Buffering the Pharma Brand: Restoring Reputation, Rebuilding Trust (A panel discussion)Financial TimesFT Global Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Conference 2013, December 3, 2013Bayer Chairman Marijn Dekkers wants
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Why we do not want investor-owned health care institutions
Hospital Chain Said to Scheme to Inflate BillsBy Julie Creswell and Reed AbelsonThe New York Times, January 23, 2014Health Management Associates, a for-profit hospital chain
Why we do not want investor-owned health care institutions
Hospital Chain Said to Scheme to Inflate Bills
By Julie Creswell and Reed Abelson
The New York Times, January 23, 2014
Health Management Associates, a for-profit hospital chain
Wyden’s S.1932 – “Better Care, Lower Cost Act”
The Better Care, Lower Cost ActSenator Ron WydenJanuary 15, 2014Medicare is not doing enough to take care of chronically ill patients, and the limitations of
Wyden’s S.1932 – “Better Care, Lower Cost Act”
The Better Care, Lower Cost Act
Senator Ron Wyden
January 15, 2014
Medicare is not doing enough to take care of chronically ill patients, and the limitations of
Supreme Court upholds government’s right to negotiate drug prices for all of us (2003 decision)
Remember the MaineRxBy Robert KempApplied Health Economics and Health Policy, February 2014AbstractGovernment works for the benefit of the people, sometimes. The government of Maine almost
Supreme Court upholds government’s right to negotiate drug prices for all of us (2003 decision)
Remember the MaineRx
By Robert Kemp
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, February 2014
Abstract
In 2000, Maine became the first state in the US to enact a law
Cancer, costs and single payer
Oncologists call for single payer in leading cancer journalPhysicians for a National Health Program, January 17, 2014A feature article published today in the Journal of
Cancer, costs and single payer
Oncologists call for single payer in leading cancer journal
Physicians for a National Health Program, January 17, 2014
A feature article published today in the Journal of
Martin Luther King Jr would support Oxfam’s recommendations to the World Economic Forum
Working for the FewOxfam, January 20, 2014In November 2013, the World Economic Forum released its ‘Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014’, in which it ranked
Martin Luther King Jr would support Oxfam’s recommendations to the World Economic Forum
Working for the Few
Oxfam, January 20, 2014
In November 2013, the World Economic Forum released its ‘Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014’, in which it ranked
Why not income-related premiums for Medicare beneficiaries?
Raising Medicare Premiums for Higher-Income Beneficiaries: Assessing the ImplicationsBy Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Gretchen Jacobson, and Karen E. SmithKaiser Family Foundation, January 2014As policymakers consider