California
Business & Economics
New Analysis of Orange County Toll Roads
New Analysis of Orange County Toll Roads Reveals Unsustainable Debt Levels, Cost Overruns, Financial Mismanagement, and an est. $1.7 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies Proposed refinancing plans will add hundreds of millions in debt without addressing fundamental issues, former California Finance Director Donna Arduin finds The Pacific Research Institute released a ...
Business & Economics
Municipal Bankruptcy: An Overview for Local Officials
Cities and other municipalities falling on hard financial times is nothing new, but it is rare that any such entity files for bankruptcy as a way of addressing its massive debts. Out of nearly 89,500 municipalities in the country, there were just 239 municipal bankruptcy filings between 1980 and 2010.1 ...
Health Care
Myths and Realities of Obamacare
Introduction Three years ago on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (Obamacare) was signed into law. With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 28, 2012 that the individual mandate is constitutional under Congress power to tax and the November 6 election results, the law is in ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s not-so-universal coverage
Nearly 10 percent of U.S. will remain uninsured under Obamacare. Federal regulators just issued rules governing the individual coverage mandate within President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which, starting in 2014, will require all Americans to secure health insurance or pay a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their income, ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s Health Exchanges Are Customer Free Zones
Last month, the CEO of the nations largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacares insurance exchanges online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. We will only participate in ...
Agriculture
New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry
San Francisco The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today that reviews the state of Californias agriculture production, examines the barriers that are impeding Californias agricultural economy, and provides recommendations for policy reforms that will spur additional growth. Growing Californias ...
Commentary
Medicare cliff looms: Status quo isn’t sustainable
President Obama just named protecting Medicare for future generations as one of his chief goals in the negotiations over the federal deficit and national debt. Unfortunately, by championing Medicare’s structural status quo, the president is putting current seniors’ care at risk — and may still leave the entitlement program short ...
Commentary
Obamacare’s Insurance Exchanges Are Already Turning Into A Disaster
Devoted users of Internet radio apps like Pandora may soon hear unexpected sound bites on their favorite music channels ads touting ObamaCare. That’s right. In an attempt to drum up support for the law’s health insurance exchanges, some states are planning advertising campaigns that could include everything from pro-ObamaCare ...
California
Educational Impact of the Khan Academy and Provides Recommendations for Greater Adoption in California
The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today highlighting the successes of the Khan Academy, including improved learning and significant cost savings. The report also discusses the bureaucratic obstacles that hold back its expansion in California and makes recommendations for removing ...
Business & Economics
High taxes push people out of California
On Election Day, Californias voters approved Prop. 30 by a margin of more than 700,000 votes. Championed by Gov. Jerry Brown, this ballot initiative will ratchet up income and sales tax rates over the next few years. Its expected to pull in some $6 billion in new funding for public ...
New Analysis of Orange County Toll Roads
New Analysis of Orange County Toll Roads Reveals Unsustainable Debt Levels, Cost Overruns, Financial Mismanagement, and an est. $1.7 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies Proposed refinancing plans will add hundreds of millions in debt without addressing fundamental issues, former California Finance Director Donna Arduin finds The Pacific Research Institute released a ...
Municipal Bankruptcy: An Overview for Local Officials
Cities and other municipalities falling on hard financial times is nothing new, but it is rare that any such entity files for bankruptcy as a way of addressing its massive debts. Out of nearly 89,500 municipalities in the country, there were just 239 municipal bankruptcy filings between 1980 and 2010.1 ...
Myths and Realities of Obamacare
Introduction Three years ago on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (Obamacare) was signed into law. With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 28, 2012 that the individual mandate is constitutional under Congress power to tax and the November 6 election results, the law is in ...
Obamacare’s not-so-universal coverage
Nearly 10 percent of U.S. will remain uninsured under Obamacare. Federal regulators just issued rules governing the individual coverage mandate within President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which, starting in 2014, will require all Americans to secure health insurance or pay a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their income, ...
Obamacare’s Health Exchanges Are Customer Free Zones
Last month, the CEO of the nations largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacares insurance exchanges online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. We will only participate in ...
New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve CA’s Agriculture Industry
San Francisco The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today that reviews the state of Californias agriculture production, examines the barriers that are impeding Californias agricultural economy, and provides recommendations for policy reforms that will spur additional growth. Growing Californias ...
Medicare cliff looms: Status quo isn’t sustainable
President Obama just named protecting Medicare for future generations as one of his chief goals in the negotiations over the federal deficit and national debt. Unfortunately, by championing Medicare’s structural status quo, the president is putting current seniors’ care at risk — and may still leave the entitlement program short ...
Obamacare’s Insurance Exchanges Are Already Turning Into A Disaster
Devoted users of Internet radio apps like Pandora may soon hear unexpected sound bites on their favorite music channels ads touting ObamaCare. That’s right. In an attempt to drum up support for the law’s health insurance exchanges, some states are planning advertising campaigns that could include everything from pro-ObamaCare ...
Educational Impact of the Khan Academy and Provides Recommendations for Greater Adoption in California
The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report today highlighting the successes of the Khan Academy, including improved learning and significant cost savings. The report also discusses the bureaucratic obstacles that hold back its expansion in California and makes recommendations for removing ...
High taxes push people out of California
On Election Day, Californias voters approved Prop. 30 by a margin of more than 700,000 votes. Championed by Gov. Jerry Brown, this ballot initiative will ratchet up income and sales tax rates over the next few years. Its expected to pull in some $6 billion in new funding for public ...
