California is getting left in the dust
Los Angeles Daily News
By: Jason Clemens
8.25.2009
EVEN during an economic meltdown of the proportions being suffered now, base politicking doesn't stop in California. When asked why Golden State finances have been doing so badly, officials are quick to point to the national recession, claiming it has slowed down local industry and decreased the amount of revenue brought in by taxes.
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California as a Warning for America
Fred's Corner Blog
By: Fred Cox
8.23.2009
Your current President is following the exact same path that has been followed by the State of California! If you don't know, California is the 7th largest economy on the planet...and notice where they have landed...virtual bankruptcy. It is a long and educational read...but give it a try.
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D.C. Parents for School Choice Demands Answers from Obama Administration
Independent Women's Forum
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
8.21.2009
School will start in the nation's capital in just two weeks, but 216 D.C. schoolchildren still don't know where they'll be going because Education Secretary Arne Duncan rescinded their Opportunity Scholarships. And, in spite of promises to do whatever works in education, the Obama Administration has tolerated Congressional efforts spearheaded by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to kill this successful school choice program.
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Sickening behavior in the health care debate
The Register-Pajaronian (Watsonville, CA)
By: Steve Bankhead
8.20.2009
Congress and the Obama administration seem to be backing off a half-step on the issue of national health care, which will hopefully cool the debate that has sunk on both sides to calling the opposition Nazis. Foes of the plan even carried signs showing Obama with a Hitler mustache, which is the most disrespectful treatment of a president since ... well, since the last president.
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Huyen de California por crisis
La Opinion (Los Angeles, CA)
By: Yolanda Arenales
8.20.2009
En los últimos cinco años el estado ha perdido un millón de personas, según estudio de expertos.
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Rose D. Friedman (1911 – 2009)
8.19.2009
She was lucid and lively as ever at our Friedman Legacy event on July 31, but now Rose Friedman, a champion of liberty, has passed away at the grand age of 97. She was dearly beloved at PRI along with her husband Milton, who passed away in November of 2006, and with whom she co-authored influential books.
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California ranks low in labor
Contra Costa Times (CA)
By: Danny Bernardini
8.19.2009
It's commonplace for civic leaders to badmouth the way the state treats small businesses, but now they have something to backup the claims: A research group recently ranked California 48th in the nation in labor performance.
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Hands Off My Granny!
Fox News -Fox Forum
By: Liz Peek
8.19.2009
Just as some health care fixes may seem self-indulgent (or ridiculous) to those fighting tooth and nail to get a life-saving mastectomy, giving Granny every last shot at prolonging life may seem unnecessary -- but it may be simply how we Americans want to spend our money.
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N.Y. Congressman Pushes 'Medicare-for-all' on 'Morning Joe'
Business & Media Institute
By: Julia A. Seymour
8.19.2009
While the uproar over a government-run public option continues in Washington, D.C. and around the country, one Democratic congressman is pushing for an even more drastic “takeover” of health care. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” with Joe Scarborough on Aug. 18 that he wants to see a Medicare-for-all plan instituted instead of private insurance.
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California Ranks 48th Worst State in Labor Performance
PRI Press Release
8.18.2009
San Francisco, August 18, 2009 – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, found that California’s labor performance over the last five years is among the worst performing in the nation, ranking 48th and besting only Michigan and Mississippi. The ranking was published in PRI’s new study “Assessing the State of the Golden State” by Jason Clemens, PRI director of research, and Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D., senior policy fellow.
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Where Should Treatment Decisions Get Made?
The American Thinker
By: Richard Baehr
8.18.2009
Those who think that some right wing group is responsible for ginning up the concerns of older Americans about decisions about their future health care, and in particular end of life decisions under the proposed health care reform bill, have not been reading or listening to the continuous signals that have come out of the Administration.
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ObamaCare and Hidden Agendas
The American Thinker
By: Randall Hoven
8.18.2009
President Obama gives us a false choice on health care: his way or the status quo. Nobody wants the status quo, and Republicans have real alternatives. The real choice is whether we have a single-payer, government run health care system.
