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Quote of the Day

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.

UnitedHealth wields a machete

Posted January 25, 2010

The leadership of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) do agree on one crucial point: the

Insurers face consequences whether or not reform fails

Posted January 22, 2010

If Bills Fail, a Quandary for InsurersBy Reed AbelsonThe New York TimesJanuary 21, 2010With the possible collapse of the Congressional health care effort, health insurers

Insurers face consequences whether or not reform fails

Posted January 22, 2010

We have stated repeatedly that health care costs are now so high that private insurers are no longer capable of providing health plans with affordable

Will President Obama salvage his centerpiece?

Posted January 21, 2010

George Stephanopoulos' Exclusive Interview with President ObamaABC NewsJanuary 20, 2010It looks like there are four choices: 1) walk away and accept the status quo, 2)

Will President Obama salvage his centerpiece?

Posted January 21, 2010

It looks like there are four choices: 1) walk away and accept the status quo, 2) use alternative political maneuvers to move the bill through

Was the Massachusetts election about health reform?

Posted January 20, 2010

Exit poll: Health care matteredBy David CatanesePoliticoJanuary 20, 2010Scott Brown's opposition to congressional health care legislation was the most important issue that fueled his U.S.

Was the Massachusetts election about health reform?

Posted January 20, 2010

Oh no! Not another commentary on the significance of the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senator. This one will be brief, and include input from

California’s lesson on promptness of corrective legislation

Posted January 19, 2010

California limits HMO wait timesBy Duke HelfandLos Angeles TimesJanuary 19, 2010Seeking to reduce the long waits many people endure to see a doctor, California regulators

California's lesson on promptness of corrective legislation

Posted January 19, 2010

California limits HMO wait timesBy Duke HelfandLos Angeles TimesJanuary 19, 2010Seeking to reduce the long waits many people endure to see a doctor, California regulators

Martin Luther King, Jr. – A Proper Sense of Priorities

Posted January 19, 2010

A Proper Sense of PrioritiesA speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.Washington, D.C.February 6, 1968Closing remarks:As we were marching today, some 5,000 strong, I thought about

California's lesson on promptness of corrective legislation

Posted January 19, 2010

Remember the managed care revolution in the latter part of the last century? Remember how angry everyone became over the interventions designed to control spending

California’s lesson on promptness of corrective legislation

Posted January 19, 2010

Remember the managed care revolution in the latter part of the last century? Remember how angry everyone became over the interventions designed to control spending

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