Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
By Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Jennifer L. Kriss, Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D., and
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.
Shattuck Lecture on coverage for all Americans
Health of the Nation -- Coverage for All Americans
Charles D. Baker, Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., Karen Davis, Ph.D., Susan Dentzer, Arnold M. Epstein, M.D., Bill Frist,
Insurance falls as medical bills rise
Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
By Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Jennifer L. Kriss, Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D., and
Will the real Harry and Louise please stand up
What a refreshing change. In fourteen years, Harry and Louise's breakfast table conversation has changed from, "If we let the government choose, we lose," to
Will the real Harry and Louise please stand up
This article includes videowww.harryandlouisereturn.com
August 20, 2008
Scene: In the kitchen, at the breakfast table
Harry: Health care costs are up again. Small companies are being forced to cut their plans.
Louise:
Maximum coverage as defined by Anthem Blue Cross
Letter
From: Anthem Blue Cross, Oxnard, California
To: Don McCanne
Dear Don,
Enclosed you will find a Part D Coordination of Benefits Survey. By completing the survey, it will
Maximum coverage as defined by Anthem Blue Cross
Letter
From: Anthem Blue Cross, Oxnard, California
To: Don McCanne
Dear Don,
Enclosed you will find a Part D Coordination of Benefits Survey. By completing the survey, it will
Health care cost increases continue to plague employers
The health care cost data from these two consulting firms are important because they represent the increases in the costs of employer-sponsored coverage - the
Health care cost increases continue to plague employers
Employers Face 10.6 Percent Health Care Cost Increases, Says Aon Consulting
Aon
August 12, 2008
Health care costs are expected to increase on average 10.6 percent in the
Winners and losers in balance billing
The issue of balance billing stems from a conflict between contracts (health plans) that patients have with their managed care organizations and contracts that physicians
Winners and losers in balance billing
DMHC Builds on Efforts to Protect Patients from Unfair and Unexpected Bills
State of California
Department of Managed Health Care
August 1, 2008
The issue of balance billing stems
Medicare national coverage determinations
Medicare national coverage determinations (NCDs) are inevitably controversial. Decisions on what procedures, devices and drugs are to be covered must balance the wishes of patients