Retail clinics: The competition heats up
By Ken Terry
Medical Economics
June 16, 2006
"Retail" walk-in clinics, located in supermarkets and stores like CVS and Target, are already competing
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.
APA President Urges Support For Single-Payer InsuranceSystem
APA President Urges Support For Single-Payer Insurance System
American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric News
June 16, 2006
The events that (APA President Steven) Sharfstein weathered this past year underscored the
Is the NBT an individual mandate?
State health law could be template
By Bob Kievra
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
June 16, 2006
The state's 65-day-old health care law could have national significance - legislation that
HMO rate increases decline to a mere 11.7 percent
HMO Rate Increases Continue to Decline for Fourth Consecutive Year, According to Hewitt Associates U.S. Employers Remain Focused on Managing Costs
Hewitt Associates LLC
Press Release
June 13,
AMA supports individual mandate for higher-income individuals
2006 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates Reference Committee highlights
AMA
How Hillary Clinton could work with the Republicans on health care reform
The Huffington Post
The Blog
(Accessed June 13, 2006)
In today's NY Times (June 10), Hillary Clinton states, "I think you should cover all children who don't have
Kevin Drum and Uwe Reinhardt on social insurance
Washington Monthly
Political Animal
By Kevin Drum
June 11, 2006
THE S-WORD....Ezra Klein, practicing for his career as a TV talking head, responds to a question about whether national
MedPAC update of Medicare Advantage overpayments
Medicare Advantage benchmarks and payments compared with average Medicare FFS spending
MedPAC
Medicare Briefs
The purpose of this report is to present data on the level of Medicare
Interim Recommendations of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group
Interim Recommendations of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group June 1, 2006
The Citizens' Health Care Working Group was created by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement
The World Bank report on health financing
Health Financing Revisited: A Practitioner's Guide
The World Bank
May, 2006
This report provides an overview of health financing policy in developing countries. It is a primer on
How to keep young adults uninsured
Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help
By Sara R. Collins, Cathy Schoen, Jennifer L. Kriss, Michelle M. Doty,
Health care reform lesson from Hungary
Health care reform to follow Socialist model until 2008
Hungary Around the Clock
May 23, 2006
Health care will operate in line with the Socialists' plans until late