Continued health insurance bill after divorce gets OK
By The Associated Press
UnionLeader.com
June 7, 2007
The (New Hampshire) House voted yesterday to extend health insurance coverage to people
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.
Blue Cross of California’s $1 billion leak
WellPoint dividend is questioned
By Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2007
State regulators are investigating whether a $950-million dividend Blue Cross of California sent to its Indianapolis-based
Blue Cross of California's $1 billion leak
WellPoint dividend is questioned
By Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2007
State regulators are investigating whether a $950-million dividend Blue Cross of California sent to its Indianapolis-based
John Geyman on disease management
Disease Management: Panacea, Another False Hope, or Something in Between?
By John P. Geyman, MD
Annals of Family Medicine
May/June 2007
This article could not be timelier. In response
Defining affordability of health care
Setting A Standard Of Affordability For Health Insurance Coverage
by Linda J. Blumberg, John Holahan, Jack Hadley, and Katharine Nordahl
Health Affairs
June 4, 2007
Although there is no
Blue Cross commences health reform war
Blue Cross funding campaign against governor's health reform
By Laura Kurtzman
The Mercury News
May 24, 2007
California's largest health insurer has set aside $2 million for what is
Towers Perrin update on HSAs
New Study Shows That Employees Lack Competency, Comfort, Understanding and Satisfaction With Account-Based Health Plans
Towers Perrin
May 22, 2007
Despite the short-term financial savings achieved by some
The AMA on Medicare Advantage
AMA calls for financial neutrality in Medicare Advantage
American Medical Association
May 22, 2007
A new American Medical Association (AMA) survey, released today, paints a bleak picture of
All children, or everyone?
Next Steps For Tennessee: A Conversation With Gov. Phil Bredesen
By Alan Weil
Health Affairs
May 22, 2007
The SCHIP enrollment lessons are quite clear. If we really do
Health policy lessons from Indiana
Indiana passes health reforms, Medicaid pay boost for doctors
By Doug Trapp
American Medical News
May 21, 207
Indiana lawmakers approved a $206 million boost in the state's cigarette
California family physicians support single payer
Academy in Action eNewsletter
California Academy of Family Physicians
May 15, 2007
As a reader of Academy in Action, you likely know that we have been conducting a
Regence BlueShield's bait-and-switch
Gulp! Regence rate boost averages 19 percent for individual plans
By Kyung M. Song
The Seattle Times
May 16, 2007
Regence BlueShield on Tuesday began notifying 137,000 individual-plan customers