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After COVID-19 Subsides, 'the telehealth revolution must march on'
Fierce Healthcare | Sally C. Pipes
It’s hard to find a silver lining in a pandemic. But one of the few may be the rapid rise of telemedicine. With people stuck at home, doctors retooled their practices to see patients via videoconference. Insurance companies and regulators expanded the number of services available via telemedicine—and made reimbursement for telehealth consultations on par with conventional in-person visits.
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This Week on PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Bartlett Cleland: Everything You Need to Know About California's New Privacy Law
July 27, 2020
PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect on July 1. He discusses the serious flaws with the new law and how it will impact consumers and business owners, looks ahead to November when voters would have a chance to enact an even tougher law in Proposition 24, shares the ideal free market version of a privacy law, and talks about how COVID-19 has affected technology and data privacy.
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Sally Pipes Interviewed in World Magazine
Promise Me Anything
World | Marvin Olasky
July 29, 2020
Sally Pipes is president of the Pacific Research Institute and the author of False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All (Encounter). I interviewed her on Feb. 6, just after that book came out, and just before COVID-19 hit the headlines. Her analysis makes me realize that we have not only a political problem but a cultural problem affecting both supply of doctors and demand for their time.
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Nine California Statues Vandalized or Removed
Right by the Bay | Rowena Itchon
July 29, 2020
There have been countless times when I’ve walked by a shapeless, twisting sculpture on public property and shuddered at the thought of how much it cost taxpayers. But it never occurred to me to take a sledgehammer and “cancel” the object d’art.
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