Falling Through the Safety Net
Americans Without Health Insurance
By John Geyman, M.D.
Common Courage Press, 2005
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.
Uwe Reinhardt on What Makes America Great
Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University (personal communication):
Don:
Attached is a portrait of what makes America great. Instead of using the
The Charleston Gazette Comes On Board
Health care - Leave no one out
The Charleston Gazette
Editorial - December 28, 2004
Health-care access in America is a mess. The only sensible way to address
Health care Leave no one out
The Charleston Gazette
December 28, 2004
Editorial
Health care Leave no one out
Health-care access in America is a mess. The only sensible way to address these problems is
Mandatory Health Insurance Is Urged
Los Angeles Times
December 20, 2004
Letters
Re "Mandatory Health Insurance Is Urged" (a proposal for an individual mandate)
Any proposal for mandatory health insurance in California that does
Jack puts health plan on employees' menu
The San Diego Union-Tribune
December 16, 2004
Jack puts health plan on employees' menu
By Sarah Skidmore
In an effort to reduce employee turnover, fast-food purveyor Jack in the
Jack puts health plan on employees’ menu
The San Diego Union-Tribune
December 16, 2004
Jack puts health plan on employees' menu
By Sarah Skidmore
In an effort to reduce employee turnover, fast-food purveyor Jack in the
Concepts from yesterday's message
The claim is often made by HSA supporters that the premiums of the HDHPs are much lower because of the high deductible. But, in fact,
Concepts from yesterday’s message
The claim is often made by HSA supporters that the premiums of the HDHPs are much lower because of the high deductible. But, in fact,
National Health Insurance scheme gets green light
Daily Express
(Independent National Newspaper of East Malaysia)
December 16, 2004
National Health Insurance scheme gets green light
After two years of study, the Government has agreed to implement
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
The Commonwealth Fund
Newsletter
December 2004
Issue of the Month: The British National Institute for Clinical Excellence
By Vida Foubister
The mission of U.K.'s five-year-old National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Paying for health care that could be free
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dec. 10, 2004
Paying for health care that could be free
By Marian Uhlman
About 3,100 children from low-income families in Southeastern Pennsylvania who are entitled