LAT Piece Points To Tanks' Role

Excerpted from the lede: "…California philanthropic foundations and think tanks are shedding their traditionally detached stances to crusade for healthcare reform…"

Another quote from the piece:

"Sally Pipes, president of the Pacific Research Institute, a conservative think tank based in San Francisco that favors market approaches to healthcare, said foundations risk undermining the credibility of their research by wading into policy deliberations.

"I think that's a bad move for them, because I think they will be really tarred as lobbyists," Pipes said. "I don't think lobbyists have the respect of economists or researchers.'"

More on this topic, of course, to be posted in the coming weeks and months.

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