Pacific Research Institute

Tariffs Are A Clear and Present Danger To The U.S. Economy

June 12, 2018

Business Economics

The business guru Peter Drucker is credited with the notion that “if you can’t measure something you can’t manage it”. Using this logic in reverse, perhaps the best way to thwart the misplaced attempts to manage global economic trade is to stop measuring it. After all,...

Will California Residents Begin Paying North Dakota Taxes Too?

June 12, 2018

Business Economics

A Supreme Court case to be decided by the end of June could require California residents to pay taxes to a variety states, counties, cities and even mosquito abatement districts across the country. South Dakota v. Wayfair is a case that asks whether there are limits on...

Canadians Are One in a Million — While Waiting for Medical Treatment

June 11, 2018

Healthcare

Canada's single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That's an all-time record. Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a...

California’s ‘All-Payer’ Healthcare Proposal Is Rationing by Another Name

June 10, 2018

California lawmakers believe they’ve found an ingenious way to make health care more affordable — just legislate lower prices. That’s effectively what AB 3087, which was introduced by San Jose Democrat Ash Kalra in the Assembly in March, would do. The bill would direct a panel of nine experts...

Health Care Premiums Will Soar Again In 2019 — Thanks, Obama

June 08, 2018

Healthcare

ObamaCare enrollees should brace themselves for another year of double-digit premium hikes. Average premiums for plans sold through the state and federal insurance exchanges will jump as much as 32% next year, according to a recent report from actuarial firm Milliman. Consumers in some markets could...

California Drivers Denied Transparency at the Pump

June 07, 2018

California

Brandon Johnson, who racks up the miles delivering pizza, told CBS13 in Sacramento that high gasoline prices have forced him to spend “a small fortune” on “a car that doesn’t get bad mileage.” Monica Torres, a struggling single mother in Bakersfield, says "crazy" fuel prices...

Embracing Competition To Empower Biosimilars

June 05, 2018

Business Economics

In 2017, there were 46 new novel drug innovations, including new treatments for cancers, Parkinson’s disease, and serious skin infections. These innovations are essential for improving the quality of health care in the U.S. However, innovation is not sufficient. It is equally imperative to promote drug...

State Should Embrace Charities, Nonprofits to End Homeless Crisis

June 01, 2018

California

California, long considered a land of golden opportunity, has a homeless problem. To the north of San Diego, not far from the gates of the fantasy world at Disneyland, a two-mile long homeless camp reminds us of a real and ugly world. Street people are slowing...

Voters Want Cheap Healthcare, So Axe Obamacare’s Mandates

May 31, 2018

Healthcare

Healthcare affordability is a top concern for voters in this fall's midterm elections, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike say they would be more inclined to support candidates who want to reduce insurance costs. Midterm candidates can answer voters' calls for...

Obamacare’s Partisans Complain about High Premiums but Oppose Solution

May 29, 2018

Healthcare

Exchange plan premiums will rise an average of 15 percent next year, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released this past Wednesday. Congressional Democrats blamed the president. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., tweeted that the rate hike is "largely due to Trump Administration sabotage of the...