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
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s 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. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
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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
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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
February 28, 2005
Opinion
by
Arnold Relman, New Republic:
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Reason
November 2004
Mandatory Health Insurance Now!
By Ronald Bailey, Reason's science correspondent
Unfortunately, there is no prominent political or intellectual figure on the national scene offering a comprehensive
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1. CMS projections for health spending - 2005 (Don McCanne)
2. The California Health Insurance Reliability Act (CHIRA)
(Don McCanne)
3. What is CHIRA? (Don
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Rutland Herald
February 22, 2005
Editorial
Clarity on health care
As Vermont legislators confront the burdens and the irrationality of Vermont's health care system, they face numerous obstacles. One
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BCBS HealthIssues.com
Association Health Plans
A Step Backward for Small Employers and Consumers
February 2005
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San Francisco Chronicle
February 20, 2005
Medicare not easy to salve
By David Lazarus
"We cannot solve the problems that face Medicare without dealing with the broader problems that
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Andy Calman, MD, PhD responds to the message on physician behavior under the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate:
Wow. Where to begin? Time does not permit
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Health Services Research
February 2005
From Medicaid to Uninsured: Drop-Out among Children in Public Insurance Programs
By Benjamin D. Sommers
Of the children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP, 27.7
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The Urban Institute
January 2005
Understanding Expenditure Patterns in Retirement
By Barbara A. Butrica, Joshua H. Goldwyn and Richard W. Johnson
Health Care Expenditures
For typical older adults, budget shares
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American Diabetes Association
February 8, 2005
Gaps found in all components of private health insurance coverage for people with diabetes
The American Diabetes Association in conjunction with the
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The Wall Street Journal
February 9, 2005
Health-Care Overhaul: GM CEO Weighs In
By Alan Murray
General Motors Chief Executive Rick Wagoner... runs not only the world's largest auto