This report from The Boston Foundation contains two very important fundamental proposals designed to reduce health care costs for municipal governments in Massachusetts.
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.
The Boston Foundation's attack on municipal workers
This report from The Boston Foundation contains two very important fundamental proposals designed to reduce health care costs for municipal governments in Massachusetts.
Daschle and McCanne: Incremental Health Reforms Won't Work
Daschle: Incremental Health Reforms Won't WorkKaiser Health NewsMarch 2, 2010Q: What are the parallels or contrasts between the Clinton administration's efforts to get a health
Daschle and McCanne: Incremental Health Reforms Won’t Work
Daschle: Incremental Health Reforms Won't WorkKaiser Health NewsMarch 2, 2010Q: What are the parallels or contrasts between the Clinton administration's efforts to get a health
Daschle and McCanne: Incremental Health Reforms Won't Work
To understand that incremental reforms have not worked, all you have to do is look at the increasing numbers of uninsured, the greater
Daschle and McCanne: Incremental Health Reforms Won’t Work
To understand that incremental reforms have not worked, all you have to do is look at the increasing numbers of uninsured, the greater
Welcome to the Independent Medicare Advisory Board – an empowered MedPAC
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment PolicyMedicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)March 1, 2010The goal of Medicare payment policy is to get good value for the
Welcome to the Independent Medicare Advisory Board – an empowered MedPAC
Wake up! Big changes are coming in health care financing!
Michael Hiltzik asks, why do we need insurers?
What do we need health insurers for anyway?By Michael HiltzikLos Angeles TimesFebruary 28, 2010(Before a congressional subcommittee, WellPoint's chief executive Angela) Braly was forced to
Michael Hiltzik asks, why do we need insurers?
When WellPoint's CEO Angela Braly boasts that a 40 year old woman can purchase $1,500 deductible coverage from them for only $156 per month,
Provider clout pushing prices up
Unchecked Provider Clout In California Foreshadows Challenges To Health ReformBy Robert A. Berenson, Paul B. Ginsburg and Nicole KemperHealth AffairsFebruary 25, 2010Abstract The private insurers claim
Provider clout pushing prices up
The private insurers claim that health care costs are the major cause of high health insurance premiums. That is true. So where do we