As more employers are moving to high-deductible health plans to take advantage of the lower premiums, private insurers, being the market innovators that
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.
Single payer an issue in Vermont gubernatorial election
This article includes videoShumlin - Picture of HealthYouTube"... Vermont needs a single payer system. Get the insurance companies out of the picture. Let health benefits follow you, not
Vermont gubernatorial candidate supports single payer
Today's message is of significance because it demonstrates once again that the single payer message can be carried beyond the party primaries and into the
4.3 million more without insurance
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009U.S. Census BureauSeptember 2010Health Insurance Coverage in the United StatesHighlights* The percentage of people without
4.3 million more without insurance
Those who oppose government solutions to the health care crisis will likely pass these worsening numbers off as an expected consequence of the
Hawaii teachers' health benefits threatened
Teachers sue over health planBy Susan EssoyanStar AdvertiserSeptember 15, 2010Hawaii public school teachers filed suit yesterday in Circuit Court to block changes in their health
Hawaii teachers’ health benefits threatened
Teachers sue over health planBy Susan EssoyanStar AdvertiserSeptember 15, 2010Hawaii public school teachers filed suit yesterday in Circuit Court to block changes in their health
Hawaii teachers’ health benefits threatened
During Q&A at some of my speaking engagements, a common question from the audience: "Under a single payer, Medicare for all program, would I have
Hawaii teachers' health benefits threatened
During Q&A at some of my speaking engagements, a common question from the audience: "Under a single payer, Medicare for all program, would I have
Racial disparities a death sentence for muscular dystrophy patients
Blacks with muscular dystrophy die 10-12 years younger than whites: new studyPNHPSeptember 13, 2010African Americans with muscular dystrophy die 10 to 12 years younger than
Racial disparities a death sentence for muscular dystrophy patients
It is shameful that we have tolerated for so long a health care system that has failed to address the inequities and injustices
How much does defensive medicine waste?
Low Costs Of Defensive Medicine, Small Savings From Tort ReformBy J. William Thomas, Erika C. Ziller and Deborah A. ThayerHealth AffairsSeptember 2010Will bringing an end