Pacific Research Institute

The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) or officially the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, is a prominent California-based conservative think tank founded in 1979 whose stated vision is the promotion of "the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government." [ [http://www.pacificresearch.org/ Pacific Research Institute homepage] ] The Pacific Research Institute has associated with other think-tanks like the American Enterprise Institute, The Heritage Foundation, The Fraser Institute, and the Cato Institute.

Since 1996 they have produced an "Index of Leading Environmental Indicators".

Areas of work

The PRI think tank lists the following as their goals:
*Education – to provide all students with access to a quality education
*Business and Economics – to strike down barriers to economic growth and innovation
*Health Care – to provide better quality and access to health-care while lowering costs
*Technology – to identify and limit harmful government regulation in the technology sector
*Environment – to sustain the trend toward a cleaner environment

They said these were their accomplishments in 2006:
*Reached an audience of more than 475 million through print and online outlets throughout the year
*On average, more than 100 articles citing PRI’s research published each month, 1,254 in total
*Articles placed in all of the top 10 daily newspapers in the nation and in all papers nationwide, including USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.
*Website page visits totaled over half a million, with 1.3 million pages viewed
*Reached more than 40 million through radio and television nationwide

PRI and Healthcare

PRI head Sally C. Pipes, a Canadian-born naturalized United States citizen frequently speaks and writes against universal health care. Her bio lists as healthcare topics she had addressed "the false promise of a single-payer system as exists in Canada, pharmaceutical pricing, solving the problem of the uninsured, and strategies for consumer-driven health care".

She authored a 2004 book, "Miracle Cure: How to Solve America’s Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer". ["Miracle Cure: How to Solve America’s Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer", Sally C. Pipes, 2004. (ISBN 0936488921) ]

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The staff of the PRI includes : [ [http://liberty.pacificresearch.org/keypeople/staff.asp Staff of the PRI] ]
*Sonia Arrison, Senior Fellow, Technology Studies
*Daniel Ballon, Fellow, Technology Studies
*K. Lloyd Billingsley, Editorial Director
*Chrissie Fong, Development
*Cindy Chin, Events Manager
*Karen Chreston, Vice President of Finance and Administration
*Diana M. Ernst, Policy Fellow, Health Care Studies
*John R. Graham, Director, Health Care Studies
*Steven F. Hayward, Senior Fellow, Environmental Studies
*Rowena Itchon, Vice President for Marketing
*Lance Izumi, Director, Education Studies; Senior Fellow in California Studies
*Amy Kaleita, Policy Fellow, Environmental Studies
*Nomi Deutch, Associate Director of Marketing
*Lawrence J. McQuillan, Director, Business and Economic Studies
*Vicki E. Murray, Senior Policy Fellow, Education Studies
*Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO
*Joshua S. Treviño, Vice President of Public Policy
*Jason Clemens, Director of Research
*John Campbell, Foundations and Major Gifts
*Adam Frey, Policy Fellow

References

External links

* [http://www.pacificresearch.org/ Pacific Research Institute website] .
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pacific_Research_Institute Sourcewatch Report on PRI] .