The Burden of Out-of-Pocket Health Spending Among Older Versus Younger Adults: Analysis from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1998-2003
By Katherien A. Desmond, M.S., Thomas Rice, Ph.D.,
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s 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. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
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New Services Help Unsnarl Medical Bills
By Christopher Lawton
The Wall Street Journal
September 4, 2007
As the government continues to ignore the health care financing crisis, the market
Uninsured by choice?
Hispanics Push Texas to No. 1 in Uninsured Residents
By Jason Roberson
Hispanic Business
August 29, 2007
Texas again ranks No. 1 with the highest percentage of uninsured residents
ACS campaign on health insurance
Cancer Society Focuses Its Ads on the Uninsured
By Kevin Sack
The New York Times
August 31, 2007
In a stark departure from past practice, the American Cancer Society
The moneylenders move in
Doctors Offering No-Interest Loans to Patients
By Milt Freudenheim
The New York Times
August 30, 2007
Zero-interest financing, a familiar sales incentive at car dealerships and furniture stores, has
Middle-income losing coverage
Middle-Class Americans Join Ranks of Uninsured in 2006 as Private Coverage Shrinks
Physicians for a National Health Program
August 28, 2007
The U.S. Census Bureau released data today
Census numbers of uninsured – only in America
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006
U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Reports
Issued August 2007
This report presents data on income, poverty, and health
Will COBRA be there when you need it?
No health insurance from First Magnus
By Tim Steller and Christie Smythe
Arizona Daily Star
August 25, 2007
Mortgage-lender First Magnus laid off most of its more than 5,000
Lewin Group analysis of Colorado proposals
Prepared for: The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform
Technical Assessment of Health Care Reform Proposals (Proof Report)
The Lewin Group
August 20, 2007
The Lewin Group
Hudson's Chapin on health insurance
We All Need Healthcare; Who Needs "Insurance"?
By Georganne Chapin, JD, MPhil, President and CEO, Hudson Health Plan
Medscape General Medicine
July 27, 2007
Webcast Video Editorials
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Hudson’s Chapin on health insurance
We All Need Healthcare; Who Needs "Insurance"?
By Georganne Chapin, JD, MPhil, President and CEO, Hudson Health Plan
Medscape General Medicine
July 27, 2007
Webcast Video Editorials
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Californians shift views on reform
Californians Express Greater Dissatisfaction with the State's Health Care System, but Are Skeptical about Prospects for Health Reform This Year.
By Mark DiCamillo and Mervin Field
The