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Barack Obama and MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer Traffic in “Fishy” Rumors
John Goodman's Health Care Policy Blog
By: John R. Graham
8.17.2009
Many folks are now aware that we have a civic duty to report "fishy" rumors and unfounded gossip about health reform. This is an important duty. Through the miracle of the Internet, all kinds of nonsense can get through. If you make the mistake of actually reading the text of HR 3200 online, you might be disturbed by what you find there. But why waste your valuable time reading a bill that none of the politicians who vote for it will.
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Manufactured Healthcare Crisis
The American Thinker
By: James Simpson
8.16.2009
These are perilous times. Last November's election of Barack Obama and a filibuster-proof majority of Democrats in both houses allowed a virulent cabal to capture our nation's seat of power. As with the Democrat takeover of Congress in 2006, it was a disaster of epic proportions.
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Back to School: Higher miseducation
The Pacific Sun (San Rafael, CA)
By: Samantha Campos
8.14.2009
It's an idea that's evolved over time but the core principle of the American Dream remains the same: to live well and prosper. And so we do our best to go to a good school, get a good job, buy a house in a good neighborhood and send our kids to a good school. But what happens when that "good" school isn't what it seems—when the school we're required to send our kids to isn't fulfilling its end of the bargain?
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'Housed' Teacher System Needs to be Overhauled
Daily News - Los Angeles
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
8.13.2009
THE Los Angeles Unified School District has been given permission to fire Matthew Kim, a disabled special education teacher who has not worked for seven years while drawing his full salary and benefits. Kim's case shows the need for district reform, but it's hardly alone in that regard.
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San Francisco County Assessor’s Tax Proposal Draws Fire
Budget & Tax News (Heartland Institute)
By: Thomas Cheplick
8.13.2009
San Francisco County Assessor Phil Ting (D) has launched a statewide effort to revise a provision of California’s Proposition 13, a state law voters approved more than 30 years ago to limit property taxes in the Golden State.
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The Golden State's Golden Tax Opportunity
City Journal
8.12.2009
Next month, California legislators may have the opportunity for a long-term solution to the Golden State’s notorious boom-bust cycle, currently in its “bust” stage. A state commission launched by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may recommend a flat tax on income, which would stabilize revenue and help launch a recovery. If so, it won’t come a moment too soon, since many believe that the state’s recently enacted $84.6 billion budget virtually guarantees another crisis as a sequel.
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The Case Against A Tobacco Tax Increase
Investor's Business Daily
By: Jason Clemens, Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D
8.11.2009
California lawmakers have proposed an increase in cigarette taxes by $1.50 a pack, estimated to raise $1.2 billion in annual revenues. Given the state's massive fiscal deficit, such an increase may appear to be a sensible part of a longer-term budget solution.
Appearances can be deceiving. An increase in the tobacco tax should be resisted for two reasons, the first political and the second economic.
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Something Fishy
The American Thinker
By: Matt Patterson
8.10.2009
The Obama administration has made a terrible mistake. On Tuesday, August 4, the White House posted a blog entry enjoining Americans to spy on one another, and to report any "disinformation" which might undermine the administration's health-care reform.
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Health Care Reform: A Better Plan
The Washington Post
By: Charles Krauthammer
8.7.2009
WASHINGTON -- In 1986, Ronald Reagan and Bill Bradley created a legislative miracle. They fashioned a tax reform that stripped loopholes, political favors, payoffs, patronage and other corruptions out of the tax system. With the resulting savings, they lowered tax rates across the board. Those reductions, combined with the elimination of the enormous inefficiencies and perverse incentives that go into tax sheltering, helped propel a 20-year economic boom.
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How California Can Avoid a Sequel of the Budget Crisis
Human Events
8.6.2009
At long last Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed the budget, but Californians may want to hold off on any celebration. The blockbuster $84.6 billion deal is packed with accounting tricks that virtually guarantee a sequel of the crisis. A long-term solution could be at hand, but only if legislators come to terms with the cause of California’s fiscal instability.
