The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey
By E. Richard Brown, PhD, Shana Alex Lavarreda, MPP, Thomas Rice,
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.
Thorpe’s NCHC report on the costs of comprehensive reform
A previous Quote of the Day provided a link to Prof. Kenneth Thorpe's PowerPoint presentation of his study of the costs of four models of
Thorpe's NCHC report on the costs of comprehensive reform
A previous Quote of the Day provided a link to Prof. Kenneth Thorpe's PowerPoint presentation of his study of the costs of four models of
Another report on medical debt
Seeing Red: Americans Driven into Debt by Medical Bills
By Michelle M. Doty, Jennifer N. Edwards, and Alyssa L. Holmgren
The Commonwealth Fund
August 2005
Alberta’s Premier Klein supports better access for those willing to pay
Opening access to health care is a moral duty, says Klein
By Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
Calgary Herald
July 30, 2005
Opinion
Let me be blunt. We have unacceptable
Alberta's Premier Klein supports better access for those willing to pay
Opening access to health care is a moral duty, says Klein
By Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
Calgary Herald
July 30, 2005
Opinion
Let me be blunt. We have unacceptable
Immigrants use half as much health care as US-born residents
Health Care Expenditures of Immigrants in the United States: A Nationally Representative Analysis
By Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH, Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, David U. Himmelstein,
The inequity of the deductibility of employer-sponsored plans
Job-sponsored health plans may be targeted for taxation
By Kevin G. Hall (Knight Ridder Newspapers)
CentreDaily.com
Jul. 13, 2005
For 60 years, American workers have received job-sponsored health-care benefits
Brown and Kominski on single payer
The Uninsured in California: Single-Payer Health Care
Project California
July 13, 2005
Serious ailments afflict California's health care system. The "single-payer" model is seen by many as one
High prices contribute to high costs
Health Spending In The United States And The Rest Of The Industrialized World
By Gerard F. Anderson, Peter S. Hussey, Bianca K. Frogner and Hugh R.
The Public-Private Mix for Health
The Nuffield Trust
The Public-Private Mix for Health
Edited by Alan Maynard
Rick Mayes on the elusive quest for national health insurance
Book Review by Don McCanne
The New England Journal of Medicine
July 7, 2005
Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance
(Conversations in Medicine and Society.) By