What health insurance coverage will you need next year? Do you determine that by taking an honest look at where health care dollars were spent
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.
Choices in coverage during open enrollment
Health insurance shoppers, be wise
By Bobby Caina Calvan
The Sacramento Bee
November 3, 2008
For those fortunate enough to have health insurance, let the head scratching begin (during
AMA position on single payer
Frequently asked questions about the AMA proposal for reform
American Medical Association
October 2008
Q: What are the basic principles of the AMA proposal?
A: The American Medical Association
AMA position on single payer
Frequently asked questions about the AMA proposal for reform
American Medical Association
October 2008
Q: What are the basic principles of the AMA proposal?
The AMA is trying. During
Medical tourism causes complications
Previous studies have shown that one of the reasons that health care is so expensive in the United States is that, quite simply, our prices
Medical tourism causes complications
Medical Tourism Causes Complications
By Christina L. Madden
Carnegie Council
Policy Innovations
October 27, 2008
Approximately 750,000 Americans traveled overseas for medical treatment in 2007, and the number of so-called
The World Health Report 2008
The World Health Report 2008 provides a critical assessment of health care systems throughout the world. It describes how all nations, regardless of national wealth,
The World Health Report 2008
Primary Health Care - Now More Than Ever
World Health Organization
October 14, 2008
The World Health Report 2008 critically assesses the way that health care is organized,
California's high-risk pool is sick
The concept of health insurance is quite simple. When everyone pays into an insurance risk pool, the many who are healthy are subsidizing the higher
California’s high-risk pool is sick
California high-risk pool for medically uninsurable helps fewer residents
By Jordan Rau
Los Angeles Times
October 28, 2008
California... is one of 35 states that arranges health coverage for
California's high-risk pool is sick
California high-risk pool for medically uninsurable helps fewer residents
By Jordan Rau
Los Angeles Times
October 28, 2008
California... is one of 35 states that arranges health coverage for
U.S. rationing eliminated by hallway admissions
The United States has 2.9 hospital beds per 1000 individuals. The median number of beds for OECD nations is 3.7 (OECD, 2002). Not only do