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Benefits from Orphan Drug Research Outweigh Costs

PRI RELEASES PRIMER ON ORPHAN DRUG MARKET BENEFITS FROM ORPHAN DRUG RESEARCH OUTWEIGH COSTS A new study from the Pacific Research Institute reviews the economics of the orphan drug market and determines that the benefits from continued orphan drug research outweigh the costs. The report “A Primer on the Orphan ...
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Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities

New Study Finds Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities October 15, 2012 – A new analysis by the Pacific Research Institute finds that Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) create a win-win solution for consumers and taxpayers by providing important, efficient and effective health services to people who have historically lacked ...
Business & Economics

California’s politicians failing taxpayers

California’s state and local politicians are failing their fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers. As the taxpayers’ agents, California’s politicians should be establishing compensation policies that are generous enough to attract and retain the right people, but not so generous that government workers earn a substantial premium compared to their private ...
Business & Economics

The Policy Value Gap, Part 1: A Fiscal Perspective

In the spirit of Jimmy Carter, “an economic malaise plagues the country”. Rather than being the product of a fundamental flaw in our economic system, though, the current stagnation is mainly the result of the nation’s misguided economic policies. The federal government’s response to the financial crisis of 2008 was ...
Health Care

Benefits from Orphan Drug Research Outweigh Costs

PRI RELEASES PRIMER ON ORPHAN DRUG MARKET BENEFITS FROM ORPHAN DRUG RESEARCH OUTWEIGH COSTS A new study from the Pacific Research Institute reviews the economics of the orphan drug market and determines that the benefits from continued orphan drug research outweigh the costs. The report “A Primer on the Orphan ...
Health Care

Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities

New Study Finds Dental Service Organizations Disproportionately Benefit Low-Income Communities October 15, 2012 – A new analysis by the Pacific Research Institute finds that Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) create a win-win solution for consumers and taxpayers by providing important, efficient and effective health services to people who have historically lacked ...
Business & Economics

California’s politicians failing taxpayers

California’s state and local politicians are failing their fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers. As the taxpayers’ agents, California’s politicians should be establishing compensation policies that are generous enough to attract and retain the right people, but not so generous that government workers earn a substantial premium compared to their private ...
Business & Economics

The Policy Value Gap, Part 1: A Fiscal Perspective

In the spirit of Jimmy Carter, “an economic malaise plagues the country”. Rather than being the product of a fundamental flaw in our economic system, though, the current stagnation is mainly the result of the nation’s misguided economic policies. The federal government’s response to the financial crisis of 2008 was ...
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