Health Reform in the 21st Century: Insurance Market Reforms
Statement of Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
House Committee on Ways and Means
April 22, 2009
A much mouthed mantra
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.
Do Americans support an individual mandate?
If this article gains traction, the conclusion that likely will be reported is that Americans support an individual mandate to purchase insurance as long as
Do Americans support an individual mandate?
Will Americans Support the Individual Mandate?
by Tara Sussman, Robert J. Blendon, and Andrea Louise Campbell
Health Affairs
April 21, 2009
Survey questions
If this article gains traction, the conclusion
Jonathan Cohn interviews Taiwan's Dr. Michael Chen
Our political leaders keep telling us that Americans don't want single payer, but instead we want a uniquely American solution for all Americans. So what
Jonathan Cohn interviews Taiwan's Dr. Michael Chen
TNRtv: The Case for Single-Payer Health Care
By Jonathan Cohn
The Treatment (TNR's health care blog)
The New Republic
April 17, 2009
At the 2009 World Health Care Congress,
Jonathan Cohn interviews Taiwan’s Dr. Michael Chen
TNRtv: The Case for Single-Payer Health Care
By Jonathan Cohn
The Treatment (TNR's health care blog)
The New Republic
April 17, 2009
At the 2009 World Health Care Congress,
Hacker says that public option/private exchange would EXPAND private insurance market
The opponents of the public option, especially the private insurance industry and the Republican members of Congress, insist that a government-sponsored plan would be an
Hacker says that public option/private exchange would EXPAND private insurance market
Extended discussion of Lewin Group
By Jacob Hacker
Institute for America's Future
April 11, 2009
The opponents of the public option, especially the private insurance industry and the Republican
Options for health care cost control
High health care costs are the primary driving force behind the renewed effort for reform. Everyone agrees that high costs are straining personal, business and
Options for health care cost control
The Obama Administration's Options for Health Care Cost Control: Hope Versus Reality
By Theodore Marmor, PhD; Jonathan Oberlander, PhD; and Joseph White, PhD
Annals of Internal Medicine
April
Josh Freeman on the question of a national policy on the right to health care
Joshua Freeman, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. I was fortunate to
Josh Freeman on the question of a national policy on the right to health care
Does the nation need a clear policy on a right to basic health care?
By Josh Freeman
Medicine and Social Justice
April 10, 2009
At a recent conference, I