UAW statement on tentative agreement with GM
UAW
October 20, 2005
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger and Vice President Richard Shoemaker:
"The tentative agreement asks every UAW-GM member, active and
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.
Significance of the GM/UAW deal
GM DEAL: Cries of pain mix with sighs of relief
By Michael Ellis
Detroit Free Press
October 21, 2005
The UAW unveiled details of the much-anticipated health plan Thursday.
Uninsured do not receive the care they know they need
Center for Studying Health System Change October 2005 Perception, Reality and Health Insurance: Uninsured as Likely as Insured to Perceive Need for Care but Half
WSJ/Harris – 75% support universal health insurance
The Wall Street Journal
October 20, 2005
The Harris Poll
"Please indicate whether you support or oppose the policy."
"Universal health insurance"
75% - Strongly/Somewhat Favor
17% - Strongly/Somewhat Oppose
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112973460667273222.html
15th Fraser alarm on queues in Canada
Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 15th Edition
By Nadeem Esmail and Michael Walker
The Fraser Institute
October 2005
Total waiting time between referral from a general
Americans value employment-based health coverage, but…
2005 Health Confidence Survey: Cost and Quality Not Linked
By Ruth Helman, Mathew Greenwald & Associates, and Paul Fronstin, EBRI
Employment Benefit Research Institute
EBRI Notes
November 2005
Increasing health
Instability of employer-sponsored coverage
Big Changes for Health Plans
By Kathy M. Kristof
Los Angeles Times
October 9, 2005
Every year, workers are advised to look closely at their benefits package during open
Drowning in insurance paperwork
Treated for Illness, Then Lost in Labyrinth of Bills
By Katie Hafner
The New York Times
October 13, 2005
Medical paperwork is a world of co-payments and co-insurers, deductibles,
Big-box health insurance discounts
Big-box retail stores add health insurance to wares
By Barbara Marquand
Sacramento Business Journal
September 30, 2005
Shoppers look for deals on everything from paper towels to computers at
Lack of insurance is lethal for injured children
Injured kids: no insurance, no chance?
Florida children who are hospitalized without insurance are more that twice as likely to die there, a study shows.
By Lisa
Medicare Part E
Medicare Extra: A Comprehensive Benefit Option For Medicare Beneficiaries
By Karen Davis, Marilyn Moon, Barbara Cooper, Cathy Schoen
Health Affairs
October 4, 2005
Abstract
Pandemic of under-insurance
Medical Debt and Access to Health Care
Prepared by Catherine Hoffman, Diane Rowland and Elizabeth C. Hamel
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
September 2005
Health insurance