Blue Shield, UCLA end long health insurance disputeBy Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, August 10, 2012Nonprofit insurer Blue Shield of California said it resolved a
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.
Blue Shield's contract dispute with University of California hospitals
Blue Shield, UCLA end long health insurance disputeBy Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, August 10, 2012Nonprofit insurer Blue Shield of California said it resolved a
Blue Shield's contract dispute with University of California hospitals
We should be able to agree that a health care financing system should be designed to optimally serve the health care needs of the patient.
Paul Ryan on single payer
Paul Ryan on single payer:http://www.washingtonstakeout.com/index.php/2011/06/13/ryan-questioned-on-medicare-for-all/Comment:By Don McCanne, MDRes ipsa loquitur.Res ipsa loquitur.
Paul Ryan on single payer
Res ipsa loquitur.
Pharmaceutical R&D – its cost and what it delivers
Pharmaceutical research and development: what do we get for all that money?By Donald W Light, Joel R LexchinBMJ, August 7, 2012Data indicate that the widely
Pharmaceutical R&D – its cost and what it delivers
Pharmaceutical research and development: what do we get for all that money?By Donald W Light, Joel R LexchinBMJ, August 7, 2012Data indicate that the widely
Pharmaceutical R&D – its cost and what it delivers
This important BMJ article by Donald Light and Joel Lexchin gives us the background that explains why we have the feeling that the pharmaceutical firms
Dutch insurer intends to block single payer for Slovakia
Slovakia wants to nationalise private health insurersPrivate Healthcare UKAugust 6, 2012Slovakiaās prime minister Robert Fico plans to reduce national healthcare to a single state-owned insurer
Dutch insurer intends to block single payer for Slovakia
Slovakia has a health insurance program covering everyone, financed by a payroll tax. But Slovakians can choose one of two private insurers in place of
Is the federal employees health program anti-competitive?
OPM seeks more competition for employee health plansBy Joe DavidsonThe Washington Post, August 6, 2012The Obama administration is considering fundamental changes to the Federal Employees
Is the federal employees health program anti-competitive?
Many in the policy community have claimed for decades that employer-sponsored plans offer the best benefits and the greatest value in health care coverage, and