Under the management of private insurers health care costs continue to increase at outrageous rates - this year at 10.5 percent. With the decision of
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.
Employers Face 10.5 Percent Health Care Cost Increases
Employers Face 10.5 Percent Health Care Cost Increases, Says Aon Consulting
Aon
August 25, 2009
Aon Consulting surveyed more than 60 leading health care insurers, representing more than
JHPPL: Exploring the Concept of Single Payer
The fact that the entire August issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law is devoted to exploring single payer certainly indicates that
JHPPL: Exploring the Concept of Single Payer
Today's message is in honor of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who told us,
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on,
Europe leads in pharmaceutical research
Our uniquely American health care system is noted for its high prices for relative mediocrity. Some contend that our pharmaceutical industry provides an exception. It
Europe leads in pharmaceutical research
Global Drug Discovery: Europe Is Ahead
By Donald W. Light
Health Affairs
August 25, 2009
Our uniquely American health care system is noted for its high prices for relative
T.R. Reid's "The Healing of America"
In "The Healing of America" and in last year's PBS Frontline presentation, "Sick Around the World," T.R. Reid has demonstrated how other nations have higher
T.R. Reid’s “The Healing of America”
The Healing of America
A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
By T.R. Reid
In "The Healing of America" and in last year's PBS Frontline
T.R. Reid's "The Healing of America"
The Healing of America
A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
By T.R. Reid
In "The Healing of America" and in last year's PBS Frontline
Uwe Reinhardt on the public option
The brouhaha over the public option is more than just symbolic. The accusation is correct: the public option was perceived as a means to move
Uwe Reinhardt on the public option
Who Needs the Public Option?
By Uwe Reinhardt
The New York Times
August 21, 2009
Nothing has been quite as riveting in recent media reports as the question of
Concerns about reform efforts
A PhD thesis could be written over just what this survey tells us, but we're certainly not going to do that here.
Give this some thought.