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Honest Talk About California’s Uninsured
Capital Ideas
By: John R. Graham
4.28.2010
Last month, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released its California Health Insurance Survey, and the media promptly sounded the alarm. According to the March 16 Los Angeles Times, “nearly 1 in 4 Californians under age 65 had no health insurance last year.”
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California Disconnect
PRI Study
4.27.2010
California Disconnect assesses the state’s recent IT reorganization plan and its progress to date in reducing financial waste and promoting economic growth.
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How EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Threatens the Environment
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
4.20.2010
Earlier this year, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final version of the advanced renewable fuel standard, known as RFS2. The new standard sets greenhouse gas emission performance standards for the nation’s transportation fuels. Requirements for annual volumetric use of renewable fuels more than double in a decade, from 13 billion gallons in 2010 to 36 billion gallons in 2022.
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Taxifornia
PRI Study
By: Jason Clemens
4.15.2010
California ranked dead last in a combined measure of the state's tax burden and tax structure according to the newly released study, Taxifornia.
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Court Routes Internet Around Government Regulations
Capital Ideas
4.14.2010
A U.S. appeals court ruled last week that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to interfere with the Internet’s operation via Net neutrality regulations. This is a big win for consumers, but the forces that want to control the Net have vowed to continue their quest.
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Repeal and Replace, But With What?
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: John R. Graham
4.12.2010
Unfortunately, most Republican politicians appear not to have learned that health insurers cannot pool risk effectively as long as the government forces employees to accept health “benefits” chosen by their employers’ HR managers.
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Margaret, Cristina, and Hillary
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
4.6.2010
It has been some time since I chatted with Baroness Margaret Thatcher, our speaker at PRI’s gala dinner in San Francisco more than a decade ago, though it seems like just the other day. Lady Thatcher, now well into her emeritus years, is doubtless shaking her head over recent events in the south Atlantic, where mischief is afoot, abetted by Hillary Clinton.
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Fair to Middling: A National Standards Progress Report
Pioneer Institute & PRI Study
4.2.2010
This study provides a detailed comparison of the March draft standards being proposed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and standards currently in place in states recognized to have high standards—California, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas.
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