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Despite High Costs, Americans Support Potential of Innovative Gene Therapies to Cure Difficult-to-Treat Diseases
SAN FRANCISCO – A new poll from the California-based nonpartisan think tank, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), shows that Americans overwhelmingly support innovative gene therapies, which change the focus of medicine from treating illnesses to curing illnesses. Click here to read the top-line results of PRI’s poll on gene therapies ...
California
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Newsmax TV
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book, Living in Fear in California, on “The Brett Winterble Show” on Newsmax TV. Click here to watch the interview (The interview begins at the 1:01:35 mark)
Agriculture
Read Wayne Winegarden’s Comments on Administration’s Trade Wars in Bankrate
The Trump administration’s trade wars are whipping Fed policy back and forth By Sarah Foster President Donald Trump’s trade wars just might prompt the Federal Reserve rate cut he’s been clamoring for — but for the wrong reasons. Weeks after the White House slapped higher duties on Chinese imports and threatened ...
California
Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal
California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Responds to Push for Healthcare for Undocumented in Calmatters
California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time? By Elizabeth Aguilera As California moves closer than ever to offering free health care to low-income undocumented adults—at a potential cost of $1 billion—battle lines are being drawn about who should benefit, and who ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Fears of US Recession in Yahoo! Finance Article
US recovery closes in on 10 year milestone as fears abound that the party is ending By Calder McHugh As the U.S. economy inches closer to a record-setting decade of sustained growth, experts are increasingly worried that a cliff — caused by a multi-front trade war —could be looming . ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Responds to Latest Round of Tariffs in Las Vegas Review Journal
GOP senators speak out against Trump’s tariffs on Mexican imports By Debra J. Saunders The Trump administration worked Tuesday to contain blowback that followed President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of new tariffs on Mexican goods — both from Mexico City and Senate Republicans who openly expressed their hope that the ...
Electric Vehicles
Wayne Winegarden’s “Costly Subsidies for the Rich” Featured in International Policy Digest Article on Electric Car Subsidies
Tax Credits for a Tesla? By Munr Kazmir and Brooke Bell What Tesla did for electric automobiles was much more important than a tax-break incentive meant to encourage people to purchase electric cars. Tesla made electric cars cool. From the cool science-y name, to the futuristic streamlining of their luxury sports ...
Business & Economics
Read Wealth Professional Story on Wayne Winegarden ESG Study
Putting a question mark on ESG fund performance by Leo Almazora An increasing number of stakeholders are buying into sustainable investments, figuratively and literally. Aside from fund providers’ growing willingness to offer values-based investment products, there’s a rising clamour from investors who want their money placed in companies with strong ESG ...
Health Care
Read Sally Pipes in Heartland News Story on Telemedicine
Telemedicine Offers Remedy for Rising Travel and Wait Times By Leo Pusateri Travel and wait times for health care cost patients $89 billion annually, according to an analysis by Altarum, giving new vigor to legislative arguments supporting telemedicine. Patients travel an average of 34 minutes for health care and wait ...
Despite High Costs, Americans Support Potential of Innovative Gene Therapies to Cure Difficult-to-Treat Diseases
SAN FRANCISCO – A new poll from the California-based nonpartisan think tank, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), shows that Americans overwhelmingly support innovative gene therapies, which change the focus of medicine from treating illnesses to curing illnesses. Click here to read the top-line results of PRI’s poll on gene therapies ...
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Newsmax TV
Watch Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss his new book, Living in Fear in California, on “The Brett Winterble Show” on Newsmax TV. Click here to watch the interview (The interview begins at the 1:01:35 mark)
Read Wayne Winegarden’s Comments on Administration’s Trade Wars in Bankrate
The Trump administration’s trade wars are whipping Fed policy back and forth By Sarah Foster President Donald Trump’s trade wars just might prompt the Federal Reserve rate cut he’s been clamoring for — but for the wrong reasons. Weeks after the White House slapped higher duties on Chinese imports and threatened ...
Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal
California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
Sally Pipes Responds to Push for Healthcare for Undocumented in Calmatters
California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time? By Elizabeth Aguilera As California moves closer than ever to offering free health care to low-income undocumented adults—at a potential cost of $1 billion—battle lines are being drawn about who should benefit, and who ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Fears of US Recession in Yahoo! Finance Article
US recovery closes in on 10 year milestone as fears abound that the party is ending By Calder McHugh As the U.S. economy inches closer to a record-setting decade of sustained growth, experts are increasingly worried that a cliff — caused by a multi-front trade war —could be looming . ...
Wayne Winegarden Responds to Latest Round of Tariffs in Las Vegas Review Journal
GOP senators speak out against Trump’s tariffs on Mexican imports By Debra J. Saunders The Trump administration worked Tuesday to contain blowback that followed President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of new tariffs on Mexican goods — both from Mexico City and Senate Republicans who openly expressed their hope that the ...
Wayne Winegarden’s “Costly Subsidies for the Rich” Featured in International Policy Digest Article on Electric Car Subsidies
Tax Credits for a Tesla? By Munr Kazmir and Brooke Bell What Tesla did for electric automobiles was much more important than a tax-break incentive meant to encourage people to purchase electric cars. Tesla made electric cars cool. From the cool science-y name, to the futuristic streamlining of their luxury sports ...
Read Wealth Professional Story on Wayne Winegarden ESG Study
Putting a question mark on ESG fund performance by Leo Almazora An increasing number of stakeholders are buying into sustainable investments, figuratively and literally. Aside from fund providers’ growing willingness to offer values-based investment products, there’s a rising clamour from investors who want their money placed in companies with strong ESG ...
Read Sally Pipes in Heartland News Story on Telemedicine
Telemedicine Offers Remedy for Rising Travel and Wait Times By Leo Pusateri Travel and wait times for health care cost patients $89 billion annually, according to an analysis by Altarum, giving new vigor to legislative arguments supporting telemedicine. Patients travel an average of 34 minutes for health care and wait ...
