USA TODAY/Gallup poll
Conducted October 20-22, 2006
1. Suppose the Democrats win control of both houses of Congress in this year's elections. Do you think Congress
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.
Americans dissatisfied with rising health care cost
2006 Health Confidence Survey:
Dissatisfaction With Health Care System Doubles Since 1998
By Ruth Helman, Mathew Greenwald & Associates, and Paul Fronstin, EBRI
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
November
Does insurance money buy Congressional votes?
Insurance Contributors Favor Republicans; Santorum, Clinton, McGavick Top Recipients
Insurance Journal
October 25, 2006
According to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, insurance political action committees and individuals
How much will CDHC reduce spending?
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Early Evidence About Effects On Cost And Quality
By Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Cheryl Damberg, Amelia Haviland, Kanika Kapur, Nicole Lurie, Roland McDevitt,
Kaiser's retroactive denial of a twenty-year patient
Kaiser Told to Reinstate Coverage
By Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
October 19, 2006
In an order posted Wednesday, the Department of Managed Health Care ruled that Kaiser Foundation
Are the Swiss ready for single payer?
The Dangers of Undermining Patient Choice: Lessons for Europe and Canada
A joint project with Galen Institute, and International Policy Network October 2006
Institute for Policy
Private equity investment in health care
Private equity infusion: A question of balance of growth vs. control for doctors
By Katherine VogtAmerican Medical News
Oct. 23/30, 2006
For the last few years, a
CHCF's three options for reform
Covering California's Uninsured: Three Practical Options
By Rick Curtis and Ed Neuschler
California HealthCare Foundation
October 2006
The alternative mandatory coverage models analyzed in this report include:
* An individual
Are Americans concerned about health care costs?
Understanding The American Public's Health Priorities: A 2006 Perspective
By Robert J. Blendon, Kelly Hunt, John M. Benson, Channtal Fleischfresser, Tami Buhr
Health Affairs
October 17, 2006
Views on
Moral high ground elusive to UnitedHealth and WellPoint/BlueCross
Chief Executive at Health Insurer Is Forced Out in Options Inquiry
By Eric Dash and Milt Freudenheim
The New York Times
October 16, 2006
Dr. William W. McGuire, a
Alan Maynard on Porter and Teisberg's reinvention of the wheel
HEALTH REFORM: Reinventing The Wheel
by Alan Maynard
Health Affairs Blog
October 12th, 2006
"The American health care systems perform impressively, producing what they are designed to deliver: cost
California legitimizes health discount card parasites
State to Set Rules on Health Cards
By Daniel Yi
Los Angeles Times
October 11, 2006
California on Tuesday joined a rising number of states imposing regulations on healthcare