Congress should stop wasting our public funds in these efforts to push us into private plans.
For more than 20 years, PNHPās 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. McCanneās listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Sen. Mark Kirk's lesson for us
Sen. Kirk returns to Senate after year-long recovery from strokeBy Emily GoodinThe Hill, January 3, 2013Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) returned to the Senate on Thursday
Sen. Mark Kirk's lesson for us
In the battle for reform, remember Sen. Kirk's words, "Don't give up."
Overweight, and our health care system
Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index CategoriesBy Katherine M. Flegal, PhD; Brian K. Kit, MD; Heather Orpana, PhD;
Overweight, and our health care system
If you are amongst the 30 to 40 percent of Americans who are overweight, you likely are resolving at the beginning of this year to
Medical students' attitudes regarding the uninsured and underinsured
Videotaped Patient Stories: Impact on Medical Students' Attitudes Regarding Healthcare for the Uninsured and UnderinsuredBy Richard Bruno, Allen Andrews, Brian Garvey, Kristin Huntoon, Rajarshi Mazumder,
Medical students’ attitudes regarding the uninsured and underinsured
Videotaped Patient Stories: Impact on Medical Students' Attitudes Regarding Healthcare for the Uninsured and UnderinsuredBy Richard Bruno, Allen Andrews, Brian Garvey, Kristin Huntoon, Rajarshi Mazumder,
Medical students' attitudes regarding the uninsured and underinsured
As the nation implements the provisions of the Affordable Care Act we can look forward to a future wherein, regardless of the structure of financing
GAO report on USPS Retiree Health Benefits Fund
U.S. POSTAL SERVICEStatus, Financial Outlook, and Alternative Approaches to Fund Retiree Health BenefitsGAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office), December 4, 2012Linking health insurance to employment has
GAO report on USPS Retiree Health Benefits Fund
Linking health insurance to employment has contributed greatly to the dysfunction of health care financing within the United States. If it were a good method,
New America Foundation implicitly endorses single payer
Social Contract Budgeting: Prescriptions from Economics and HistoryBy Peter H. Lindert, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, University of California ā DavisNew America Foundation, December 2012This
New America Foundation implicitly endorses single payer
This statement implicitly supporting single payer is of great importance because of its source. The New America Foundation was established to move beyond partisan politics.