Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010H.R.4872The Library of CongressSEC. 1402. UNEARNED INCOME MEDICARE CONTRIBUTION.(a) Investment Income-(1) IN GENERAL- Subtitle A of the Internal
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.
Reconciliation Act includes wealth transfer
The traditional role of health insurance has been to transfer funds from the many who are healthy to the few who are sick. But
Ernestine: Blind? Read the fine print!
Campaign for SB 810 - Single Payer Universal Health CareCalifornia OneCareLily Tomlin as Ernestine30 second video:We have been saturated with commentary since the passage and
Campaign for SB 810 – Single Payer Universal Health Care
We have been saturated with commentary since the passage and signing of the trillion dollar Private Insurance Industry Stimulus legislation. Lily Tomlin provides us with
Private insurer nightmare
Effects of health overhaul will take time to become clearBy Duke HelfandLos Angeles TimesMarch 22, 2010(The industry's Washington lobbying arm, America's Health Insurance Plans) ran
Private insurer nightmare
I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed that we reformed the financing of health care in America, but that we left the private
Arizona shuts down CHIP, slashes Medicaid
Governor signs Ariz. budget-balancing billsBy Casey NewtonThe Arizona RepublicMarch 18, 2010Gov. Jan Brewer signed the fiscal 2011 budget on Thursday, enacting $1.1 billion in spending
Arizona shuts down CHIP, slashes Medicaid
Programs benefiting low income individuals and families, such as Medicaid and CHIP, are politically vulnerable to the whims of conservatives wielding budget cleavers.
Keep your insurance? Ask locked-out employees in Boron
Labor War in the MojaveBy Mike DavisThe NationMarch 29, 2010The biggest hole in California, with the exception of the current state budget, is Rio Tinto's
Keep your insurance? Ask locked-out employees in Boron
Empathetic souls will find the full version of this article to be very tough reading. When the 560 wage earners unanimously rejected the
Sen. Snowe’s policy advisor: Single payer in a decade
The Health Care LetdownBy William F. PewenThe New York TimesMarch 15, 2010Should they succeed in blocking reform, Republicans should take no consolation. When Congress next
Sen. Snowe's policy advisor: Single payer in a decade
The Health Care LetdownBy William F. PewenThe New York TimesMarch 15, 2010Should they succeed in blocking reform, Republicans should take no consolation. When Congress next