Taipei Times
Mar 19, 2005
Experts call for health premium hikes
By Wang Hsiao-wen
Although the rest of the world envies Taiwan for its success in providing easy, affordable
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.
Never have so many paid so much for so little
The Santa Barbara Independent
March 10, 2005
Healthcare for All
By Peter Conn, Chairperson of the S.B. chapter of Healthcare for All
Stanford Dean Pizzo supports single payer
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford Medicine Magazine
Winter 2005
Letter from the Dean
It's hard to fathom why our nation, with its great financial and intellectual capital, has a
Should reducing the uninsured rate by half be our goal?
The Commonwealth Fund
March 8, 2005
News Release
New Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Uninsured Rate Could Be Reduced
by Half in Ten Years
The proportion of Americans without health
Frist and Kennedy on health disparities
Health Affairs
March/April 2005
Overcoming Disparities In U.S. Health Care
By William H. Frist
...the best way to eliminate health disparities is through improvements in the care we deliver
Philip Morris helps us frame the debate on reform
Pediatrics
March 2005
Changing Conclusions on Secondhand Smoke in a Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome
Review Funded by the Tobacco Industry
By Elisa K. Tong, MD; Lucinda England, MD; and Stanton
The Right to Health Care
Congressman Pete Stark
March 3, 2005
Stark Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Establish Right to Health Care
Today, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) announced his introduction of a proposed amendment
Does President Bush support community health centers?
National Association of Community Health Centers and The George Washington University
March 2005
Growing Uninsured, Budget Cutbacks Challenge President's Initiative to Put a Health Center in Every
Why Americans settle for a broken health-care system
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford Medicine Magazine
Winter 2005
OK, you say you want a revolution Why Americans settle for a broken health-care system
By Michelle Brandt
"The whole thing
The Right to Health Care
Congressman Pete Stark
March 3, 2005
Stark Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Establish Right to Health Care
Today, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) announced his introduction of a proposed amendment
Canada moves forward with 10-year plan
Canada
Department of Finance
February 7, 2005
Minister of Finance Tables Legislation to Implement 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care
Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale today tabled legislation in
Canada's "Monty Python" health care system
Globe and Mail
March 1, 2005
Ontario hospitals chief pleads for more funds
By Oliver Moore
The head of the Ontario Hospital Association called Tuesday for a new funding