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Obama's Health Plan Will Succeed
Front Page Magazine
By: Mark Schiller, M.D.
8.6.2009
Many critics are busy complaining that President Obama's healthcare reform plans are doomed to failure. It would be nice if they would just quit their whining and get back to caring for their polo ponies or something, because it's clear that the plan will be successful. Think about it -- as severely ill people die more quickly, costs will inevitably be cut.
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Government medicine stumbles in Canada, U.K.
Scripps Howard News Service
By: Deroy Murdock
8.6.2009
Imagine that your two best friends are British and Canadian tobacco addicts. The Brit battles lung cancer. The Canadian endures emphysema and wheezes as he walks around with clanging oxygen canisters. You probably would not think: "Maybe I should pick up smoking."
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How Will The Obama Healthcare Plan Be Paid For?
KPIX-5 News - CBS Affiliate
By: Hank Plante
8.4.2009
John R. Graham, Director of Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, is interviewed by Hank Plante of KPIX-5 News regarding the costs of the Obama administration's proposed health care plan.
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What Do School Tests Measure?
New York Times - Room for Debate
8.4.2009
In the wake of widespread state testing following the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act, critics have claimed that teachers are simply teaching to the tests. Yet this argument is overly simplistic and ignores the benefits that come from good tests, according to PRI Koret Senior Fellow Lance Izumi in an online op-ed for The New York Times.
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ABC 20/20 Takes on Health Care Reform
ABC News - 20/20 with John Stossel
8.3.2009
ABC News' John Stossel looks at government-run healthcare in Canada. He interviews PRI's Sally C. Pipes regarding the proposed legislation currently in Congress.
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Obama Can't Afford To Tell Truth on Health Care
DavidLimbaugh.com
By: David Limbaugh
8.3.2009
President Barack Obama is spreading disinformation about health care almost as quickly as he's driving up the national debt, such as that 47 million Americans can't get health care and that a government takeover would be a panacea.
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A Closer Look at the Stanford University Study
Charter School News
By: Evelyn B. Stacey
8.1.2009
Stanford University has released a nationwide charter school analysis comparing charter and traditional public school student performance. The study matches charter students to public school “twins” by all measures possible. Comparisons of 15 states and the District of Columbia over a course of three years found a 17 percent average of charter school students doing academically better than those in traditional public schools. Overall, positive findings were seen in all students’ reading abilities after attending the charter more than one year. Also considered were the correlations between achievement and charter policies.
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Online Health Records Gain Support in Marketplace, Washington
Info Tech & Telecom News (The Heartland Institute)
By: Aricka Flowers
8.1.2009
The Mayo Clinic is joining forces with Microsoft’s HealthVault technology to offer the Mayo Clinic Health Center to the public as a market-based online tool allowing people to keep track of their health records, family history, and chronic conditions.
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Bill Could Mean Jail for Cyberbullies
Info Tech & Telecom News (The Heartland Institute)
By: Loren Heal
8.1.2009
A bill in Congress aimed at preventing cyberbullying could ensnare millions of people who comment on the Internet and has raised concerns about violating free speech rights.
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Opponents of Obama Health Plan Hit Street
Health Care News (The Heartland Institute)
By: Aricka Flowers
8.1.2009
Opponents of runaway government spending have staged Boston Tea Party-inspired protests across the country since April to show their displeasure with what they see as an out-of-touch presidential administration.
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Kennedy Unveils Government-Run Health Care Bill
Health Care News (Heartland Institute)
By: Joe Emanuel
8.1.2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions have unveiled the first of what is expected to be a series of health care reform bills released this year.
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U.S. Gives FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco
Health Care News (The Heartland Institute)
By: Katie Emanuel
8.1.2009
Congress has approved a measure to regulate tobacco under the authority of the Food and Drug Administration for the first time in American history.
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