The commission members understand that health care is the greatest contributor to our federal budget deficit. Most of them recognize that the health
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s 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. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
California’s largest insurers continue to cheat
Blue Shield, Kaiser among state insurers finedBy Victoria ColliverSan Francisco ChronicleNovember 30, 2010State regulators Monday fined seven of California's largest health insurers nearly $5 million
California's largest insurers continue to cheat
Blue Shield, Kaiser among state insurers finedBy Victoria ColliverSan Francisco ChronicleNovember 30, 2010State regulators Monday fined seven of California's largest health insurers nearly $5 million
‘The US model of private health insurers is inefficient, expensive’
Times of India Nov 26, 2010Times of India
Joseph Stiglitz the Nobel prize-winning economist has written several articles on the inequity in access to health and
'The US model of private health insurers is inefficient, expensive'
Times of India Nov 26, 2010Times of India
Joseph Stiglitz the Nobel prize-winning economist has written several articles on the inequity in access to health and
California’s largest insurers continue to cheat
What services do the private insurers provide for us? Processing claims? They won't even do that right 20 percent of the time, according to this
Is Uwe Reinhardt for or against single payer?
Reinhardt: Repeal Health Care, Make GOP Cut CostsBy John GreenwaldThe Fiscal TimesNovember 28, 2010Single payer advocates frequently are perplexed by Uwe Reinhardt's positions on health
Is Uwe Reinhardt for or against single payer?
Single payer advocates frequently are perplexed by Uwe Reinhardt's positions on health care reform.
Joseph Stiglitz on single payer
Rema Nagarajan interviews Joseph StiglitzThe Times of IndiaNovember 26, 2010Why have you been pitching for a single payer system for health insurance rather than a
Joseph Stiglitz on single payer
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz understands single payer. President Obama knows that he does. So why doesn't...
Ezra Klein on prices and innovation
Americans pay too much for health care -- in chartsBy Ezra KleinThe Washington PostNovember 23, 2010There are a lot of complicated explanations for why American
Ezra Klein on prices and innovation
The basic premise that our prices are higher than those of other nations is certainly correct. But the claim that we "subsidize innovation for everyone"