This study further confirms what we have known all along - that private insurers selectively market to the healthy, further cushioning their profits by being
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.
Wrong way to slow health care spending
Growth In US Health Spending Remained Slow In 2010; Health Share Of Gross Domestic Product Was Unchanged From 2009By Anne B. Martin, David Lassman, Benjamin
Wrong way to slow health care spending
For the present, growth in health care spending has leveled off at 17.9 percent of our GDP. But how? By high unemployment, continued loss of
Finnish school lessons for American health care
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School SuccessBy Anu PartanenThe Atlantic, December 29, 2011(Excerpts)Everyone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system dramatically,
Finnish school lessons for American health care
When you read these excerpts from this article on the education system in Finland, what is striking is how much the philosophy behind their vastly
Germany’s painful lesson on private insurance
Many seek to switch to public health insuranceThe Local - Germany's News in EnglishJanuary 8, 2012Shocked by premium increases of as much as 50 percent,
Germany's painful lesson on private insurance
Many seek to switch to public health insuranceThe Local - Germany's News in EnglishJanuary 8, 2012Shocked by premium increases of as much as 50 percent,
Germany's painful lesson on private insurance
It's only January, yet Germany already is providing us one of the most important policy lessons of 2012. It may be great politics to allow
D. Light on Fukuyama’s “History” and D. Massey on “American Exceptionalism”
Professor Donald Light responds to the Quote of the Day on Francis Fukuyama's "The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the
D. Light on Fukuyama's "History" and D. Massey on "American Exceptionalism"
Professor Donald Light responds to the Quote of the Day on Francis Fukuyama's "The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the
D. Light on Fukuyama's "History" and D. Massey on "American Exceptionalism"
Donald Light writes that "a coherent intellectual and societal case can be made for what might be called the 'thriving state.'" As we think about
Francis Fukuyama on the decline of the middle class
The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class?By Francis FukuyamaForeign Affairs, January/February 2012In this essay, Francis Fukuyama describes the