Johns Hopkins University
Center for Civil Society Studies
Institute for Policy Studies
October, 2004
The Health Benefits Squeeze:Implications for Nonprofit Organizations and Those They Serve
By Lester M. Salamon and
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.
Growth rate in health cost to employers slowed in ’04
The New York Times
November 22, 2004
Growth Rate in Health Cost to Employers Slowed in '04
By Reed Abelson
After years of double-digit cost increases, the rate of
Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism
California Medical Association
8th Annual Leadership Academy
Acceleration: Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism.
La Quinta, California
November 18-21, 2004
Keynote Presentation
Can a "Consumer-Driven" Health Care System
Controlling Health Care Costs
The New York Times
November 18, 2004
Controlling Health Care Costs
By Hal R. Varian
Health care just keeps getting more expensive.It has been argued, with considerable justification, that
Memo on reform from a Medical Economics staff member
Medical Economics
November 5, 2004
Memo from the Staff
A crisis too loud to ignore
By Robert Lowes
AMA members’ opinions on reform
American Medical Association
Division of Market Research and Analysis
September 2004
2004 AMA Advocacy Agenda Setting Survey
(The survey was sent to all 202,777 members of the AMA. 8,323
AMA members' opinions on reform
American Medical Association
Division of Market Research and Analysis
September 2004
2004 AMA Advocacy Agenda Setting Survey
(The survey was sent to all 202,777 members of the AMA. 8,323
responded,
AARP continues its attack on social insurance
The New York Times
November 12, 2004
AARP Opposes Bush Plan to Replace Social Security With Private Accounts
By Robert Pear
Gearing up for battle over the future of
Urge NIH to provide public access to research
Action Required By November 16, 2004!
Following is a very important communication from Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus and his colleagues. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Consumer-Directed Managed Care
Health Affairs
November/December 2004
Consumer-Directed Health Plans And The RAND Health Insurance Experiment
By Joseph P. Newhouse
What Was The RAND Experiment?
The Corporate Transformation of Health Care
The Corporate Transformation of Health Care
Can the Public Interest Still Be Served?
By John P. Geyman, M.D.
From the Preface:
The Defeat of California’s Employer Mandate
Other changes in health care may be sought
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
The Mercury News - Nov. 4, 2004
These comments are in response to the relatively narrow