Though it is not our policy to distribute a Quote of the Day message on Christmas Day, we have to make an exception this year
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.
Bruce Bartlett's Christmas gift to all of us
Though it is not our policy to distribute a Quote of the Day message on Christmas Day, we have to make an exception this year
Rasmussen survey shows split on single payer
40% Favor Single-Payer Health Care System, 44% OpposeRasmussen Reports, December 17, 2012Forty percent (40%) of Likely U.S. Voters favor a single-payer system, according to a
A message of hope from our economists
Statement on HealthcareEcon4, December 2012(Excerpts)We are economists who think that the economy should serve people, the planet and the future.We oppose treating health care as
A message of hope from our economists
Against a background of depressing news during this Holiday Season, this group of social-minded economists is sending us a message of hope for a better
Guns and health
Press ConferenceWayne Lapierre, CEO & Executive Vice PresidentNRA (National Rifle Association), December 21, 2012The ONLY thing that stops a BAD guy with a gun is
Guns and health
(There is a not-so-subtle message here about the health of the nation.)
Ron Pollack and Celinda Lake: carnival hawkers for big insurance
Next Challenge for the Health Law: Getting the Public to Buy InBy Abby GoodnoughThe New York Times, December 19, 2012On its face, the low-key discussion
Ron Pollack and Celinda Lake: carnival hawkers for big insurance
Now that they got their wish and we have reform based on private insurance plans, they have a new hurdle and that is to try
Cleveland Clinic CEO Cosgrove on single payer
Cleveland Clinic Diagnoses Health-Care ActBy Anna Wilde MathewsThe Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2012Just over a year from now, the Affordable Care Act is set
Cleveland Clinic CEO Cosgrove on single payer
Cleveland Clinic President and CEO Delos "Toby" Cosgrove confirms what Physicians for a National Health Program has been saying all along. It's not whether we'll
PacifiCare’s massive Medicare Advantage fraud
Risk Adjustment Data Validation of Payments Made to PacifiCare of California for Calendar Year 2007Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of Inspector General, November 2012In