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For the Love of the Game
The 2009 Major League Baseball season starts on Sunday night, when the Atlanta Braves visit the Philadelphia Phillies. On Monday, 13 more clubs will host their Opening Day games. We asked a distinguished group of fans — one for each of MLB’s 30 teams — to account for their passion. ...
Pacific Research Institute
April 3, 2009
Commentary
Conservative Alliance Outlines 6 Deal-Killers for National Health Reform
Washington, April 1, 2009 –Medical costs are rising too fast, the quality of service is uneven and too many people have difficulty getting or keeping insurance coverage. Both left and right agree on the need to reform the American health care system. But not all agree on the best way ...
Pacific Research Institute
April 2, 2009
Commentary
Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
Health Policy Consensus Group Statement By Thomas P. Miller, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Robert B. Helms, Joseph Antos, Doug Badger, Robert A. Book, James C. Capretta, Greg D’Angelo, Stephen J. Entin, John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman, John R. Graham, Paul Guppy, John S. Hoff, Merrill Matthews, Amy Menefee, Robert E. Moffit, ...
Pacific Research Institute
April 1, 2009
Commentary
JAMA Wants to Restrict Competition for Pharma Dollars
Many elite, academic doctors would like to believe that they can create a world where human beings do not influence other human beings. This makes them ashamed of their profession’s relationship with research-based drug companies. They believe that any item or communication from a … more »»
John R. Graham
March 31, 2009
Commentary
The “Congressional” Health Care Plan
With the highly publicized White House Forum on Health Reform now in the rearview mirror, President Obama has taken his show on the road. The administration is in the midst of holding five other such forums across the country. These gatherings are intended to set the stage for congressional action ...
John R. Graham
March 31, 2009
Commentary
Leviathan’s Drug Problem: Federal Monopoly of Pharmaceutical Regulation and its Deadly Cost
A new research report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) reviews three decades of the Food and Drug Administration’s performance and concludes that the agency is overfunded, overstaffed, and denies hundreds of thousands of Americans timely access to new medicines. Leviathan’ s Drug Problem: The Cost of the Federal Monopoly ...
John R. Graham
March 20, 2009
Commentary
FDA is Overfunded, Overstaffed, and Costs Lives According to New Pacific Research Institute Report
FDA is Overfunded, Overstaffed, and Costs Lives According to New Pacific Research Institute Report San Francisco (March 20, 2009) — A new research report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) reviews three decades of the Food and Drug Administration’s performance and concludes that the agency is overfunded, overstaffed, and denies ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 20, 2009
Commentary
The Myth of the 46 Million
“Even for folks who are weathering this economic storm, and have health care right now,” President Obama said at this month’s White House health care summit, “all it takes is one stroke of bad luck — an accident or an illness, a divorce, a lost job — to become one ...
Philip Klein
March 20, 2009
Commentary
When America becomes Obamaland
There is one certainty about the shape of things to come if President Barack Obama wins approval of his extraordinarily ambitious proposals to remake America: We won’t recognize our country when he’s finished. Perhaps the most prominent feature of Obamaland will be long lines, starting with the unemployment offices, thanks ...
Mark Tapscott
March 19, 2009
Commentary
St. Patrick’s Day Health-Care News from Ireland
(OK, so I am a little late for St. Paddy’s Day: It’s the thought that counts.) The Stockholm Network’s weekly bulletin for March 18 is not yet online, but it came into my e-mail with a fascinating bit of news from Eire:
John R. Graham
March 18, 2009
For the Love of the Game
The 2009 Major League Baseball season starts on Sunday night, when the Atlanta Braves visit the Philadelphia Phillies. On Monday, 13 more clubs will host their Opening Day games. We asked a distinguished group of fans — one for each of MLB’s 30 teams — to account for their passion. ...
Conservative Alliance Outlines 6 Deal-Killers for National Health Reform
Washington, April 1, 2009 –Medical costs are rising too fast, the quality of service is uneven and too many people have difficulty getting or keeping insurance coverage. Both left and right agree on the need to reform the American health care system. But not all agree on the best way ...
Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
Health Policy Consensus Group Statement By Thomas P. Miller, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Robert B. Helms, Joseph Antos, Doug Badger, Robert A. Book, James C. Capretta, Greg D’Angelo, Stephen J. Entin, John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman, John R. Graham, Paul Guppy, John S. Hoff, Merrill Matthews, Amy Menefee, Robert E. Moffit, ...
JAMA Wants to Restrict Competition for Pharma Dollars
Many elite, academic doctors would like to believe that they can create a world where human beings do not influence other human beings. This makes them ashamed of their profession’s relationship with research-based drug companies. They believe that any item or communication from a … more »»
The “Congressional” Health Care Plan
With the highly publicized White House Forum on Health Reform now in the rearview mirror, President Obama has taken his show on the road. The administration is in the midst of holding five other such forums across the country. These gatherings are intended to set the stage for congressional action ...
Leviathan’s Drug Problem: Federal Monopoly of Pharmaceutical Regulation and its Deadly Cost
A new research report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) reviews three decades of the Food and Drug Administration’s performance and concludes that the agency is overfunded, overstaffed, and denies hundreds of thousands of Americans timely access to new medicines. Leviathan’ s Drug Problem: The Cost of the Federal Monopoly ...
FDA is Overfunded, Overstaffed, and Costs Lives According to New Pacific Research Institute Report
FDA is Overfunded, Overstaffed, and Costs Lives According to New Pacific Research Institute Report San Francisco (March 20, 2009) — A new research report by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) reviews three decades of the Food and Drug Administration’s performance and concludes that the agency is overfunded, overstaffed, and denies ...
The Myth of the 46 Million
“Even for folks who are weathering this economic storm, and have health care right now,” President Obama said at this month’s White House health care summit, “all it takes is one stroke of bad luck — an accident or an illness, a divorce, a lost job — to become one ...
When America becomes Obamaland
There is one certainty about the shape of things to come if President Barack Obama wins approval of his extraordinarily ambitious proposals to remake America: We won’t recognize our country when he’s finished. Perhaps the most prominent feature of Obamaland will be long lines, starting with the unemployment offices, thanks ...
St. Patrick’s Day Health-Care News from Ireland
(OK, so I am a little late for St. Paddy’s Day: It’s the thought that counts.) The Stockholm Network’s weekly bulletin for March 18 is not yet online, but it came into my e-mail with a fascinating bit of news from Eire: