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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.

The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki on no need for private insurers

Posted December 29, 2009

Fifth Wheelby James SurowieckiThe New YorkerJanuary 4, 2010The wayward, patchwork plan that we seem likely to end up with is probably a good reflection of

The New Yorker's James Surowiecki on no need for private insurers

Posted December 29, 2009

Fifth Wheelby James SurowieckiThe New YorkerJanuary 4, 2010The wayward, patchwork plan that we seem likely to end up with is probably a good reflection of

The New Yorker's James Surowiecki on no need for private insurers

Posted December 29, 2009

So James Surowiecki joins the chorus of those of us who say that we have no need for private insurers and their unwanted service of

David Brooks on single payer

Posted December 28, 2009

The RoundtableThis Week, ABC NewsDecember 27, 2009On controlling costs, conservative but credible New York Times columnist David Brooks tells us, quite accurately, that this bill

David Brooks on single payer

Posted December 28, 2009

On controlling costs, conservative but credible New York Times columnist David Brooks tells us, quite accurately, that this bill will do nothing. As he says,

Private insurers, Wall Street, Tiny Tim, and my granddaughter

Posted December 23, 2009

3 Stocks Soaring on Health-Care BillBy Jack HoughSmartMoneyDecember 22, 2009America is getting augmented health care for Christmas, it seems. But of course, whether the changes

Private insurers, Wall Street, Tiny Tim, and my granddaughter

Posted December 23, 2009

Many individuals, including single payer supporters, disagree with the decision of PNHP's leadership to oppose the reform bill currently before Congress. There are two basic

PNHP's Letter to the Members of the Senate

Posted December 22, 2009

Physicians for a National Health ProgramDecember 22, 2009To the Members of the U.S. Senate:It is with great sadness that we urge you to vote against

PNHP’s Letter to the Members of the Senate

Posted December 22, 2009

Physicians for a National Health ProgramDecember 22, 2009To the Members of the U.S. Senate:It is with great sadness that we urge you to vote against

PNHP's Letter to the Members of the Senate

Posted December 22, 2009

We want to replace the "defective, vicious, corrupt, and depraved" private insurance industry with a proven model that will work: an expanded and improved Medicare-for-All

The wisdom of a legislated medical loss ratio

Posted December 21, 2009

Democrats Move To Regulate How Insurers’ Spend Customers’ Money By Julie ApplebyKaiser Health NewsDecember 20, 2009If we are serious about providing everyone with health care

The wisdom of a legislated medical loss ratio

Posted December 21, 2009

If we are serious about providing everyone with health care while controlling costs, it is imperative that we reduce the profound administrative waste of our

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