Insurers' commitment to healthcare reform is only skin-deep
The industry claims to have had a change of heart, but its position hasn't changed at all.
By Michael
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.
Report of Health Care Community Discussions
For those who were expecting a Quote of the Day on today's White House Health Care Reform Summit, here is the the full discussion of
Report of Health Care Community Discussions
Report of Health Care Community Discussions
HealthReform.gov
March 5, 2009
In December 2008, the Presidential Transition Team invited Americans to host and participate in Health Care Community Discussions
Professor Bradley Herring on single payer
Should we care what Johns Hopkins Professor Bradley Herring has to say about single payer? Emphatically, yes. Prof. Herring is theoretically an academic purist, and
Professor Bradley Herring on single payer
Covering the Uninsured: Options for Reform
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Alliance for Health Reform
March 2, 2009
Bradley Herring, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University,
Deliberate, explicit rationing of hospital beds – in the U.S.!
This article points out that a final decision has not been made, but it is nevertheless shocking that a non-profit university hospital has had under
Deliberate, explicit rationing of hospital beds – in the U.S.!
Doctors Fight Plan to Limit Beds in ER
By Thomas M. Burton
The Wall Street Journal
February 28, 2009
A plan to curb the number of beds available to
Sen. Baucus wants CBO to be "creative"
In this closing exchange, Sen. Max Baucus seems to be annoyed with Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office. What is the background here?
Sen. Baucus wants CBO to be “creative”
Hearing: Scoring Health Care Reform: CBO's Budget Options
United States Senate Committee on Finance
February 25, 2009
Closing comments
In this closing exchange, Sen. Max Baucus seems to be
Sen. Baucus wants CBO to be "creative"
Hearing: Scoring Health Care Reform: CBO's Budget Options
United States Senate Committee on Finance
February 25, 2009
Closing comments
In this closing exchange, Sen. Max Baucus seems to be
David Himmelstein and Len Nichols debate
Primarily because of political perceptions, Len Nichols continues to support what he believes to be the pragmatic approach of covering everyone with regulated private plans.
David Himmelstein and Len Nichols debate
Can US Achieve Meaningful Healthcare Reform Within For-Profit System?
Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
Democracy Now!
February 27, 2009
(Excerpts)
We host a debate between Dr. David Himmelstein