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Wayne Winegarden Discusses Congress' Plans for Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers on NTD News
NTD News | May 2, 2023
Wayne Winegarden
Congress is beginning to push back on pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs). PRI’s Wayne Winegarden tells NTD News that a large problem lies in the lack of transparency in the drug pricing system. Reforming the PBM system could reduce costs for patients.
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Don't expand Medicaid to noncitizens
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
May 2, 2023
Last week, the Biden administration ([link removed]) released a plan that would open up Medicaid ([link removed]) and Obamacare to nearly 580,000 undocumented immigrants. Never mind that the federal deficit is projected to reach $1.4 trillion this year. What’s another few billion dollars?
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Latest Anti-Nuclear Lawsuit Threatens Progress on California's Clean Energy Goals
Power Magazine | Kerry Jackson
May 1, 2023
An agreement to pull the plug on the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in San Luis Obispo County was settled in 2016. But plans to close it in 2025 were delayed last year when California was hit in the mouth with an extreme heat wave that threatened the power grid. The realists, or rather near-realists, felt it necessary to extend the life ([link removed]) of the last surviving atomic energy facility in the state until at least 2030.
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L.A. Charter Schools Receive Less Funding Than Regular Public Schools
Right by the Bay | Lance Izumi
May 2, 2023
While Governor Gavin Newsom has touted how he has increased state education funding during his tenure, charter schools have seen less funding compared to regular public schools, with the gap widening in places like Los Angeles.
A new study ([link removed]) by the University of Arkansas analyzes the funding disparity between charter schools and their regular public school counterparts in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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You are invited to attend the:
12th Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala
w/ Keynote Speaker Arthur Laffer
Thursday, May 11, 2023
6:15PM Reception
7:00PM Dinner and Presentations
9:15PM Conclusion
The Westin South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, CA
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You are invited to attend the:
PRI Webinar with Hoover Institution senior fellow
and UCLA professor Dr. Lee Ohanian
Friday, May 19, 2023
11:00AM
On Zoom
A conversation on California's growing outmigration problem with PRI senior fellow in business and economics Wayne Winegarden.
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