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 ...

America Shouldn’t Buy Into Single-Payer Mirage

Will the seventh time be the charm? Sen. Bernie Sanders sure hopes so. Vermont’s senior senator just introduced his latest bid to install Medicare for All in the United States. In seven of the last eight Congresses, dating back to ...

Newsom’s ed budget: high spending, low results

Despite a $12 billion budget deficit, Governor Gavin Newsom still proposes to spend more on the state’s public schools, despite findings of a Georgetown University study showing that California is not getting education bang for its taxpayer buck. Newsom’s updated ...

Can California afford costly climate change programs in a grim budget year?

It was not supposed to be this way. In the throes of last year’s budget turmoil, California’s spending plan at that time was supposed to bring stability. Yet here we are. Another May Revision, another budget deficit — this time ...

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Don’t Take Cutting-Edge Drugs for Granted

It’s hard to imagine a more destructive plan. Importing foreign price controls on prescription drugs would reduce access to existing treatments for everything from rare ...
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Trump’s ‘Most Favored Nation’ Drug Plan Doesn’t Favor Americans

Last week, President Donald Trump revived one of the most ill-conceived health policy ideas of his first term. Via a new executive order, he’s directed ...
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To Improve Drug Affordability Congress Should Fix the Payment System

Demanding that drug prices in the U.S. equal overseas prices is akin to demanding that the price of all expensive handbags should equal the prices ...

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