Perhaps the surest sign of trouble for the proposal to offer a public Medicare-like plan to compete with private insurance plans is the commitment 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.
Battle over public option to private insurance plans
Health-Care Battle Set to Focus on Public Plan
By Laura Meckler
The Wall Street Journal
March 24, 2009
Congress is poised for a battle over whether an ambitious health-care
Bayh howls with the Blue Dogs
The Blue Dog coalition in the House of Representatives has often assisted Republicans in preventing the advancement or even the introduction of progressive legislation that
Bayh howls with the Blue Dogs
Moderate Senate Dems Launch New Group to Shape Public Policy
U.S. Senator Evan Bayh
Press release
March 18, 2009
A diverse group of 16 Senate Democrats today announced the
Real life medical debt bankruptcies
Landmark studies have confirmed beyond any doubt that medical debt is a significant contributor to personal bankruptcy. Yet the opponents of comprehensive reform continue to
Real life medical debt bankruptcies
Bankruptcy filings soared in 2008
By Darrell Smith
The Sacramento Bee
March 17, 2009
Bankruptcy filings in Sacramento and the Central Valley continue to soar as weary residents
John Goodman hides the rest of the story
John Goodman says that he wants us to hear the rest of the story, but then he doesn't tell it to us.
John Goodman hides the rest of the story
The U.S. Health System: The Rest Of The Story
By John Goodman
Health Affairs Blog
March 19, 2009
Here is a paper (link below) with as many as 100
Tenet paid overtime hours by math, not money
Although PNHP is most noted for its advocacy of a single payer national health program, we also oppose the perversities of for-profit health care corporations
Tenet paid overtime hours by math, not money
O.C. hospital owner to pay $85M to settle OT dispute
By Courtney Perkes
The Orange County Register
March 11, 2009
Tenet Healthcare, the owner of three Orange County hospitals,
SCHIP – a lesson on demographic incrementalism
Incrementalism: the crossroads of policy and politics.
SCHIP – a lesson on demographic incrementalism
Beyond Incrementalism? SCHIP And The Politics Of Health Reform
by Jonathan B. Oberlander and Barbara Lyons
Health Affairs
March 17, 2009
Incrementalism: the crossroads of policy and politics.