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What We’re Watching: Countdown to Election Day

Rowena Itchon – Flashback to 2000, U.S. presidential election recount Many races across the country have been knife fights in phone booths. Here’s a flashback of the 2000 Florida presidential race. It could be a long night. Tim Anaya – Newsom vs. Cox on the Key Issues Facing California The ...
Business & Economics

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Discuss “The Future of American Retirement”

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden debate “the future of American retirement” with former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and others at a recent Pepperdine University School of Public Policy forum in Washington, DC.
Health Care

Watch Sally Pipes on The Accad and Koka Report

Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes make the case against single-payer health care on “The Accad and Koka Report.”
Commentary

Misleading voters on Medicare for All

By Hal Scherz and Sally C. Pipes Health care is the number one issue on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Half of all Democratic campaign ads have focused on it. Democratic candidates are not merely defending Obamacare. Many are proudly running on a platform of Medicare for All, ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden Talks Drug Pricing Transparency on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss President Trump’s drug pricing transparency proposal on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show.”  The interview begins at the 54:25 mark.
Blog

PRI’s 2018 Free-Market Election Guide

By Tim Anaya It’s almost here.  Election day 2018 is just around the corner on Tuesday, November 6. Many Californians will take time over the next few days to review all the candidates and ballot measures on the November ballot.  With media coverage typically focusing on the “horse race” of ...
California

PRI’s Election 2018 Preview

The PRI All Stars are back, breaking down the 2018 election in California. Listen to this super-sized podcast for their analysis of the races for Governor, U.S. Senator, the U.S. House and the California Legislature, and all of the major ballot measures. Stay tuned for their predictions of who will ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Is Social Media Good for Democracy?

Rowena Itchon – Is Social Media Good for Democracy? Check out this Intelligence Squared Debate on whether social media is good for democracy.  Surprisingly, tech guru and venture capitalist Roger McNamee was against the motion – and his side won the debate. Kerry Jackson – A Cringeworthy Moment Shows How ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Comments to Heartland News on Gavin Newsom’s Health Care Proposals

California Considers Taxpayer-Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants By Leo Pusateri Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is calling for taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal immigrants. Touting the universal health care model he introduced as mayor of San Francisco, Newsom says ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Debates Single-Payer on Minnesota Public Radio

Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate single-payer advocate and University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Gerald Friedman on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerri Miller. Click here to listen to the interview
Uncategorized

What We’re Watching: Countdown to Election Day

Rowena Itchon – Flashback to 2000, U.S. presidential election recount Many races across the country have been knife fights in phone booths. Here’s a flashback of the 2000 Florida presidential race. It could be a long night. Tim Anaya – Newsom vs. Cox on the Key Issues Facing California The ...
Business & Economics

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Discuss “The Future of American Retirement”

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden debate “the future of American retirement” with former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and others at a recent Pepperdine University School of Public Policy forum in Washington, DC.
Health Care

Watch Sally Pipes on The Accad and Koka Report

Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes make the case against single-payer health care on “The Accad and Koka Report.”
Commentary

Misleading voters on Medicare for All

By Hal Scherz and Sally C. Pipes Health care is the number one issue on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Half of all Democratic campaign ads have focused on it. Democratic candidates are not merely defending Obamacare. Many are proudly running on a platform of Medicare for All, ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden Talks Drug Pricing Transparency on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss President Trump’s drug pricing transparency proposal on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show.”  The interview begins at the 54:25 mark.
Blog

PRI’s 2018 Free-Market Election Guide

By Tim Anaya It’s almost here.  Election day 2018 is just around the corner on Tuesday, November 6. Many Californians will take time over the next few days to review all the candidates and ballot measures on the November ballot.  With media coverage typically focusing on the “horse race” of ...
California

PRI’s Election 2018 Preview

The PRI All Stars are back, breaking down the 2018 election in California. Listen to this super-sized podcast for their analysis of the races for Governor, U.S. Senator, the U.S. House and the California Legislature, and all of the major ballot measures. Stay tuned for their predictions of who will ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Is Social Media Good for Democracy?

Rowena Itchon – Is Social Media Good for Democracy? Check out this Intelligence Squared Debate on whether social media is good for democracy.  Surprisingly, tech guru and venture capitalist Roger McNamee was against the motion – and his side won the debate. Kerry Jackson – A Cringeworthy Moment Shows How ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Comments to Heartland News on Gavin Newsom’s Health Care Proposals

California Considers Taxpayer-Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants By Leo Pusateri Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is calling for taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal immigrants. Touting the universal health care model he introduced as mayor of San Francisco, Newsom says ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Debates Single-Payer on Minnesota Public Radio

Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes debate single-payer advocate and University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Gerald Friedman on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerri Miller. Click here to listen to the interview
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