Commentary
Commentary
In the wake of Biden’s COVID-19 infections, here’s what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound
By Henry Miller and Josh Bloom President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid. This phenomenon is not unusual, and it suggests that ...
Business & Economics
The High Cost Of The Inflation Reduction Act
The right policy mix to address our current economic malaise is tighter monetary policy and pro-growth tax and regulatory policies. While the Federal Reserve is on the right track for monetary policy, the newly titled Inflation Reduction Act is completely wrongheaded. The tax provisions – such as imposing a minimum corporate tax ...
Commentary
A Birthday Wish For Medicare And Medicaid: Less Waste And Better Care
This Saturday, July 30, marked 57 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as part of his “Great Society.” For almost six decades, the healthcare entitlements have grown increasingly costly and expansive while delivering subpar care to beneficiaries. Consider Medicare, the health plan for Americans 65 and ...
Commentary
Should the federal government forgive medical debt?
Progressives claim that medical debt leads to financial ruin for hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., recently argued that the high cost of health care is pushing so many people into bankruptcy that the government must cancel medical debt. It’s the precursor to his call ...
Commentary
‘Speak Out Act’ Hardly Pro-women
A new proposal in Congress aims to allow victims of sexual misconduct to go public with their stories. That goal is admirable. But — as written — the legislation, the Speak Out Act, which was introduced in both the House and Senate in recent weeks will force victims to go public, even if they don’t want to. That’s hardly pro-women. ...
Commentary
Hospitals must be more transparent about health care costs
Some Illinois hospitals are keeping their prices secret from their patients. Only three out of a sample of 11 major medical facilities in the state are fully compliant with a federal rule requiring hospitals to publish the costs of common services, according to data from the nonprofit group PatientsRightsAdvocate.org. That includes hospitals ...
California
National Rankings Show San Francisco Falling Further Behind
What has happened to San Francisco, often thought of in the past as the most beautiful city in the country, if not the entire world? The transition from beloved by almost all to profoundly repellant to many is the sad story of a great city being toppled from within. The ...
Commentary
Bad Piled on Bad
By Henry Miller & Andrew Fillat Less than a month after the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the White House is reportedly contemplating declaration of a “national climate emergency.” On July 20, at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, President Biden said, “Climate change is an emergency. And in the coming ...
Commentary
Drug price controls would limit new medicines
The Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill is winding its way through the Senate. Last week, Republican and Democratic senators met with the chamber’s parliamentarian to discuss whether the bill’s proposal for Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs with manufacturers has a direct impact on government spending or tax revenue, as reconciliation ...
California
Wayne Winegarden Talks California’s Project Homekey on Andy Caldwell Show
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden discusses California’s Project Homekey and his new study from Kerry Jackson and himself, “Project Homekey Provides No Way Home for California’s Homeless,” on the Andy Caldwell Show.
In the wake of Biden’s COVID-19 infections, here’s what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound
By Henry Miller and Josh Bloom President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid. This phenomenon is not unusual, and it suggests that ...
The High Cost Of The Inflation Reduction Act
The right policy mix to address our current economic malaise is tighter monetary policy and pro-growth tax and regulatory policies. While the Federal Reserve is on the right track for monetary policy, the newly titled Inflation Reduction Act is completely wrongheaded. The tax provisions – such as imposing a minimum corporate tax ...
A Birthday Wish For Medicare And Medicaid: Less Waste And Better Care
This Saturday, July 30, marked 57 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as part of his “Great Society.” For almost six decades, the healthcare entitlements have grown increasingly costly and expansive while delivering subpar care to beneficiaries. Consider Medicare, the health plan for Americans 65 and ...
Should the federal government forgive medical debt?
Progressives claim that medical debt leads to financial ruin for hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., recently argued that the high cost of health care is pushing so many people into bankruptcy that the government must cancel medical debt. It’s the precursor to his call ...
‘Speak Out Act’ Hardly Pro-women
A new proposal in Congress aims to allow victims of sexual misconduct to go public with their stories. That goal is admirable. But — as written — the legislation, the Speak Out Act, which was introduced in both the House and Senate in recent weeks will force victims to go public, even if they don’t want to. That’s hardly pro-women. ...
Hospitals must be more transparent about health care costs
Some Illinois hospitals are keeping their prices secret from their patients. Only three out of a sample of 11 major medical facilities in the state are fully compliant with a federal rule requiring hospitals to publish the costs of common services, according to data from the nonprofit group PatientsRightsAdvocate.org. That includes hospitals ...
National Rankings Show San Francisco Falling Further Behind
What has happened to San Francisco, often thought of in the past as the most beautiful city in the country, if not the entire world? The transition from beloved by almost all to profoundly repellant to many is the sad story of a great city being toppled from within. The ...
Bad Piled on Bad
By Henry Miller & Andrew Fillat Less than a month after the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the White House is reportedly contemplating declaration of a “national climate emergency.” On July 20, at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, President Biden said, “Climate change is an emergency. And in the coming ...
Drug price controls would limit new medicines
The Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill is winding its way through the Senate. Last week, Republican and Democratic senators met with the chamber’s parliamentarian to discuss whether the bill’s proposal for Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs with manufacturers has a direct impact on government spending or tax revenue, as reconciliation ...
Wayne Winegarden Talks California’s Project Homekey on Andy Caldwell Show
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden discusses California’s Project Homekey and his new study from Kerry Jackson and himself, “Project Homekey Provides No Way Home for California’s Homeless,” on the Andy Caldwell Show.
