Health Plan Used by U.S. Is Debated as a Model
By Reed Abelson
The New York Times
October 20, 2007
It makes for a compelling stump speech. And the
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.
Affordability threshold for family health care
The Cost of Keeping Up
By John Hill
The Sacramento Bee
California families must earn far more than the minimum wage and in some cases as much or
One minute with Al Gore
Health care is a right
Current
October 14, 2007
For one minute of quality time with Al Gore, click on the following link. (Below the link is a
Nobel Prize in economics, and why
Three Americans to Share Nobel Prize in Economics
By Graham Bowley
The New York Times
October 15, 2007
The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded today to three Americans
Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger
The California State Legislature is currently in a special session, negotiating with Gov. Schwarzenegger the terms of a compromise bill on health care reform. They
David Lazarus gets personal
Nation's healthcare crisis gets personal
By David Lazarus
Los Angeles Times
October 7, 2007
I write a lot about healthcare reform. Now it's personal.
I was diagnosed this past week
Private plans fail Medicare audits
Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans
By Robert Pear
The New York Times
October 6, 2007
Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales
"No Worry" health plan
Health insurers introduce plans with "predictable premiums."
American Medical Association
Morning Rounds
October 9, 2007
No worry. Employers can now lock in their premium rates by merely agreeing in
“No Worry” health plan
Health insurers introduce plans with "predictable premiums."
American Medical Association
Morning Rounds
October 9, 2007
No worry. Employers can now lock in their premium rates by merely agreeing in
Being drugged into prevention
Chronic illness costs the economy more than $1 trillion a year
By Victoria Colliver
San Francisco Chronicle
October 3, 2007
Americans who have common chronic health conditions cost the
High chronic disease prevalence and high spending
Differences In Disease Prevalence As A Source Of The U.S.-European Health Care Spending Gap
By Kenneth E. Thorpe, David H. Howard, Katya Galactionova
Health Affairs
October 2, 2007
Abstract:
Are
Stories from the marketplace
Bristol-Myers Will Settle U.S. Government Drug Probe
By Lisa Rapaport and Beth Jinks
Bloomberg.com
September 28, 2007
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. completed an agreement to pay $515 million to settle