Just as they did with employee pension plans, employers are now gearing up to convert employee health benefit programs from defined benefit to defined contribution.
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.
Can we learn from Rawanda?
In Rwanda, Health Care Coverage That Eludes the U.S.By Tina RosenbergThe New York Times, July 3, 2012Last weekās Supreme Court decision upholding of the constitutionality
Can we learn from Rawanda?
Rawanda, one of the poorest nations in the world, has seen a dramatic improvement in the health of their people since the establishment of their
OECD 2012 Economic Survey of the United States
The United States needs to foster education and innovation to keep its cutting edgeOECD Economic Surveys: United States 2012OECD, June 26, 2012So what does an
OECD 2012 Economic Survey of the United States
So what does an economic survey of the United States have to do with health care? Simply that we cannot expect to have a superior
Republican health care executive on single payer
The remedy is universal MedicareBy Jack BernardThe Kansas City Star, July 1, 2012We did end up with a health care reform law. But, strangely enough,
Republican health care executive on single payer
This op-ed is of special significance for us for two reasons: 1) Medicare for All is not only a liberal/progressive issue as these are the
So is ACA all there is?
Senator Bernie SandersJune 28, 2012In my view, while the Affordable Care Act is an important step in the right direction and I am glad that
So is ACA all there is?
The responses to the Supreme Court decision to uphold the basics of the Affordable Care Act were quite predictable. Through all of the cacophony, two
The Supreme Court decision
By Don McCanne, MDGo ahead and wade through the cacophony of responses to the Supreme Court decision. It should be a fascinating excursion through society's
The Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court Ruling on the Patent Protection and Affordable Care Act
Go ahead and wade through the cacophony of responses to the Supreme Court decision.
The Supreme Court decision will not eliminate the private insurers
Private Insurance Is Bankrupting Americans: Is Congress Paying Attention?By Diane ArcherHealth Affairs Blog, June 26, 2012Over the last decade, health insurance costs doubled for the