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COVID-19 Restrictions Led to Small Health Benefits Negated by Tradeoff of Huge Economic, Education Losses
September 25, 2023

States that had more invasive COVID-19 restrictions saw small reductions in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, but saw large negative impacts on employment, economic growth, and children’s education outcomes, finds a new brief released by PRI's Center for Medical Economics and Innovation.

“No Solutions, Only Tradeoffs,” authored by PRI's Dr. Wayne Winegarden and McKenzie Richards, examined whether the states rated as having more restrictive interventions realized health benefits from fewer COVID-19 infections and deaths.

Based on the review of the data, the PRI brief found that:
* More restrictive interventions did reduce COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. However, these small health benefits were offset by the increase in other health risks, such as the increased number of late cancer identifications due to delayed cancer screenings.

* There were significant unintended consequences from stricter COVID-19 restrictions. For example, states with higher levels of restrictions suffered larger economic consequences compared to those with fewer restrictions, particularly in reductions in their share of the national economy and the states’ food and accommodation sectors.

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Sacramento Tax Increase Push for 'Affordable House' Would Push City's Problems on County
Right by the Bay | Tim Anaya | September 25, 2023

Sacramento’s city leaders are either putting their head in the sand in response to the city’s worsening homeless problem, or they are proposing tired old ideas that have failed elsewhere and which make its homeless and housing problems much worse. Now city leaders want to pass the buck to county taxpayers.

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Let's Hope Drug Companies Win Price Controls War
Newsmax | Sally C. Pipes | September 26, 2023

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability met last week for a hearing on the Inflation Reduction Act’s first year. As one of the witnesses pointed out, the law’s implementation — particularly its drug pricing reforms — have already run afoul of some of our government’s most basic norms of transparency and accountability.

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