Universal health insurance plan is in the works in New Jersey
By Elisa Ung
The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 28, 2007
Under preliminary proposals, all New Jersey residents would be
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.
Gov. Corzine will call it “a universal system”
Universal health insurance plan is in the works in New Jersey
By Elisa Ung
The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 28, 2007
Under preliminary proposals, all New Jersey residents would be
Fixing insurer rescission
People left holding bag when policies revoked
By Julie Appleby
USA Today
January 29, 2007
Insurers say they rarely revoke policies, and generally do so only because of misleading
Mayes and Berenson on Medicare Prospective Payment
Medicare Prospective Payment and the Shaping of U.S. Health Care
By Rick Mayes, Ph.D. and Robert A. Berenson, M.D.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
From the Introduction
Getting health
Buying only the insurance you need – Tonik
Blue Cross of California
Tonik plans
Benefits Summary List - Thrill-Seeker (T755)
$5000 deductible
Enrollment Guidelines
The Tonik plans are designed and priced for an Individual policyholder. Only the named
Thomas is the Canary in the Health Care 'Coal Mine'
Today (January 24) Physicians for a National Health Program and California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee held a press conference at the National Press Club
Thomas is the Canary in the Health Care ‘Coal Mine’
Today (January 24) Physicians for a National Health Program and California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee held a press conference at the National Press Club
Reform lesson from Massachusetts
Sticker shock for state care plan
By Alice Dembner
The Boston Globe
January 20, 2007
A state panel yesterday outlined for the first time the minimum requirements for coverage
The president’s new reform proposal
Bush Seeks Shift in Health Coverage
He Would Tax Those With Higher-Priced Plans, Give Breaks for Buying Cheaper Ones
By Michael A. Fletcher
The Washington Post
January 21, 2007
President
The president's new reform proposal
Bush Seeks Shift in Health Coverage
He Would Tax Those With Higher-Priced Plans, Give Breaks for Buying Cheaper Ones
By Michael A. Fletcher
The Washington Post
January 21, 2007
President
TNR Editorial on Compromise
Mr. Universe
by the Editors
The New Republic
January 29, 2007
For years, Republicans have attacked advocates of universal health insurance as "socialists." But what are they going to
Proposal of the Health Coverage Coalition for the Uninsured
Expanding Health Care Coverage in the United States: A Historic Agreement
Health Coverage Coalition for the Uninsured
January 18, 2007
Signatory organizations:What a tragedy. Health care coverage, affordability