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What a Mess! Former Speechwriters on the 1st Presidential Debate
Next Round Podcast | PRI
September 30, 2020
PRI’s former speechwriters (Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi and Tim Anaya) are joined by attorney, former Reagan and Wilson administration appointee and PRI board member Lawrence Siskind in breaking down the best and worst moments of the first presidential debate. They share their thoughts on the most memorable lines by President Trump and former Vice President Biden and Chris Wallace’s performance as debate moderator, and discuss whether the debate helped or hurt the candidates.
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NEW BRIEF: Mandating that Drug Rebates Benefit Consumers Will Help Patients with High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs
Pacific Research Institute | Wayne Winegarden
September 29, 2020
A new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute found that reforms mandating drug rebates benefit patients rather than payers would lower overall health care costs and help patients with expensive out-of-pocket drug costs.
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Massive coverage losses are greatly exaggerated
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Sally C. Pipes
September 29, 2020
Estimates like this underpin a narrative that large segments of the country are unable to get medical care in the midst of the pandemic. But the number of Americans without access to care — or coverage — is smaller than these numbers suggest.
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Prop 23 – Do we really need a doctor in the house?
Right By the Bay Blog | Rowena Itchon
September 30, 2020
But now the special interests are back with another idea to hound dialysis patients and their providers — Prop. 23. But instead of pretending to be health care execs, this time Californians are asked to masquerade as medical professionals. Prop. 23 wants voters to decide whether to require that a doctor be present at the dialysis clinic while patients are being treated. Since a doctor in the house would add to the cost of care, the key question is are they really necessary?
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During COVID-19 pandemic, blue states defund online charter schools
The Washington Times | Lance Izumi
September 29, 2020
In California, the legislature’s Democrat-supermajority passed an education budget bill that freezes online-charter-school funding at last year’s levels, even if online charters experienced student enrollment growth, which many have had because of increased demand of parents and students during the COVID-19 crisis.
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The Street Profiles Dr. Henry Miller on FDA Woes
The Street | Adam Smith
September 29, 2020
But some were cautious, such as Dr. Henry I. Miller, who for many years worked at the Food and Drug Administration and who was a founding director of the agency’s Office of Biotechnology. As media reports told of how quickly a coronavirus shot could arrive, Miller was reminding those who would listen of what happened with the speedy creation of the swine flu vaccine in the 1970s that led to hundreds of cases Guillain-Barre, an otherwise rare, but potentially deadly, syndrome.
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Prop. 19 Could Be a Huge Tax Increase for Middle Class Californians Inheriting Homes
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
September 29, 2020
Millions in TV ads are promoting the fact that Prop. 19, as the state voter information guide notes, “permits homeowners who are over 55, severely disabled, or whose homes were destroyed by wildfire or disaster” to transfer their residence’s property tax base value protected by Prop. 13 to a replacement home anywhere in the state, and of any value. Other ads champion the fact that most of the revenue generated by Prop. 19’s tax changes would go for fire protection services.
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Newsom: If You Like Your Internal-Combustion Engine Car, You Can Keep It
Right By the Bay Blog | Kerry Jackson
October 1, 2020
When Barack Obama told the country that under Obamacare “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” he was dinged for telling the PolitiFact Lie of the Year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a similar promise when he signed last week an executive order that will outlaw the sale of new gasoline- and diesel-powered cars by 2035.
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A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ([link removed])
Join Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, for a live, virtual conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. They will discuss the importance of expanding school choice opportunities for every American student, school reopenings following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the President’s education reform agenda.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
11:00AM PDT (2 PM EDT)
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PRI’s 9th Annual Baroness Thatcher Dinner with Kimberley Strassel ([link removed])
Please join us on Wednesday, October 14 for our 9th Annual Baroness Thatcher Dinner at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach featuring keynote speaker Kimberley Strassel from Fox News. The Honorable Janice Rogers Brown is this year's Baroness Thatcher Liberty Award recipient.
This year’s gala will be held outdoors at Mar Vista, a separate stand-alone event center with panoramic views. Please note that space is extremely limited due to public health and venue protocols. Registrations will be processed on a first come first serve basis.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
6:00PM
The Resort at Pelican Hill
Outdoors on the Mar Vista Lower Patio
Reception Begins: 6 p.m.
Dinner Program: 7 p.m.
Conclusion: 9 p.m.
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DATE CHANGE – Winning the Water Wars ([link removed])
Join Veteran Journalist Steven Greenhut for a conversation on his new PRI book, Winning the Water Wars.
Tuesday, October 27 - 11:00 AM to 12 PM PDT ([link removed])
“Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting” is one of the more iconic quotes attributed to water management in the West. Few issues carve up competing political, economic, and geographic interests quicker than water, especially in California.
Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 11 AM for a conversation with veteran journalist Steven Greenhut on all things water conservation, storage, and infrastructure, as well as talk about his new PRI book, Winning the Water Wars.
Greenhut’s new book explores water infrastructure solutions beyond storage and dams and examines the importance of water pricing and trading, regulatory reforms, desalination, wastewater treatment, and more.
One focus of the book explores the ongoing water policy debate between agricultural interests advocating increased storage, and environmental advocates who oppose these projects in the name of habitat restoration. Greenhut argues that California water policy should be based on a policy of abundance, which would more effectively protect endangered fish than flushing water out to sea. The book also looks at how free-market water market reforms could better facilitate water transfers and trading.
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