Canada and the Recession: Angles of Deflection
By Nancy Folbre, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The New York Times
Economix
February 19, 2009
As the
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.
Massachusetts' plan is the wrong model for the U.S.
Those supporting the leading Democratic model for reform frequently cite the Massachusetts plan as an example of how building on our current system of health
Massachusetts’ plan is the wrong model for the U.S.
Massachusetts' Plan: A Failed Model for Health Care Reform
Prepared by Dr. Rachel Nardin, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, with Drs. David Himmelstein and
Massachusetts' plan is the wrong model for the U.S.
Massachusetts' Plan: A Failed Model for Health Care Reform
Prepared by Dr. Rachel Nardin, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, with Drs. David Himmelstein and
"Divided We Fail" is divided and failing
"Divided We Fail" presented itself as a broad coalition of diverse interests that could come together and agree on health care reform. But it isn't
"Divided We Fail" is divided and failing
The Influence Game: Labor and business, joined in health care cause, now at odds on specifics
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Chicago Tribune
February 16, 2009
Labor unions and business
“Divided We Fail” is divided and failing
The Influence Game: Labor and business, joined in health care cause, now at odds on specifics
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Chicago Tribune
February 16, 2009
Labor unions and business
Richard Gottfried on private and public coverage decisions
Richard Gottfried points out an extremely important distinction between the nature of coverage decisions in public health care financing systems, and in private insurance financing
Richard Gottfried on private and public coverage decisions
The last Quote of the Day message discussed Medicare's national coverage determinations process (NCD), using as an example the decision to decline coverage for computed
Virtual colonoscopy as a proxy for high-tech excesses
This CMS decision to not pay for computed tomography colonography (CTC or "virtual colonoscopy") when used as a screening test for colorectal cancer has
Virtual colonoscopy as a proxy for high-tech excesses
NCA (national coverage analyses) Tracking Sheet for Screening Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) for Colorectal Cancer
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue
This CMS decision to not
Himmelstein responds to Gawande on single payer
The problem is that Atul Gawande is flat out wrong. He implies that other nations merely made adjustments in their existing systems to expand coverage