The New York Times
Editorial
Originally published February 6, 2006
New evidence keeps emerging that the medical profession has sold its soul in exchange for what can
Goodbye, Europe. Hello, USA.
Alberta headed for USA-style health care system
By Diana Gibson
Parkland Institute
Originally published February 21, 2006
Ralph Klein has wasted no time challenging the election promises of Stephen
Disease management strikes out
By Laura Benko
Modern Healthcare
Originally published January 23, 2006
PREMATURE DEATH
PacifiCare ends program early, CMS cites rising costs
Raising further questions about the financial value of disease management,
No-Fault Compensation in New Zealand
Harmonizing Injury Compensation, Provider Accountability, and Patient Safety
Commonwealth Fund, February 2006
Executive Summary
In New Zealand, patients seek compensation for medical injuries not through malpractice suits as
Statement for the Record of Dr. Don R. McCanne to Committee on Ways and Means (March 24, 2004)
Statement for the Record of Dr. Don R. McCanne,
Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago, Illinois
House Committee on Ways and Means
Hearing on Board of Trustees
Californians respond to Sacramento Bee editorial on health care reform
Letters to the editor
Our social contract
Published 2:15 am PST Sunday, February 19, 2006
Story appeared in Forum section, Page E6
Re "The new shades of gray," Forum,
Vanquishing the American Dream
By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
AlterNet.org
Posted January 24, 2006.
As General Motors shuts down well-paid middle-class jobs, the old slogan 'What's good for G.M. is good for
Canada's Health IT Investments Outpace the United States
Originally published February 16, 2006
Canada Health Infoway by March will have invested $562 million in health IT projects, Richard Alvarez, CEO of the federally funded
Woman Fences Stolen Goods to Pay for Health Insurance
Woman Fences Stolen Goods to Pay for Health Insurance
The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 23, 2006
By Steve Liewer
STAFF WRITER
February 23, 2006
A Vista woman was sentenced to prison
Health-care overhaul urged at rally
By Richard Halstead
Marin Independent Journal
February 19, 2006
Guy Esberg of San Anselmo said he recently traveled to Germany for an operation and is contemplating going to
Insurers' Study Tries to Whitewash Truth that Skimpy Coverage Causes Medical Bankruptcy
EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 AM EDT
February 28, 2006
Contacts: David Himmelstein, M.D.
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.
(617) 665-1032
Elizabeth Warren, J.D.
(617) 495-3101
Insurers' Study Tries to Whitewash Fact that Skimpy Coverage Contributes
The Future of Medicare: Finishing What We Started
Bruce Vladeck, Ernst & Young LLP
July 2005
As Medicare approaches its 40th anniversary, it's important to recognize that the program's founders would have been profoundly ambivalent