Five Pioneers Are Awarded Lasker Medical Prizes
By Lawrence K. Altman
The New York Times
September 18, 2005
The 2005 Lasker Awards for medical research are going to scientists
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.
Iraqi Constitution guarantees health insurance
Text of the Draft Iraqi Constitution
(Translated from the Arabic by The Associated Press)
Chapter Two: Rights and Freedoms
Article (30): 1st - The state guarantees social and
Attitudes of Business Leaders Regarding Health Care Coverage
Attitudes of Business Leaders Regarding Health Care Coverage
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
September 2005
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned a survey of business owners and persons
Milliman and cost sharing
The Price of Illness: Cost Sharing and Health Plan Benefits
By Arthur L. Baldwin III (principal and consulting actuary, Milliman, Inc.), Marian Mulkey and Matthew Kagan
California
Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care?
Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, And Costs
By Richard Hillestad, James Bigelow, Anthony Bower, Federico Girosi, Robin Meili, Richard
Excess consumer demand?
Letters to Business
By Richard T. Landres, M.D., Stockton
San Francisco Chronicle
September 11, 2005
SB840, the (single payer) bill proposed by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, would
Medicare PPOs' gain is taxpayers' loss
Defective Design: Regional Competition In Medicare An inconsistent approach to regional competition in the Medicare Modernization Act will be very costly for taxpayers.
by Steven D.
Medicare PPOs’ gain is taxpayers’ loss
Defective Design: Regional Competition In Medicare An inconsistent approach to regional competition in the Medicare Modernization Act will be very costly for taxpayers.
by Steven D.
President Bush on 9/11
The White House
September 10, 2005
President's Radio Address
On Sunday, our nation will observe the fourth anniversary of the September the 11th terrorist attacks. Every American has
Should a city council set health policy?
Hospitals defeated in bid to block rival
By Darrell R. Santschi
The Press-Enterprise
September 7, 2005
More than a month into one of the most bitterly divisive public debates
Garamendi’s “Priced Out”
Priced Out
Health Care in California
2005
John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The State of California Health Care:
* The National Context
* Crisis in Health Insurance: Skyrocketing Health
Garamendi's "Priced Out"
Priced Out
Health Care in California
2005
John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The State of California Health Care:
* The National Context
* Crisis in Health Insurance: Skyrocketing Health