It is no secret what the Democrats under the leadership of President Obama did when it came time to fix our health care system.
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.
Private insurers' double contracting
Dropping an insurer requires care and analysisBy Victoria Stagg ElliottAmerican Medical NewsAugust 9, 2010Approximately 55.8% of medical practices surveyed earlier this year by the Medical
Private insurers’ double contracting
Dropping an insurer requires care and analysisBy Victoria Stagg ElliottAmerican Medical NewsAugust 9, 2010Approximately 55.8% of medical practices surveyed earlier this year by the Medical
Private insurers’ double contracting
Had President Obama and Congress selected an improved version of Medicare to provide stable, life-long health care financing for everyone, they would have
Private insurers' double contracting
Had President Obama and Congress selected an improved version of Medicare to provide stable, life-long health care financing for everyone, they would have
Private equity funds are out to make money
Health plan acquisitions target small- to medium-sized companiesBy Emily BerryAmerican Medical NewsAugust 9, 2010As a newly reformed health system takes shape, private equity firms are
Private equity funds are out to make money
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has provided expanded investment opportunities for the private equity firms. Two of the greatest opportunities
Rationing by inconvenience
Immigrants' Experience with Publicly Funded Private Health InsuranceThe New England Journal of MedicineAugust 5, 2010To the Editor:Of all of the industrialized nations, the United States
Rationing by inconvenience
Of all of the industrialized nations, the United States has the greatest amount of health care rationing, and we do that through a
Quentin Young and Cory Franklin on Medicare for all
Excerpts from Pro and Con op-eds on Medicare for allChicago TribuneAugust 4, 2010Supporters of Medicare for all are already familiar with the Pro position expressed
Quentin Young and Cory Franklin on Medicare for all
Supporters of Medicare for all are already familiar with the Pro position expressed so well by Quentin Young, but you may want to
The impact of Taiwan's single payer system on amenable mortality
The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of TaiwanBy Yue-Chune Lee, Yu-Tung Huang, Yi-Wen Tsai, Shiuh-Ming Huang, Ken N Kuo,