BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota
Unfinished Business
A discussion paper on the need for universal health coverage in Minnesota
A Universal Coverage Model (a few selected features)
* A mandate
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.
It's all about health information technology?
GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office) September 1,2006 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives Health
The political reality of the California veto
Schwarzenegger runs no political risk by vetoing health care bill
By Dan Walters -- Bee Columnist
The Sacramento Bee
September 6, 2006
The Public Policy Institute of California,
Is P4P about patients, or providers?
Exploring the Nexus of Quality and Cost
By Denise Remus
Premier
August 31, 2006
Executive Summary
Pay for performance (P4P); what a simple concept. When the providers (physicians and hospitals)
Gov. Schwarzenegger announces veto of SB 840
Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Veto of Government-Run Health Care System
State of California
Office of the Governor
09/05/2006
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's statement:
I commend Sen. Sheila Kuehl's commitment and dedication to
Will primary care survive?
Primary Care - Will It Survive?
By Thomas Bodenheimer, M.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine
August 31, 2006
The American College of Physicians recently warned that "primary care,
$145,000 for an additional year of life
The Value of Medical Spending in the United States, 1960 -2000
By David M. Cutler, Ph.D., Allison B. Rosen, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D., and Sandeep Vijan,
Price transparency solves what problem?
Reveal health care costs
USA TODAY
Editorial
August 30, 2006
Traditional insurance, whether government- or employer-based, shields patients from the true costs of care. If someone else is paying
1,272,000 more people without health insurance
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005
U.S. Census Bureau
August 2006
Current Population Reports
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States
Highlights (selected)
* In 2005,
Sen. Kuehl's single payer bill passes!
KUEHL'S HEALTHCARE BILL, SB 840, PASSES CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY
Senator Sheila Kuehl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
08/28/06
On Monday, August 28th, Senate Bill 840, authored by State Senator Sheila Kuehl (D-23),
Gladwell's "The Risk Pool"
The Risk Pool
By Malcolm Gladwell
The New Yorker
August 28, 2006
Malcolm Gladwell's article describes one important reason for General Motors' problem. By maintaining their own segregated risk
Queue management in U.S. emergency departments
Hospitals slash emergency room wait times By Marie-Anne Hogarth
East Bay Business Times
August 11, 2006
Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch says it has reduced emergency room