Dr. John Kitzhaber's Unorthodox Ideas On Reforming Health Care
By J. Duncan Moore Jr.
Kaiser Health News
October 21, 2009
Q. Why are you running for governor again?
A. Costs
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.
Insurance promotes awareness and control of chronic disorders
This study confirms that being insured not only improves the control of chronic diseases, it also improves the diagnosis in individuals who are not even
Insurance promotes awareness and control of chronic disorders
Hypertension, Diabetes, And Elevated Cholesterol Among Insured And Uninsured U.S. Adults
by Andrew P. Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, Danny McCormick, David H. Bor, and
Dartmouth variations – looking back and looking forward
As the nation attempts to identify ways of slowing the excessive growth in our health care costs, it is only natural that we would look
Dartmouth variations – looking back and looking forward
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Assessing Variations in Hospital Resource Use and Outcomes for Elderly Patients With Heart Failure
By Michael K. Ong, Carol M. Mangione, Patrick
Regence blames the patients
How many people do you know that request health care that they know they don't need but they want to have "because it's covered"? In
Regence blames the patients
Regence campaign: Consumers must make choices to reduce health care costs
By Paul Beebe
The Salt Lake Tribune
November 14, 2009
As the battle over health care reform rages
Guardian gets rid of the "dogs"
Although the individual private insurance market is infamous for discriminating against individuals with a potential for high health care costs, regulations largely prohibit group plans
Guardian gets rid of the “dogs”
Insurer ends health program rather than pay out big
By William Ehart
The Washington Times
October 14, 2009
Ian Pearl has fought for his life every day of his
Guardian gets rid of the "dogs"
Insurer ends health program rather than pay out big
By William Ehart
The Washington Times
October 14, 2009
Ian Pearl has fought for his life every day of his
What about primary care?
The report by Dr. Cooper and his colleagues, cited by Dr. Freeman, was "A Report to the President and the Congress." Since it was released
What about primary care?
"Uncomplicated" Primary Care?
By Josh Freeman
Medicine and Social Justice
October 8, 2009
I have often written about the importance of primary care, the shortage of primary care physicians,