Barbara Starfield, M.D., Focuses on Primary Care and Health Care ReformBy James Arvantes American Academy of Family Physicians, September 2, 2009Barbara Starfield, M.D., M.P.H., is
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.
Barbara Starfield
Barbara Starfield made a difference. The momentum she created is so intense that it cannot be broken, but will carry us forward until we
What? Increased Medicare spending improves health status?
Medical Spending and the Health of the ElderlyBy Jack Hadley, Timothy Waidmann, Stephen Zuckerman, Robert A. BerensonHSR, May 24, 2011AbstractObjective. To estimate the relationship between
What? Increased Medicare spending improves health status?
Does spending more on Medicare beneficiaries improve health status? This study concludes that, on average, it does. This is an important finding because
Means testing Medicare
Ryan Says Rich Should Pay More as Sanders Defends Entitlements for WealthyBy Brian FalerBloomberg, May 30, 2011Bernie Sanders, the U.S. Senateās only avowed socialist, may
Means testing Medicare
Paying for health care and receiving health care are two different issues. Under an ideal system, everyone should receive all essential health care services
Des Moines Register: VA health system for everyone?
Why don't we expand VA health system?EditorialDesMoinesRegister.com, May 29, 2011Wow! The Des Moines Register previously has supported single payer reform, but now they seem to
Des Moines Register: VA health system for everyone?
Wow! The Des Moines Register previously has supported single payer reform, but now they seem to be broadening their position by supporting a
Changing physicians' politics
As Physiciansā Jobs Change, So Do Their PoliticsBy Gardiner HarrisThe New York Times, May 30, 2011Doctors were once overwhelmingly male and usually owned their own
Changing physicians’ politics
Anecdotes and hearsay are not the same as scientifically conducted surveys, but most of us who have been around for a while have seen
AMA supports Medicare balance billing
Medicare Patient Empowerment ActAmerican Medical AssociationSadly, the American Medical Association is showing once again whom they really represent - physicians, but not their patients. This
AMA supports Medicare balance billing
Sadly, the American Medical Association is showing once again whom they really represent - physicians, but not their patients. This legislation would greatly