Health fees pain federal workers
By Gilbert Chan
The Sacramento Bee
February 11, 2007
Wayne Forbess did a double take after seeing that his monthly premium for health insurance
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.
Genetic discrimination by insurers
Individuals with Genetic Conditions Twice as Likely to Report Denial of Health Insurance than Individuals with Other Chronic Illnesses
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
February 12,
Restructured health insurance for So. California grocery workers
Declining Health Coverage in the Southern California Grocery Industry
By Ken Jacobs, Arindrajit Dube and Felix Su
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
January 2007
In March
Expanding uninsurance through premiums
Insurance Premium Cost-Sharing and Coverage Take-up
Kaiser Family Foundation
February 2007
As long as individuals are required to pay some portion, if not all, of the premium for
Urban Institute report on SCHIP
Coverage Patterns Among SCHIP-Eligible Children and Their Parents
By Genevieve M. Kenney and Allison Cook
Urban Institute
February 9, 2007
SCHIP was enacted in 1997 to expand health insurance
Buy or die
Universal plan can cost under $300, insurers say
By Alice Dembner
The Boston Globe
February 5, 2007
Many state residents will probably be able to buy basic health insurance
Migration of Canadian physicians
Supply, Distribution and Migration of Canadian Physicians, 2005
Canadian Institute for Health Information (2006)
Canada's physician supply growth is accompanied by changes in the numbers of physicians
Harry and Louise on John Edwards' plan
Universal Health Care Through Shared Responsibility
John Edwards 08
February 5, 2007
"We have to stop using words like 'access to health care' when we know with certainty
Harry and Louise on John Edwards’ plan
Universal Health Care Through Shared Responsibility
John Edwards 08
February 5, 2007
"We have to stop using words like 'access to health care' when we know with certainty
How would single payer control costs?
Crossroads/Health Care
Sacramento Bee
sacbee.com
January 29, 2007
How would single payer control costs?
From Daniel Weintraub:
A single payer system, such as the proposed Medicare for all, would have the
Maine provides another lesson – for failure
Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission On Dirigo Health (Maine)
January 2007
From the Final Recommendations:
The Commission expresses its unanimous support for the Dirigo Health Program and
A Connecticut lesson for state reformers
Although a prior Quote of the Day discussed a Policy Brief on which this report is based, some specifics in this final report are very