Tariffs Harm American Consumers, Manufacturers and the Economy, Warns New Study

SACRAMENTO – Recently enacted and proposed tariffs will have devastating consequences for American families, businesses, and the overall economy, according to a new study by the Pacific Research Institute. The report, authored by economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden, finds that tariffs ...

Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”

Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through ...

More Rent Control Makes Things Worse

Rent control is the bad penny legislation that keeps turning up in California. It is widely regarded as crummy economic policy by economists, it ultimately leads to rental shortages and higher rents and it is based on the faulty idea ...

A Most Flawed Notion: Medicaid ‘Fix’ Will Worsen 340B Crisis

Congressional Republicans are under pressure to find savings to make the math in their budget reconciliation package add up. Medicaid, which accounts for just under 10% of federal spending, has become an obvious target. But instead of addressing the flawed ...

California’s green new scam could cost you $20,000

California has long fancied itself a beacon of environmental progress, a state willing to lead the charge in combating global warming. But the reality is that this pursuit of a “green” future is coming at a staggering cost to California ...

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Drug company profits don’t threaten lives; price controls do

More than 4 in 5 Americans blame the pharmaceutical industry’s profits for the high prices of prescription drugs. It’s little wonder, then, that roughly the ...
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Deregulation Is The Pathway To Greater Pharmaceutical Innovation

Surveys confirm that most Americans recognize the value of prescription drugs. But the same surveys also show that Americans are worried that they will be ...
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Two Good Healthcare Headlines

We all could use a little bit of good news on health policy these days. And Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum provides it ...

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