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New Study: Future Medical Innovation Will Be Hindered Unless Elected Officials Embrace Health Care Entrepreneurship
Pacific Research Institute | Wayne Winegarden
June 23, 2020
As Americans have benefited from tele-health and other innovations thanks to COVID-19 regulatory relief, future medical advances will be stymied unless policymakers remove road blocks that make it difficult for entrepreneurs to develop new technology and for patients to access it, finds the latest study in the Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity series released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute.
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Time Change for PRI Webinar:
Monday, June 29 at 12:30 PM PST***
New Time for Monday, June 29 Webinar --- "Punting Poverty: How Basic Income, Welfare, and Big Government Hurt the American Dream" ([link removed])
Join PRI fellow, entrepreneur, and former NFL and Stanford University football player Damon Dunn on Monday, June 29 at 12:30 PM PST as we discuss his new book, Punting Poverty, recent proposals for universal basic income, and his journey from the trailer parks of Texas to Stanford University, the NFL, and a successful business career. Please note the start time is now 12:30 PM PST.
Monday, June 29, 2020 @ 12:30 PM PST
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This Week on PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Medicare for All and the COVID-19 Crisis
June 22, 2020
As single-payer advocates such as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are seizing on the COVID-19 pandemic to push even more aggressively for a complete takeover of our health care system by the federal government, listen to a special presentation of our recent webinar featuring PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discussing why “Medicare for All” would be the wrong solution for the U.S. to embark on to combat the coronavirus and other future health crises.
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Sally Pipes Mentioned in WSJ Op-ed on Biden
The Wall Street Journal | James Freeman
June 22, 2020
Sally Pipes writes in Forbes about the Biden campaign’s recent announcement of “policy task forces”: Those task forces are a who’s who of the progressive elite—and signal that Biden is going to run for the White House on a platform that is further to the left than any Democrat in history.
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PRI Fellow Erik Jaffe on Recent and Upcoming SCOTUS Decisions
Right By the Bay | Rowena Itchon
June 22, 2020
Last week’s podcast featured PRI fellow and attorney Erik Jaffe, an expert in constitutional law. We asked Erik to give us his perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court’s major cases this session — LGBTQ rights, DACA, abortion regulation, and Trump’s financial records, as well as predict the high court’s decisions. So far (as of Monday before today’s rulings were handed down), he’s batting 500.
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Expert Panel Talks Data Privacy, COVID-19 Impact in PRI Webinar
Right By the Bay | Evan Harris
June 24, 2020
Recently, I moderated a PRI Webinar on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Regulation During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It was a fantastic look at the current state of data privacy, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and where state and federal regulations on data privacy are headed. If you haven’t seen it yet, I encourage you to watch. If you cannot spare an hour, the following provides a high-level summary of the discussion.
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Dr. Henry Miller Talks Coronavirus Vaccine, Fauci with Lars Larson
The Lars Larson Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
June 23, 2020
Dr. Henry Miller talks about the status of a coronavirus vaccine on the Lars Larson Show. Miller comments on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s estimate that a vaccine for COVID-19 could be available by the end of the year or as early as 2021. But, Dr. Miller said that Fauci’s estimates are hugely optimistic.
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