Letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
From CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf
Congressional Budget Office
June 15, 2009
Since the Affordable Health Choices
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.
President Obama's proposal to pay for reform
What does President Obama mean when he says that this is how we're going to pay for most of his health care reform proposals? Is
President Obama's proposal to pay for reform
Paying for Health Care Reform
The White House
June 13, 2009
Health Care Reserve Fund ($ in billions - over 10 years)
$635 - FY 2010 Budget
$309 - Medicare
President Obama’s proposal to pay for reform
Paying for Health Care Reform
The White House
June 13, 2009
Health Care Reserve Fund ($ in billions - over 10 years)
$635 - FY 2010 Budget
$309 - Medicare
The view of those in the trenches supporting health care for all
The Health Care Council of Orange County (California) has a mission of promoting access to improved health care for all Orange County residents through unified
The view of those in the trenches supporting health care for all
Keynote: "Health Care Reform - What Has to Be Done"
By Don McCanne, M.D.
Health Care Council of Orange County
June 11, 2009
Annual Meeting
Opening questions directed to the
AMA and PNHP on public insurance
In opposing a government-sponsored insurance plan, why would the AMA limit its objection to a public plan that would cover only non-disabled individuals under age
AMA and PNHP on public insurance
Doctors' Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan
By Robert Pear
The New York Times
June 10, 2009
As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting
House HELP Committee hearing on single payer
Although there are many individual heroes in the single payer movement, joint citizen activism has played a crucial role in bringing the single payer message
House HELP Committee hearing on single payer
Examining the Single Payer Health Care Option
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Hearing
U.S. House of Representatives
June 10, 2009
Marcia Angell, M.D.:
Although there are many individual heroes
Expand state programs for low-income individuals?
State decides to let higher health-care premiums do dirty work
By Kyung M. Song
The Seattle Times
June 9, 2009
(Washington's Basic Health Plan) has been open to any
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll
Pretending that the majority of Americans would risk their current health security for a more egalitarian system for everyone will not move the process for