Seeking lower-cost careBy Steven Syre and Robert GavinThe Boston GlobeMarch 30, 2010The New York private equity firm that last week struck a deal to buy
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.
Cerberus Capital provides another Massachusetts lesson for U.S.
Massachusetts has been held up as a model on which our new federal health financing program is based. The purchase of Caritas Christi Health Care
Houston retirees face 50 percent premium increase
Parker increases insurance premiums of city retireesBy Bradley OlsonHouston ChronicleMarch 29, 2010Working to close a looming $100 million budget shortfall projected for next year, Mayor
Houston retirees face 50 percent premium increase
So paraphrasing Mayor Annise Parker of Houston, the greater health care needs of the retirees made it important to restructure their premiums to
Who is Donald Berwick?
Obama to nominate Berwick to head CMSBy the Associated PressModernHealthcare.comMarch 28, 2010An administration official says President Barack Obama will nominate healthcare scholar Donald Berwick to
Who is Donald Berwick?
Soon everyone will know what Donald Berwick is - a Harvard professor and head of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, about to become
India’s outsourcers outsource to U.S.
US healthcare reform is boon for India outsourcing companiesBy Taylor BarnesThe Christian Science MonitorMarch 25, 2010President Obama signed into existence not just a historic healthcare
India's outsourcers outsource to U.S.
US healthcare reform is boon for India outsourcing companiesBy Taylor BarnesThe Christian Science MonitorMarch 25, 2010President Obama signed into existence not just a historic healthcare
India's outsourcers outsource to U.S.
President Obama and Congress rejected the administratively efficient model of single payer, and have now enacted into law the most expensive and most
India’s outsourcers outsource to U.S.
President Obama and Congress rejected the administratively efficient model of single payer, and have now enacted into law the most expensive and most
Middle and high income levels experience largest increases in financial burden
The Growing Financial Burden Of Health Care: National And State Trends, 2001–2006By Peter J. CunninghamHealth AffairsMarch 25, 2010The financial burden of health care — the
Middle and high income levels experience largest increases in financial burden
Those individuals with good incomes and who have employer-sponsored health plans should not be complacent, but should be very concerned for the following