Health Care
Commentary
Slashing Red Tape Can Ease The Doctor Shortage
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to stretch many hospitals to their breaking point. Beds are filling up with stricken patients, and public health officials are concerned about whether we’ll have enough doctors and other healthcare professionals to care for them. So they’re scrambling to roll back years’ worth of regulations ...
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi â Online Learning and Homeschooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lance Izumi, senior director of PRIâs Center for Education, joins us to discuss a situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that millions of parents never though theyâd find themselves in â homeschooling their kids. He shares advice from experts to parents on homeschooling, shares online education and homeschooling resources, discusses ...
Commentary
Fighting coronavirus â billionaires, private sector deserve thanks for medical progress
Bill GatesâŻannounced on April 2 that his foundation would fund the construction of facilities to produce seven possible coronavirus vaccines. The Microsoft founder acknowledges that only two of those vaccines will likely succeed â and the foundation will thus waste billions of dollars on the failed candidates. That’s a small ...
Coronavirus
Lance Izumi Details the Coronavirus Impact on Education
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Education Fellow, joined the The David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot 125, to discuss the latest impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education. Izumi explains the equity issues with online and distance learning and how some charter schools have benefited from embracing technological innovations. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lance-Izumi-Clip-David-Webb-Show-4.13.20.mp3
Blog
The Chinese Version of a Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Plan
The United States and China are engaged in a no-holds barred attempt to salvage their economies during the coronavirus pandemic. Weâre all familiar with the actions taken in the recent weeks by the United States. The Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury have led the largest economic response in American history ...
Commentary
With Coronavirus, Overkill is What Works.
As Americans endure the privations necessary to âflatten the curveâ of new cases of coronavirus COVID-19, we wish that our leaders could manage even a fraction of the comity and tolerance exhibited every day by ordinary people throughout this country. Sadly, we see too much of the opposite. Putting aside ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Good Friday Edition
Tim Anaya – The Crossroads of Innovation and Affordability In the latest “Escape the Drug Pricing Maze” video, On the first step toward escaping the Drug Pricing Maze, Professor Salvare takes Pete Paystoomuch down the path of drug innovation, showing him why drug prices are initially more expensive â to ...
Blog
State Budget Update: Get Ready for the âAugust Revisionâ
Observers wondering just how different this yearâs state budget would be got confirmation this week that the 2020-21 budget will be far different from envisioned in January. In a memo to the Capitol community released on Tuesday, the Assembly Budget Committee acknowledged this new reality: âWhen we reconvene, we will ...
Coronavirus
The Pat Miller Show Talks to Sally C. Pipes on Private Sector Role in Coronavirus Fight
Sally C. Pipes joined the the Pat Miller Show in Cincinnati, Ohio to discuss the enormous benefits of the American private sector in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Pipes breaks down how the private sector industries in the United States are pushing innovations in the fight against the coronavirus ...
Coronavirus
Sally C. Pipes Talks Coronavirus, Telehealth Benefits on the Jim Bohannon Show
The Jim Bohannon Show interviews Sally C. Pipes about the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, including the expanded use of telehealth for underserved and rural areas. Pipes explains the importance of telehealth as we start to move past COVID-19 and the role telehealth could pay in more affordable health ...
Slashing Red Tape Can Ease The Doctor Shortage
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to stretch many hospitals to their breaking point. Beds are filling up with stricken patients, and public health officials are concerned about whether we’ll have enough doctors and other healthcare professionals to care for them. So they’re scrambling to roll back years’ worth of regulations ...
Lance Izumi â Online Learning and Homeschooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lance Izumi, senior director of PRIâs Center for Education, joins us to discuss a situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that millions of parents never though theyâd find themselves in â homeschooling their kids. He shares advice from experts to parents on homeschooling, shares online education and homeschooling resources, discusses ...
Fighting coronavirus â billionaires, private sector deserve thanks for medical progress
Bill GatesâŻannounced on April 2 that his foundation would fund the construction of facilities to produce seven possible coronavirus vaccines. The Microsoft founder acknowledges that only two of those vaccines will likely succeed â and the foundation will thus waste billions of dollars on the failed candidates. That’s a small ...
Lance Izumi Details the Coronavirus Impact on Education
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Education Fellow, joined the The David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot 125, to discuss the latest impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education. Izumi explains the equity issues with online and distance learning and how some charter schools have benefited from embracing technological innovations. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lance-Izumi-Clip-David-Webb-Show-4.13.20.mp3
The Chinese Version of a Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Plan
The United States and China are engaged in a no-holds barred attempt to salvage their economies during the coronavirus pandemic. Weâre all familiar with the actions taken in the recent weeks by the United States. The Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury have led the largest economic response in American history ...
With Coronavirus, Overkill is What Works.
As Americans endure the privations necessary to âflatten the curveâ of new cases of coronavirus COVID-19, we wish that our leaders could manage even a fraction of the comity and tolerance exhibited every day by ordinary people throughout this country. Sadly, we see too much of the opposite. Putting aside ...
What We’re Watching – Good Friday Edition
Tim Anaya – The Crossroads of Innovation and Affordability In the latest “Escape the Drug Pricing Maze” video, On the first step toward escaping the Drug Pricing Maze, Professor Salvare takes Pete Paystoomuch down the path of drug innovation, showing him why drug prices are initially more expensive â to ...
State Budget Update: Get Ready for the âAugust Revisionâ
Observers wondering just how different this yearâs state budget would be got confirmation this week that the 2020-21 budget will be far different from envisioned in January. In a memo to the Capitol community released on Tuesday, the Assembly Budget Committee acknowledged this new reality: âWhen we reconvene, we will ...
The Pat Miller Show Talks to Sally C. Pipes on Private Sector Role in Coronavirus Fight
Sally C. Pipes joined the the Pat Miller Show in Cincinnati, Ohio to discuss the enormous benefits of the American private sector in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Pipes breaks down how the private sector industries in the United States are pushing innovations in the fight against the coronavirus ...
Sally C. Pipes Talks Coronavirus, Telehealth Benefits on the Jim Bohannon Show
The Jim Bohannon Show interviews Sally C. Pipes about the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, including the expanded use of telehealth for underserved and rural areas. Pipes explains the importance of telehealth as we start to move past COVID-19 and the role telehealth could pay in more affordable health ...
