Pacific Research Institute

CAPITAL IDEAS: More Competition Will Help Consumers Needing Quick Cash

August 14, 2018

California

Open the PDF California lawmakers have had several chances to handcuff payday lenders, and in each instance, they were either unable to, or chose not to. Naturally, some see this as a series of missed opportunities. We understand the reaction. But this is an industry that...

NEW STUDY: Medicare Competitive Bidding Process Should Be Reformed

July 26, 2018

Healthcare

Proposed reforms to the Medicare competitive bidding process for wheelchairs, home breathing equipment, and other durable medical equipment underscore the findings of a recently-released Pacific Research Institute study showing that patient health is being negatively impacted by an inefficient system plagued by low provider payments...

CAPITAL IDEAS – Choice Robbers: California Nannies Won’t Give Up

July 26, 2018

Download the PDF When the Legislature declared a moratorium on cities enacting soda taxes, it felt like a win for freedom and a pushback of interventionism. But the busybodies never give up and they plow a fertile field in California, which has no rival as a...

CAPITAL IDEAS: A Futuristic and Cheaper Alternative to High-Speed Rail

June 27, 2018

Download the PDF California’s “bullet” train to nowhere keeps going -- nowhere. Unless tearing down a bridge just to rebuild it is somewhere. Construction of an overpass near Fresno was scrapped late last year—yes, we’re learning about this just now because it was done “quietly”—because, according to...

New Study: Patients, Employers and Taxpayers Could Save Significantly if Barriers to Biosimilars Removed

June 05, 2018

New Study: Patients, Employers and Taxpayers Could Save Significantly if Barriers to Biosimilars Removed Case Study: Increasing Use of Infliximab Biosimilar Could Lower Costs Up to $465 Million Annually...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Should California Workers & Policymakers Fear Flippy the Hamburger-Making Robot?

May 14, 2018

DOWNLOAD THE PDF Flippy, California’s and the world’s first automated fast-food grill master, has been fired. But after a few tweaks, he will be rehired. The same can’t be said about the humans who will lose their jobs to robots due to the state’s minimum wage. Flippy...

How Much Should We Spend? New PRI Report Offers the 15% Solution

May 02, 2018

Business Economics

In the aftermath of a record $1.3 trillion federal spending deal, the latest report in the Pacific Research Institute’s Beyond the New Normal series makes the case that such record spending levels hurts economic growth and American prosperity. The new report released today, “The 15 Percent...

New Study: Patients Could Save Time and Money if Neighborhood Pharmacies Can Administer More Vaccines

April 17, 2018

Healthcare

Patients could save time and money if federal law is reformed to allow pharmacists to administer all CDC recommended vaccines, a new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute found. Click here to download a copy of the study. “Adult vaccines can improve people’s health, but...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Will We Ever Build More Water Storage in California?

April 10, 2018

California

Read the PDF It’s not elected officials’ fault if it doesn’t rain. But they are largely responsible for the issues that arise when it doesn’t. That’s why California’s most-recent drought was often referred to as man-made. The next one, which will reportedly arrive this year, should...

CAPITAL IDEAS: What Executives in High-Demand Industries are Saying About Moving to California

March 19, 2018

DOWNLOAD THE PDF California has a deserved reputation for losing businesses to states where companies believe their commercial prospects are more promising. At the same time, businesses that stay are too often reluctant to expand in-state while many outside are unwilling to relocate or extend their...