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How Public Safety Policy Mistakes Are Contributing to California's Unsafe Streets
Right by the Bay | April 6, 2022
Steve Smith
Last Sunday was a bloody one in Northern California. In the early morning hours on Sunday April 3^rd, as people were leaving a night club in downtown Sacramento, automatic weapons fire rang out sending people fleeing. When the victims were counted, 18 people were shot and six were dead.
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A Public Option Is Still the Wrong Way to Reform Health Care
National Review | Sally C. Pipes
April 6, 2022
There’s nothing ‘moderate’ about the suffering that will result from the supposed ‘middle ground’ between the status quo and a single-payer system.
California officials have recently fined L.A. Care, America’s largest publicly operated health-insurance program, $55 million for letting poor Angelenos suffer and die as they waited months to see specialist doctors. And if advocates for a national “public option” in health care ([link removed]) get their way, millions of Americans could soon face similar fates.
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Assembly Progressives' Solution to Astronomical Gas Prices? Increase Taxes on Gas
Right by the Bay | Emily Humpal
April 5, 2022
Only in California will you witness Assembly progressives hijacking a bill ([link removed]) that suspends a tax to gut-and-amend it with language that enacts a new tax.
Assemblymember Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) introduced Assembly Bill 1638 ([link removed]) at the beginning of this year in response to the considerable jump in gas prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Factors such as 1) the post-pandemic demand for gas as more and more cars are on the roads, 2) cuts in the oil production from oil-producing nations during the pandemic and a slow start to ramping up production, and 3) the U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports have all contributed to the current average state gas price of $5.91 ([link removed]) , with that number changing every day according to AAA.
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Dr. Murray Sabrin: An Individual Single Payer System
PRI Next Round Podcast | Dr. Murray Sabrin
April 4, 2022
Our guest on this podcast is Dr. Murray Sabrin on his new book Universal Medical Care from Conception to End of Life: The Case for A Single-Payer System. Under the individual single-payer system outlined by Dr. Sabrin, every American adult would be in charge of his or her medical coverage. There would be no more conflicts regarding insurance companies or the government on medical procedures and medications. In a free market, every adult–the single payer–would pay for what he/she needs to achieve optimal health.
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