Toward Higher-Performance Health Systems: Adults' Health Care Experiences In Seven Countries, 2007
By Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Michelle M. Doty, Meghan Bishop, Jordon Peugh and Nandita
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.
Conservative businessmen sound out single payer
Universal healthcare crosses the partisan divide
At HIGPA, surprising consensus sees coverage for everyone coming soon
By Shawn Rhea
Modern Healthcare
October 30, 2007
What is remarkable about this report
Zycher’s dishonest report on administrative costs
Medicare for All?
Editorial
The Wall Street Journal
October 29, 2007
The frequent claim is that eliminating profits and private administrative expenses would more than pay for the cost
Primary care turnover in private plans
Primary Care Provider Turnover and Quality in Managed Care Organizations
By Mary E. Plomondon, PhD, MSPH; David J. Magid, MD, MPH; John F. Steiner, MD, MPH;
Zycher's dishonest report on administrative costs
Medicare for All?
Editorial
The Wall Street Journal
October 29, 2007
The frequent claim is that eliminating profits and private administrative expenses would more than pay for the cost
AHIP’s deceptive release on CDHC
New Study Shows Lower Costs, Increased Consumer Engagement in Account-Based Health Plans
HealthDecisions.org
October 23, 2007
Wait a minute. That's what the press release would have you believe.
AHIP's deceptive release on CDHC
New Study Shows Lower Costs, Increased Consumer Engagement in Account-Based Health Plans
HealthDecisions.org
October 23, 2007
Wait a minute. That's what the press release would have you believe.
Oberlander on learning from failure
Learning from Failure in Health Care Reform
By Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine
October 25, 2007
It would be a shame to see so much
Rewarding physicians for providing less care
Physicians Cite Reasons Incentives Are Onerous
By Scott Shepard
The Daily News
October 24, 2007
A plan by two insurance companies to reward Memphis doctors based on efficiency and
Schwarzenegger and Clinton plans similar
Politics add irony to health debate
By Aurelio Rojas
The Sacramento Bee
October 22, 2007
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care plans have a lot
George Lakoff: Don’t Think of a Sick Child
The Logic of the Health Care Debate
By George Lakoff, Eric Haas, Glenn W. Smith and Scott Parkinson
Rockridge Institute
October 18, 2007
Introduction
Most health care reports advocate a
George Lakoff: Don't Think of a Sick Child
The Logic of the Health Care Debate
By George Lakoff, Eric Haas, Glenn W. Smith and Scott Parkinson
Rockridge Institute
October 18, 2007
Introduction
Most health care reports advocate a