A healthcare prescription that's hard to swallow Rationing may be the only way to ensure that access for all remains affordable
By Henry Aaron
Los Angeles Times
January
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.
HSAs as IRAs, and The Economist's take on the Bush plan
Savings Accounts for Health Costs Attract Wall Street
By Eric Dash
The New York Times
January 27, 2006
Even after the Bush administration began pushing for the creation of
More HSAs, but where's the money?
HSAs Triple in 10 Months
America's Health Insurance Plans
January 26, 2006
At least three million consumers currently receive health coverage through high-deductible health insurance plans offered in
Specialty hospitals reveal the perversities of pseudo-markets
Do Specialty Hospitals Promote Price Competition?
By Robert A. Berenson, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Melanie Au
Center for Studying Health System Change
January 2006
In three Center for Studying Health
$22 billion taxpayer gift to private Medicare Advantage plans
Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference
By Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post
January 24, 2006
House and Senate GOP negotiators, meeting behind closed doors last month to complete a
Tami understands
An email that I received this morning from my daughter-in-law, Tami, who lives in Berkeley:
i thought of you this weekend as i was taking a
VA care is rated superior
VA Care Is Rated Superior to That in Private Hospitals
By Rob Stein
The Washington Post
January 20, 2006
The Department of Veterans Affairs medical system once epitomized poor-quality
John Sweeney on covering everybody
John J. Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO
National Press Club
January 18, 2006
... if I were President of the United States, I'd use this State of the
Citizens' Health Care Working Group
Citizens' Health Care Working Group
"Health Care that Works for All Americans"
Note: This message is a call for action on your part. If you are already
No kidding – wealth improves access to specialized services
Inequalities in access to medical care by income in developed countries
By Eddy van Doorslaer, Cristina Masseria, Xander Koolman for the OECD Health Equity Research Group
CMAJ
January
Business Group and PNHP both have the right prescription
The Wrong Prescription
Letter to the Editor
The Washington Post
January 16, 2006
I hope that The Post's Jan. 10 editorial "Certificate of Need? Yes!" helps stop the plan
Do we need private solutions to control queues?
Public Solutions to Health Care Wait Lists
By Michael M. Rachlis
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
December 2005
Executive Summary
Waits for care are the biggest political issue facing Canadian