This report will be used by the opponents of single payer health reform in the United States. You should be aware of it so that
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.
Fraser: Canadian patients worse off than uninsured Americans
The Hidden Costs of Single Payer Health Insurance
A Comparison of the United States and Canada
by Brett Skinner, Mark Rovere, and Marisha Warrington
Fraser Institute
September 2008
In practical
Germany's lessons for H. Aaron and his cautious approach
Healthy Choice
By Henry Aaron
The New Republic
September 29, 2008
A lot of Democrats want universal health care to be the next president's top priority. But it shouldn't
Germany's lessons for H. Aaron and his cautious approach
Healthy Choice
By Henry Aaron
The New Republic
September 29, 2008
A lot of Democrats want universal health care to be the next president's top priority. But it shouldn't
Germany’s lessons for H. Aaron and his cautious approach
Healthy Choice
By Henry Aaron
The New Republic
September 29, 2008
A lot of Democrats want universal health care to be the next president's top priority. But it shouldn't
FEHBP basic premium up 13 percent
So you want the health insurance program that the members of Congress have? This is it: the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). This is
FEHBP basic premium up 13 percent
Health Insurance Costs to Spike an Average 8 Percent
By Joe Davidson
The Washington Post
September 26, 2008
Health insurance premiums for federal employees will jump almost 8 percent...
NAFTA-based suit threatens Canada's medicare
Canadians, who much prefer their public medicare system to the U.S. private-market version of health care, have long feared that NAFTA would open up their
NAFTA-based suit threatens Canada’s medicare
Suit seeks to open Canadian health care to privatizers
By Frances Russell
Winnipeg Free Press
September 24, 2008
Canada's growing flirtation with private for-profit health care has led to
NAFTA-based suit threatens Canada's medicare
Suit seeks to open Canadian health care to privatizers
By Frances Russell
Winnipeg Free Press
September 24, 2008
Canada's growing flirtation with private for-profit health care has led to
The increasing burden of medical debt
The bad (but not unexpected) news is that there is no relief from the unrelenting increases in health care costs for individuals and their families.
The increasing burden of medical debt
Trade-Offs Getting Tougher: Problems Paying Medical Bills Increase for U.S. Families, 2003-2007
By Peter J. Cunningham
Center for Studying Health System Change
September 2008
The bad (but not unexpected)