Joseph Stiglitz's response must be shared with the nation, and especially with those in Washington who say that single payer is not feasible. We should
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.
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on single payer
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz
Democracy Now!
February 25, 2009
We get reaction to President Obama's speech from Nobel economics laureate and former World Bank chief economist, Joseph
Health care spending for 2009
These are the most reliable numbers to use that represent our health care spending for this year. Rounding off these numbers makes them easier to
Health care spending for 2009
Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty To The Outlook
By Andrea Sisko and colleagues at Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and
IOM report: America's Uninsured Crisis
In six previous reports, published from 2001 to 2004, the Institute of Medicine concluded that "being uninsured was hazardous to peopleās health and recommended that
IOM report: America's Uninsured Crisis
America's Uninsured Crisis: Consequences for Health and Health Care
Institute of Medicine
The National Academies
February 24, 2009
Web briefing
Lawrence S. Lewin, Chair, Committee on Health Insurance Status and
IOM report: America’s Uninsured Crisis
America's Uninsured Crisis: Consequences for Health and Health Care
Institute of Medicine
The National Academies
February 24, 2009
Web briefing
Lawrence S. Lewin, Chair, Committee on Health Insurance Status and
OECD: Health Care Reform in the United States
OECD reports are important not only because of their credible studies of economic conditions throughout the world, but also because they are used for policy
OECD: Health Care Reform in the United States
Economic Department Working Paper No. 665: Health Care Reform in the United States
By David Carey, Bradley Herring and Patrick Lenain
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Who is behind those closed doors in the Senate?
What?! In this time of transparency and Change, when we have an open window of opportunity to finally fix our very sick health care system,
Who is behind those closed doors in the Senate?
Health Care Industry in Talks to Shape Policy
By Robert Pear
The New York Times
February 19, 2009
Since last fall, many of the leading figures in the nation's
Single payer – over on the side table
The good news is that individuals from the media and from the policy community are acknowledging, on the side, that single payer would cover everyone,