Statement of Stephanie J. Woolhandler, MD, MPH, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Co-Founder, Physicians for a National Health Program
House Committee on
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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PricewaterhouseCoopers on cost trends for 2008
Behind the numbers
Healthcare cost trends for 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Health Research Institute
Based on discussions with private insurers, medical costs are expected to rise by 9.9% for preferred provider
Doctors agree that insurance matters
California Physician Survey 2007
By Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc.
California Medical Association
Q.15 Which one of the following do you think is the biggest impediment for
Blue Healthcare Bank
BlueCross BlueShield Association
Blue Healthcare Bank
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies have launched a new financial services organization designed to give consumers greater financial
Employers support competing market of benefit administrators
A New Benefit Platform for Life Security
The ERISA Industry Committee
May 2007
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is a non-profit association committed to the advancement of the
Actuarial values of individual coverage plummet
Trends In The Golden State: Small-Group Premiums Rise Sharply While Actuarial Values For Individual Coverage Plummet
by Jon Gabel, Jeremy Pickreign, Roland McDevitt, Heidi Whitmore, Laura
Why do nurses support Moore’s Sicko?
On a mission for health care
By Bobby Caina Calvan, Aurelio Rojas and Carla Meyer
The Sacramento Bee
June 13, 2007
Michael Moore, the filmmaker and provocateur, rode to
Why do nurses support Moore's Sicko?
On a mission for health care
By Bobby Caina Calvan, Aurelio Rojas and Carla Meyer
The Sacramento Bee
June 13, 2007
Michael Moore, the filmmaker and provocateur, rode to
California's Battle of the Blues
California Coalitions on Health Reform Pit Health Insurers Against One Another
By Fran Mayso Lysiak
BestWeek
June 11, 2007
If you want to know why the private insurance industry
California’s Battle of the Blues
California Coalitions on Health Reform Pit Health Insurers Against One Another
By Fran Mayso Lysiak
BestWeek
June 11, 2007
If you want to know why the private insurance industry
WellPoint delivers on its promises (to Wall Street)
Bank of America Health Care Conference
June 1, 2007
WellPoint, Inc.
Angela Braly, President and CEO, WellPoint, Inc.:
For those of us who continue to fight for comprehensive, affordable
The Taming of the Queue IV
The Taming of the Queue IV: New Frontiers of Wait Time Measurement, Monitoring and Management
Prepared by: Tom McIntosh, Ph.D. and Patrick Fafard, Ph.D.
Canadian Policy