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,
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.
The impact of Taiwan's single payer system on amenable mortality
Taiwan's 1995 introduction of a single payer system of universal National Health Insurance provides us with a natural experiment on the impact of single payer
The impact of Taiwan’s single payer system on amenable mortality
Taiwan's 1995 introduction of a single payer system of universal National Health Insurance provides us with a natural experiment on the impact of single payer
Threat of destabilization of the private insurance market
Covering New Ground in Health System ShiftBy Robert PearThe New York TimesAugust 2, 2010Administration officials are eager to demonstrate and deliver what they see as
Threat of destabilization of the private insurance market
Imagine WellPoint improving those plans so that they do provide adequate benefits, with a choice of physicians and hospitals, without excessive cost sharing,
Sen. Sanders to introduce bill for single payer waiver
Sanders promises to seek health care waiver from Obama for VermontBy Susan SmallheerRutland HeraldAugust 1, 2010U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., pledged to personally take Vermontās
Sen. Sanders to introduce bill for single payer waiver
Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would allow states to apply for waivers to implement their own systems, they cannot do
QOTD: Lawmakers vow to continue fight for Medicare for All
The following text is an open letter to the single-payer community from Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan and Sen.
Lawmakers vow to continue fight for Medicare for All
On the 45th anniversary of Medicare it is reassuring to know that the vision of President Lyndon Johnson and the 89th Congress for an
The Obama administration supports closed enrollment
Giving Our Kids the Care they NeedBy Nancy-Ann DeParleThe White HouseJuly 28, 2010One important change in the new law is a provision that prevents insurance
The Obama administration supports closed enrollment
A Quote of the Day message earlier this week described how private insurers were getting around the requirement to provide coverage to children
John Geyman’s “Hijacked”
Hijacked: Stolen Health Care Reform VBy John GeymanThe Huffington PostJuly 27, 2010On the positive side of the ledger, the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care