Development: US fails to measure up on 'human index'
By Ashley Seager
The Guardian
July 17, 2008
Despite spending $230m (£115m) an hour on healthcare, Americans live shorter lives
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 decade of change for those with chronic conditions
It would have been sad if this report had demonstrated that there had been no improvement in access and affordability in the past decade for
A decade of change for those with chronic conditions
Eroding Access Among Nonelderly U.S. Adults With Chronic Conditions: Ten Years Of Change
By Catherine Hoffman and Karyn Schwartz
Health Affairs
July 22, 2008
More than 40 percent of
Means-testing Medicare benefits?
Everyone agrees that health care is now so expensive that those of modest means cannot be expected to contribute as much to the financing of
Means-testing Medicare benefits?
Means Testing, for Medicare
By Tyler Cowen
The New York Times
July 20, 2008
As Mark V. Pauly, professor of health care systems at the University of Pennsylvania, has
AHIP's Campaign for an American Solution
So the insurance industry wants to sign up 100,000 individuals in its fan club to provide free marketing for the private insurance concept. In spite
AHIP's Campaign for an American Solution
Insurance industry forming activist army
By Chris Frates
POLITICO
July 16, 2008
Ahead of the approaching health care reform storm, the insurance industry is building
AHIP’s Campaign for an American Solution
Insurance industry forming activist army
By Chris Frates
POLITICO
July 16, 2008
Ahead of the approaching health care reform storm, the insurance industry is building
These GM retirees didn't have a choice
Last week, a Quote of the Day message discussed why the overwhelming majority of individuals, except those enrolled in the traditional Medicare program, do not
These GM retirees didn’t have a choice
Retiree Benefits Take Another Hit
By Vanessa Fuhrmans and Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal
July 16, 2008
General Motors Corp.'s move to eliminate retiree health benefits for salaried
These GM retirees didn't have a choice
Retiree Benefits Take Another Hit
By Vanessa Fuhrmans and Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal
July 16, 2008
General Motors Corp.'s move to eliminate retiree health benefits for salaried
Response to TNR's Jonathan Cohn
The real debate over health care reform today centers over one fundamental choice. Are we going to continue to try to finance health care through