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The U.S. Army honors PRI’s Lance T. Izumi
The U.S. Army honors PRI’s Lance T. Izumi with awards for his parachute jump with the Army’s Golden Knights high-performance jump team. The event was held at the Army’s Southern California Advisory Board meeting on October 23rd in Fullerton. The two officers standing next to Lance are Lieutenant Colonel Miguel ...
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Faulty data on unruly students stuns Moreno Valley school district
Administrators say the expulsion and suspension data that Moreno Valley Unified School District submitted last June to the state is entirely incorrect, and that’s why many of its schools seemed to fare poorly in a just-released safety report by a think tank. Earlier this week, the Sacramento-based Pacific Research Institute ...
Business & Economics
Malpractice should be part of health care debate
Morris Daily Herald (IL), October 22, 2009 The current debate on health care is the ideal time to look at medical malpractice reform, says an organization concerned with lawsuit abuse. Travis Akin of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch was in Morris Tuesday, Oct. 20, talking about opportunities for malpractice reform as ...
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San Mateo County schools show up on “unsafe” lists
A number of Bay Area schools — including several in San Mateo County — have struggled with high levels of safety-related problems such as disruptive behavior, student alcohol use and vandalism, according to a study released earlier this week. The study by the San Francisco-based think tank Pacific Research Institute ...
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How ‘reform’ leads to more uninsured
Imagine you’re driving in a city, trying to find a place to park your car for the whole day. A parking garage costs $30. Right next to the parking garage entrance, you eye a parking spot on the street. Next to the curb is a sign that says, “No parking. ...
Business & Economics
Office Visit: Real reform, real access
With Americans preoccupied with the health care reform debate, the issue of physician shortages will hopefully not fall through the cracks. The issue may prove to be more important than any reform being debated in Congress. The United States and Oklahoma currently face a physician shortage, which nationally could spike ...
Business & Economics
CBO Underestimates Benefits of Malpractice Reform
Getting sued is now part of the job description for physicians. Each year, up to 25 percent of them face lawsuits. Doctors are found innocent in 90 percent of cases, but they lose even then — average defense costs per claim approach $100,000. Fear of lawsuits causes most doctors to ...
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Doctors on other side of ‘ObamaCare’
MPNnow.com — On Oct. 5, President Obama made a speech in the White House Rose Garden to an audience of 50 white-coated doctors, one from each state. The doctors also represented a number of friendly medical organizations, including the American Medical Association (to which between 15 and 20 percent of ...
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New Study Finds State Definition of Dangerous Schools is a Flawed Measure of School Safety
Note: The 2007-08 data used for the appendix tables was based on data supplied directly by the California Department of Education in early 2009. The authors are currently reviewing the appendices against publicly reported school level data. San Francisco — The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based ...
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Post Poll Should Cause ObamaCare Opponents to Take Heart
The Post’s question about an insurance mandate reads, “Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work, buying it on their own, or through eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid?” That language sounds as much like it would offer a ...
The U.S. Army honors PRI’s Lance T. Izumi
The U.S. Army honors PRI’s Lance T. Izumi with awards for his parachute jump with the Army’s Golden Knights high-performance jump team. The event was held at the Army’s Southern California Advisory Board meeting on October 23rd in Fullerton. The two officers standing next to Lance are Lieutenant Colonel Miguel ...
Faulty data on unruly students stuns Moreno Valley school district
Administrators say the expulsion and suspension data that Moreno Valley Unified School District submitted last June to the state is entirely incorrect, and that’s why many of its schools seemed to fare poorly in a just-released safety report by a think tank. Earlier this week, the Sacramento-based Pacific Research Institute ...
Malpractice should be part of health care debate
Morris Daily Herald (IL), October 22, 2009 The current debate on health care is the ideal time to look at medical malpractice reform, says an organization concerned with lawsuit abuse. Travis Akin of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch was in Morris Tuesday, Oct. 20, talking about opportunities for malpractice reform as ...
San Mateo County schools show up on “unsafe” lists
A number of Bay Area schools — including several in San Mateo County — have struggled with high levels of safety-related problems such as disruptive behavior, student alcohol use and vandalism, according to a study released earlier this week. The study by the San Francisco-based think tank Pacific Research Institute ...
How ‘reform’ leads to more uninsured
Imagine you’re driving in a city, trying to find a place to park your car for the whole day. A parking garage costs $30. Right next to the parking garage entrance, you eye a parking spot on the street. Next to the curb is a sign that says, “No parking. ...
Office Visit: Real reform, real access
With Americans preoccupied with the health care reform debate, the issue of physician shortages will hopefully not fall through the cracks. The issue may prove to be more important than any reform being debated in Congress. The United States and Oklahoma currently face a physician shortage, which nationally could spike ...
CBO Underestimates Benefits of Malpractice Reform
Getting sued is now part of the job description for physicians. Each year, up to 25 percent of them face lawsuits. Doctors are found innocent in 90 percent of cases, but they lose even then — average defense costs per claim approach $100,000. Fear of lawsuits causes most doctors to ...
Doctors on other side of ‘ObamaCare’
MPNnow.com — On Oct. 5, President Obama made a speech in the White House Rose Garden to an audience of 50 white-coated doctors, one from each state. The doctors also represented a number of friendly medical organizations, including the American Medical Association (to which between 15 and 20 percent of ...
New Study Finds State Definition of Dangerous Schools is a Flawed Measure of School Safety
Note: The 2007-08 data used for the appendix tables was based on data supplied directly by the California Department of Education in early 2009. The authors are currently reviewing the appendices against publicly reported school level data. San Francisco — The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based ...
Post Poll Should Cause ObamaCare Opponents to Take Heart
The Post’s question about an insurance mandate reads, “Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work, buying it on their own, or through eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid?” That language sounds as much like it would offer a ...
