Britain's Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron has been eager to privatize their National Health Service. What a great start. Hinchingbrooke, now privately managed by former
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.
Important: We have the wrong Medicare program
Cost Control in a Parallel Universe: Medicare Spending in the United States and CanadaBy David U. Himmelstein, MD; Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPHArchives of Internal Medicine,
Important: We have the wrong Medicare program
This study is particularly important because it compares spending in our Medicare program for beneficiaries 65 and older with Canadian Medicare spending for the same
A national plan for the exchanges
U.S. Set to Sponsor Health InsuranceBy Robert PearThe New York Times, October 27, 2012The Obama administration will soon take on a new role as the
A national plan for the exchanges
Although the White House has not yet released the rules for federally-sponsored national health plans, we really don't need those rules to know that this
Bipartisan report on costs is leading us astray
Seven Factors Driving Up Your Health Care CostsBy Julie ApplebyPBS NewsHour/Kaiser Health News, October 24, 2012There is no one villain in the battle against rising
Bipartisan report on costs is leading us astray
Julie Appleby is a highly credible health care reporter who has done an excellent job of reporting the views expressed in this report released by
Health care insurance lessons from Greece
Amid Cutbacks, Greek Doctors Offer Message to Poor: You Are Not AloneBy Liz AldermanThe New York Times, October 24, 2012Life in Greece has been turned
Health care insurance lessons from Greece
Greece's austerity program has been devastating. Greece's lenders have imposed on them the requirement that individuals lose their health insurance after one year of unemployment.
Mark Pauly: Cost effectiveness depends on cost sharing
Cost Effectiveness Analysis and the Design of Cost-Sharing in Insurance: Solving a PuzzleBy Mark PaulyNational Bureau of Economic Research, October 2012Abstract Okay. So we determine that
Mark Pauly: Cost effectiveness depends on cost sharing
Okay. So we determine that most medical interventions fall somewhere between 100 percent cost effective and not cost effective at all. Then we are supposed
U.S. executives most concerned about health care costs
Healthcare costs top U.S. executives' concerns: Adecco surveyBy Nick ZieminskiReuters, October 22, 2012U.S. corporate executives are more worried about providing healthcare benefits to their employees