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Basic Income Guarantees Would ‘Warehouse’ Poor, Not Propel Them
RealClearMarkets | Damon Dunn
July 2, 2020
My family and I lived in rural Texas outside Fort Worth in a single-wide trailer. My grandfather made just enough money to qualify for every government assistance program you can imagine, from food stamps and welfare to free government cheese and Medicaid. If you had given my family an extra $1,000 a month, this would not have done anything to lift us out of poverty.
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This Week on PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Wayne Winegarden – Empowering Entrepreneurs to Address America’s Health Care Challenges
July 6, 2020
PRI Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the latest study in the “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series, which makes the case that future medical innovation will be hindered unless state and federal policymakers embrace health care entrepreneurship.
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The John Batchelor Show Talks to Dr. Henry Miller About COVID-19 Flare-ups
The John Batchelor Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
July 7, 2020
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller talks about the recent flare-up of COVID-19 cases in California, Texas, and Florida. Miller explains how different regulations and orders in each of those states may, or may not have, contributed to the increase in cases. Miller also explains one positive coming out of the growth in cases: a lower death rate.
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Telehealth’s Success During COVID-19 Shows Need to Empower Health Care Innovators
Times of San Diego | Wayne Winegarden
July 7, 2020
To fully realize the health care revolution that can come through entrepreneurship, it’s critical that government officials make these temporary regulatory reforms permanent. Elected officials must also go a step further and remove other government barriers to health care entrepreneurship like the broken health care payment system that puts insurers and government payers in charge of health care decision-making, not patients.
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American Political Divide Enters Social Media
Right By the Bay Blog | Evan Harris
July 7, 2020
The latest survey from the Verge, a technology news site, about sentiment toward social media technology companies and search engine provides, or “big tech,” found most Americans are skeptical of the companies. 72 percent say Facebook has too much power, 56 percent say the government should break up tech companies if they control too much of the economy, and that 51 percent say Google and YouTube should be split.
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Sally C. Pipes Discuss Obamacare Supreme Court Hearing on the Kim Monson Show
The Kim Monson Show | Sally C. Pipes
July 6, 2020
Sally C. Pipes joined the Kim Monson Show to discusses the pending U.S. Supreme Court hearing for Obamacare. Pipes explains that we are still a year or more way from a final decision, with hearings scheduled for the fall and a final decision expected 2021. Pipes and Monson also discuss the current state of Obamacare.
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Damon Dunn Talks Punting Poverty with Joe Thomas
The Joe Thomas Show | Damon Dunn
July 7, 2020
PRI fellow in Business and Economics Damon Dunn discusses his new book Punting Poverty with host Joe Thomas on WCHV Radio in Charlottesville, VA.
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