What happened to that public option that the liberals promised us when they decided not to try to enact the golden standard of a single
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.
CBO report on the public option
Preliminary Analysis of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Congressional Budget Office
October 29, 2009
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee
Weiner single payer amendment tanks
Nancy Pelosi starts clock on House health bill
By Patrick O'Connor and Chris Frates
Politico
October 29, 2009
(House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) backed down from a deal granting liberals
Weiner single payer amendment tanks
Nancy Pelosi starts clock on House health bill
By Patrick O'Connor and Chris Frates
Politico
October 29, 2009
(House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) backed down from a deal granting liberals
The ethics of health care reform
I'll be brief because I want to make only one very simple point: An ethical health care system is designed to take care of patients.
The ethics of health care reform
"Making Sense of the Health Care Debate"
A round table discussion of health care reform
University of California at Irvine
The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study
The actuarial squeeze on low and middle income families
The best private insurance available today - employer-sponsored health plans - have an actuarial value of 80%. That means that the insurance pays 80% of
The actuarial squeeze on low and middle income families
Provision Under Consideration for Merged Senate Health Bill Would Harm Needy Families
By January Angeles and Judith Solomon
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
October 26, 2009
A family
Is health insurers' profit 2% or 22%?
In simple accounting terms, profit represents the difference between gross revenues and the cost of producing and marketing the products or services sold. So what
Is health insurers’ profit 2% or 22%?
Health insurers' profits 35th of 53
By Calvin Woodward
The Washington Post
October 26, 2009
Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point
Is health insurers' profit 2% or 22%?
Health insurers' profits 35th of 53
By Calvin Woodward
The Washington Post
October 26, 2009
Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point
Kitzhaber on health care costs
The five reform bills passed by House and Senate committees will not control health care costs, and yet these are to be merged into one