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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.

Three Little Pigs: The Compromise

Posted November 25, 2009

Big Bad Wolf: "... and I'll huff and I'll puff... "
Pig with the feasible compromise: "Oops!"

By Clay Bennett
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Thursday, Nov. 19,

Jonathan Gruber on affordability

Posted November 24, 2009

For Public, Affordability A Key Issue In Health BillBy Julie RovnerNPRNovember 24, 2009Lawmakers debating health care on Capitol Hill have spent months worrying about the

Jonathan Gruber on affordability

Posted November 24, 2009

Regular readers of these messages are no doubt saturated with the concerns expressed about affordability of health care for individuals and families. For those who

Uwe Reinhardt on the economists’ letter to President Obama

Posted November 23, 2009

November 23, 2009The Quote of the Day for November 18 (www.pnhp.org) was a letter to President Obama from twenty-three prominent economists urging that four specified

Uwe Reinhardt on the economists' letter to President Obama

Posted November 23, 2009

November 23, 2009The Quote of the Day for November 18 (www.pnhp.org) was a letter to President Obama from twenty-three prominent economists urging that four specified

Uwe Reinhardt on the economists' letter to President Obama

Posted November 23, 2009

The Quote of the Day for November 18 was a letter to President Obama from twenty-three prominent economists urging that four specified elements to control

Health IT savings projections are baseless

Posted November 20, 2009

Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality of Care: A National StudyBy David U. Himmelstein, MD, Adam Wright, PhD, Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPHThe American Journal

Health IT savings projections are baseless

Posted November 20, 2009

As currently implemented, health information technology (HIT) has no significant impact on administrative efficiency or overall costs, even in the "100 Most Wired" hospitals. Members

Mercer – Employers hold line on costs?

Posted November 19, 2009

In a tough year, employers hold the line on health benefit cost increasesMercerNovember 18, 2009* Employers hold cost growth to 5.5 percent in 2009, the

Mercer – Employers hold line on costs?

Posted November 19, 2009

In their just released 2009 report on employer-sponsored health benefit programs Mercer seems to be celebrating the fact that this year employers have held the

Leading economists’ advice to President Obama on controlling costs

Posted November 18, 2009

Letter to President Barack Obama urging four elements be included in health reform legislation to control costsBy Alan M. Garber, Victor R. Fuchs, Kenneth J,

Leading economists' advice to President Obama on controlling costs

Posted November 18, 2009

Letter to President Barack Obama urging four elements be included in health reform legislation to control costsBy Alan M. Garber, Victor R. Fuchs, Kenneth J,

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