McCain's Free-Market Health Plan Would Boost Role of High-Risk Pools
By Laura Meckler and Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal
June 2, 2008
John McCain's plan for a
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.
Message trumps policy?
How to Talk About Health Care Reform: Summary of Research on Health Care Messaging
Celinda Lake and Drew Westen
Families USA, Herndon Alliance, Westen Strategies, Lake Research
AHIP's proposal to reduce costs
AHIP Outlines Plan to Reduce Health Care Costs by $145 Billion
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
May 29, 2008
The U.S. could reduce total health care spending and
AHIP’s proposal to reduce costs
AHIP Outlines Plan to Reduce Health Care Costs by $145 Billion
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
May 29, 2008
The U.S. could reduce total health care spending and
Perceptions of quality not related to Medicare spending
Relationship Between Regional Per Capita Medicare Expenditures and Patient Perceptions of Quality of Care
By Floyd J. Fowler Jr, PhD; Patricia M. Gallagher, PhD; Denise L.
Howard Dean on single payer
10 Questions for Howard Dean
TIME
May 22, 2008
Question: As a former physician, what are your thoughts on the Democratic candidates' health-care plans vs. a single-payer system?
Howard
Geyman's Do not resuscitate the insurance industry
The Most Basic Question in the Health Care Reform 'Debate'
Posted by John P. Geyman, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
University of Washington
PNHP Blog
Inaugural posting
May 23, 2008
Adapted
Geyman’s Do not resuscitate the insurance industry
The Most Basic Question in the Health Care Reform 'Debate'
Posted by John P. Geyman, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
University of Washington
PNHP Blog
Inaugural posting
May 23, 2008
Adapted
Gov. Crist's victory for unaffordable underinsurance
Legislature passes health plan pushed by Gov. Crist to cover uninsured
By Josh Hafenbrack
Sun-Sentinel.com
May 3, 2008
Delivering on Gov. Charlie Crist's top election-year priority, the Florida Legislature
Gov. Crist’s victory for unaffordable underinsurance
Legislature passes health plan pushed by Gov. Crist to cover uninsured
By Josh Hafenbrack
Sun-Sentinel.com
May 3, 2008
Delivering on Gov. Charlie Crist's top election-year priority, the Florida Legislature
Employees nominally pay 40% of family costs
2008 Milliman Medical Index
Milliman Research Report
May 2008
Milliman's fourth annual study of average medical spending for a typical American family of four looks at key components
Tie contributions to wages, not benefits
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