The Swiss and Dutch Health Insurance Systems: Universal Coverage and Regulated Competitive Insurance Markets
By Robert E. Leu, Frans F. H. Rutten, Werner Brouwer, Pius Matter,
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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Inaugural Address
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families
Inaugural Address
President Barack Obama
January 20, 2009
President Barack Obama
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it
Medicare vote, MLK and BHO
As we reflect today on Martin Luther King's gift to the nation, and on tomorrow's historic inauguration, it seems fitting to look back at the
Medicare vote, MLK and BHO
H.R. 6675, The Social Security Amendments of 1965
Social Security Online
Legislative History
House of Representatives
Democrats
237 - Yea
48 - Nay
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KFF poll on health reform
There are no real surprises in this new poll on the public's attitude toward health care reform. Most do believe that we are in a
KFF poll on health reform
The Public's Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress
Kaiser Family Foundation
January 15, 2009
The public ranks action on health care highly as part of
Are AHIP and PhRMA the enemies?
The lobby organizations, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), have been amongst the most visible targets of
Are AHIP and PhRMA the enemies?
Drug coverage called key to reforming healthcare
By Jeffrey Young
The Hill
January 14, 2009
More generous insurance coverage of prescription drugs should be an essential part of any
RAND COMPARE
RAND COMPARE provides both a valuable information resource on U.S. health care today, and an interactive tool that can be used to evaluate the impact
RAND COMPARE
Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts (COMPARE)
RAND Health
COMPARE is a transparent, evidence-based approach to providing information and tools to help policymakers, the media, and other interested
UnitedHealth "praised for major leadership effort"
The administrative waste of private insurers along with the excessive administrative burden they place on the health care delivery system alone is more than enough