Although fundamentals for the vast majority of life/health companies are currently sound, uncertainty continues to be widespread in terms of the future direction of 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.
A.M. Best revises health insurance rating to negative
A.M. Best Revises Rating Outlook of U.S. Life/Health Companies to Negative
MarketWatch
September 18, 2008
Although fundamentals for the vast majority of life/health companies are currently sound, uncertainty
McCain: Deregulate health insurance, like banking
Let there be no doubt about John McCain's plans for health care in America: Just as reducing the burden of government regulation of real estate
McCain: Deregulate health insurance, like banking
Better Care at Lower Cost for Every American
By John McCain
Contingencies
September/October 2008
We can no longer afford to promise more than we can deliver. Nor can we
William Brody on risk pooling
There could not be a more explicit endorsement of social insurance, especially significant since it comes from one of the nation's more important health care
William Brody on risk pooling
Health care reform must art with a plan to simplify
By William R. Brody, MD, PhD, president of the Johns Hopkins University
San Francisco Chronicle
September 18, 2008
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KFF's three options includes single payer
Listening to the national dialogue on health financing reform, you would think that we have only two options: 1) Don't start from scratch with a
KFF’s three options includes single payer
Covering the Uninsured: Options for Reform
Kaiser Family Foundation
September 17, 2008
Options for Covering the Uninsured
1. Build on the current system:
Strengthen the employer-based system
Expand public coverage by
KFF's three options includes single payer
Covering the Uninsured: Options for Reform
Kaiser Family Foundation
September 17, 2008
Options for Covering the Uninsured
1. Build on the current system:
Strengthen the employer-based system
Expand public coverage by
BC Calif creates dual networks to cheat patients and physicians
Those supporting health care reform based on the model of private health plans competing in the marketplace have looked to Blue Cross of California (BCC)
BC Calif creates dual networks to cheat patients and physicians
Physicians Urged to Carefully Review Blue Cross Contract Amendment
California Physician
September 15, 2008
Physicians contracted with Blue Cross of California were recently notified of the insurer's intent
F. A. Hayek on social insurance
The Road to Serfdom
By Friedrich A. Hayek
Quote from the condensed version as it appeared in the April 1945 edition of Reader's Digest
There is no reason