The Orange County Register
April 10, 2005
Private plans haven't delivered the cure
By Don R. McCanne, M.D.
Bruce Bodaken, CEO of Blue Shield of California, warns that, unless
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.
What good is health care without food or housing?
The New York Times
April 8, 2005
U.S. Plans New, Deep Cuts in Housing Aid
By David W. Chen
If the changes sought by the administration take effect, they
Projected increases in the uninsured
Health Affairs
April 5, 2005
It's The Premiums, Stupid: Projections Of The Uninsured Through 2013
By Todd Gilmer and Richard Kronick
Abstract:
Increases in the cost of health care from
Kitzhaber and Reinhardt on life, death and Congress
The Christian Science Monitor
April 04, 2005
Congress' implicit healthcare rationing
By John Kitzhaber
As an emergency physician and former governor, I am struck by the towering contradictions -
Minnesota Medical Association’s universal insurance bill
Star Tribune
March 30, 2005
Bill mandates health coverage for Minnesotans
By Patricia Lopez
Every Minnesotan would be required to have at least minimal health insurance and every insurer
Minnesota Medical Association's universal insurance bill
Star Tribune
March 30, 2005
Bill mandates health coverage for Minnesotans
By Patricia Lopez
Every Minnesotan would be required to have at least minimal health insurance and every insurer
Gov. Richardson signs Insure New Mexico initiative
The Albuquerque Tribune
March 28, 2005
Sign of change
By Mike Tumolillo
The big news on the health front is the signing of the governor's Insure New Mexico initiative.
The growing problem of inadequate insurance
American Medical News
April 4, 2005
Underinsured and overlooked: The growing problem of inadequate insurance
By Joel B. Finkelstein
Tens of millions of Americans have coverage that still leaves
Vouchers?
The New England Journal of Medicine
March 24, 2005
Health Care Vouchers - A Proposal for Universal Coverage
By Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., and Victor R. Fuchs,
Limiting choice of physicians and hospitals is the wrong answer
The Center for Studying Health System Change
March 2005
More Americans Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Medical Costs
By Ha T. Tu
“Plan for a Healthy America”
Health Affairs
March 23, 2005
Change In Challenging Times:
A Plan For Extending And Improving Health Coverage
Health care for every American may be the current test of the
"Plan for a Healthy America"
Health Affairs
March 23, 2005
Change In Challenging Times:
A Plan For Extending And Improving Health Coverage
Health care for every American may be the current test of the