How the U.S. measures up to Canada's health care system
Worldfocus
January 28, 2009
As part of Worldfocus' Health of Nations signature series, correspondent Edie Magnus conducted this
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.
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"Managed consumerism"
Managed care, consumer-driven health care, managed consumerism - these are just labels for a private insurance industry that has evolved from a role of indemnifying
“Managed consumerism”
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Promise And Performance
by James C. Robinson and Paul B. Ginsburg
Health Affairs
January 27, 2009
Managed care, consumer-driven health care, managed consumerism - these are
"Managed consumerism"
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Promise And Performance
by James C. Robinson and Paul B. Ginsburg
Health Affairs
January 27, 2009
Managed care, consumer-driven health care, managed consumerism - these are
Journalism professor on reporting about Canadian health system
How did it happen that our memories/knowledge of the Canadian system are so distorted? One of the more important reasons is that we have little
Journalism professor on reporting about Canadian health system
Universal Health Care For Elephant, Mouse
By Gene Costain
Tampa Bay Online
January 26, 2009
Ben Jonson was a cantankerous, 17th century British dramatist who despised the early days
Gawande's pseudo-pragmatism
Atul Gawande is a highly respected physician who has a well deserved reputation as a gifted writer. This commentary should not be construed as an
Gawande’s pseudo-pragmatism
Getting There from Here: How should Obama reform health care?
by Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
January 26, 2009
People fear the unintended consequences of drastic change, the blunt
Gawande's pseudo-pragmatism
Getting There from Here: How should Obama reform health care?
by Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
January 26, 2009
People fear the unintended consequences of drastic change, the blunt
Current political status on reform
Jonathan Oberlander is one of the nation's more astute observers of the politics of health care reform. After a long dry spell of pessimism, he
Current political status on reform
Great Expectations -- The Obama Administration and Health Care Reform
By Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine
January 22, 2009
Health care reform is back. For
Commonwealth on the Swiss and Dutch systems
The Commonwealth Fund is joining the chorus of those who say that we should look to the Swiss and Dutch systems as potential models for