Leading the Way? Maine's Initial Experience in Expanding Coverage through Dirigo Health Reforms
By Debra J. Lipson, James M. Verdier, and Lynn Quincy
The Commonwealth Fund
Mathematica Policy
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.
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Maine's policy lesson to the U.S. – update
Leading the Way? Maine's Initial Experience in Expanding Coverage through Dirigo Health Reforms
By Debra J. Lipson, James M. Verdier, and Lynn Quincy
The Commonwealth Fund
Mathematica Policy
Reform that women need
What women need in health care reform
By Carlina Hansen, executive director of the Women's Community Clinic, San Francisco
Sacramento Bee
December 5, 2007
Health care reform is very
ACP’s position on single payer reform
Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access: What the United States Can Learn from Other Countries
American College of Physicians
Annals of Internal Medicine
January 1,
ACP's position on single payer reform
Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access: What the United States Can Learn from Other Countries
American College of Physicians
Annals of Internal Medicine
January 1,
Pervasiveness of California rescissions
California fines plan for failing to reveal policy cancellation incentive
By Emily Berry
American Medical News
December 10, 2007
Health Net has agreed to pay the state of California
Woolhandler and Himmelstein on competition and public funds
Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system
By Steffie Woolhandler and David U Himmelstein
BMJ
December 1, 2007
Although this article is targeted to policymakers in other countries who
Genentech bumps $40 drug with $2000 version
U.S. senator chides Genentech plan
By David Morrill
Contra Costa Times
November 29, 2007
A U.S. senator said Genentech's plan to restrict availability of its Avastin drug so doctors
Medicare out-of-pocket spending
How Much 'Skin In The Game' Do Medicare Beneficiaries Have? The Increasing Financial Burden Of Health Care Spending, 1997--2003
By Patricia Neuman, Juliette Cubanski, Katherine A.
Access barriers for low-income families
Insurance + Access (does not equal) Health Care: Typology of Barriers to Health Care Access for Low-Income Families
By Jennifer E. DeVoe, MD, DPhil, Alia Baez,
Insurance payment confusion leads to bad credit reports
Why medical debts shouldn't count
For many, the road to ruined credit is pockmarked with medical collections, often for tiny amounts or billed in error. The
Democratic candidates question reform proposals
Obama Criticizes Rivals on Health Care
The Washington Post
November 21, 2007
"When Senator Clinton or Senator Edwards say they're going mandate health care, but they haven't talked