Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2009By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A., and Brian
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.
League of Women Voters calls for 'Medicare for all'
League of Women Voters calls for 'Medicare for all'Physicians for a National Health ProgramJune 16, 2010Noting the Obama administration's new health law falls short of
League of Women Voters calls for ‘Medicare for all’
League of Women Voters calls for 'Medicare for all'Physicians for a National Health ProgramJune 16, 2010Noting the Obama administration's new health law falls short of
League of Women Voters calls for ‘Medicare for all’
Once again, the League of Women Voters leads the way. Although they supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), they realize
AMA health insurer report card
New AMA Health Insurer Report Card Finds Need For More AccuracyAMAJune 14, 2010The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced that one in five medical claims
Insurers wipe out small business credits
Insurance premium hikes hit small business hardBy John GonzalesSan Francisco ChronicleJune 12, 2010California small-business owners expected to be early beneficiaries of health care reform, with
Castlight casts light on sick U.S. health system
Bringing Comparison Shopping to the Doctor’s OfficeBy Claire Cain MillerThe New York TimesJune 10, 2010The lack of price information in health care has been a
The Medicare-for-all concept won’t go away
Plain Talk: Medicare for all still the best ideaBy Dave Zweifel, Cap Times editor emeritusThe Cap TimesJune 9, 2010But what’s still so befuddling is that
The Medicare-for-all concept won't go away
Plain Talk: Medicare for all still the best ideaBy Dave Zweifel, Cap Times editor emeritusThe Cap TimesJune 9, 2010But what’s still so befuddling is that
The Medicare-for-all concept won’t go away
Just because Congress passed and the President signed a bill labeled "health care reform" doesn't mean that the policy debate has been retired.
RAND: Few health reform options would have covered more people at lower cost
Few Health Reform Options Would Have Covered More People at Lower Cost Than New LawRANDJune 8, 2010The recently enacted federal health care reform law provides
Howard Dean and others debate Canadian versus U.S. health care
A conversation with Howard DeanBy André PicardThe Globe and MailJune 7, 2010On Monday (June 7), a group of prominent American and Canadian physicians (debated), in