Health benefit cost growth predicted to ease slightly in 2009 as employers shift cost
Mercer
September 4, 2008
After three years of double-digit growth in the first half
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.
Supreme Court acknowledges insurers' conflict of interest
MetLife V. Glenn: The Court Addresses A Conflict Over Conflicts In ERISA Benefit Administration
by Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Health Affairs
September 3, 2008
In its June 2008 decision in
Supreme Court acknowledges insurers’ conflict of interest
MetLife V. Glenn: The Court Addresses A Conflict Over Conflicts In ERISA Benefit Administration
by Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Health Affairs
September 3, 2008
In this important decision the Court
Supreme Court acknowledges insurers' conflict of interest
MetLife V. Glenn: The Court Addresses A Conflict Over Conflicts In ERISA Benefit Administration
by Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Health Affairs
September 3, 2008
In this important decision the Court
Sen. Kuehl's single payer bill goes to Gov. Schwarzenegger again
In passing SB 840 once again, the California State Legislature is giving Gov. Schwarzenegger another opportunity to sign legislation that actually would provide health care
Sen. Kuehl’s single payer bill goes to Gov. Schwarzenegger again
Calif. Nurses Laud Passage of Single-Payer, SB 840, Seen as National Model for Guaranteed Healthcare for All
MarketWatch
September 1, 2008
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Sen. Kuehl's single payer bill goes to Gov. Schwarzenegger again
Calif. Nurses Laud Passage of Single-Payer, SB 840, Seen as National Model for Guaranteed Healthcare for All
MarketWatch
September 1, 2008
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
WHO report on inequities that kill
On this Labor Day weekend, a time that we celebrate the great contributions of American workers, the release of this report could not be more
WHO report on inequities that kill
Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the
Social Determinants of Health
World Health Organization
August 28, 2008
Inequities are killing people on a "grand
Bernstein and Marmor on "Yes But"
Professor Bernstein and Professor Marmor are amongst the most qualified and experienced experts on both health policy and the politics of Medicare and social insurance
Bernstein and Marmor on “Yes But”
Medicare-for-All: Why We Should Say Yes, Not "Yes But"
by Merton Bernstein and Theodore Marmor
Health Affairs Blog
August 28, 2008
Professor Bernstein and Professor Marmor are amongst the
Bernstein and Marmor on "Yes But"
Medicare-for-All: Why We Should Say Yes, Not "Yes But"
by Merton Bernstein and Theodore Marmor
Health Affairs Blog
August 28, 2008
Professor Bernstein and Professor Marmor are amongst the