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
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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MSN Money
(Accessed 11/2/04)
Bush, Kerry and the great health-care divide
By Philipp Harper
They receive about half as much medical care as the rest of us, and as
Susan Dentzer’s Innovative Proposal for Reform
It's the Taj Mahal of Health Insurance Schemes
By Susan Dentzer (health correspondent for "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" on PBS)
The Washington Post - October 31,
Susan Dentzer's Innovative Proposal for Reform
It's the Taj Mahal of Health Insurance Schemes
By Susan Dentzer (health correspondent for "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" on PBS)
The Washington Post - October 31,
Public Opinion of Consumer-Driven Plans
What's Important In A Health Plan?
Kaiser Family Foundation
Health Poll Report - September/October 2004
Which one of the following do you think is the MOST important reason
U.S. Performs Poorly on Patient-Centered Care
Primary Care And Health System Performance: Adults' Experiences In Five Countries
By Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Phuong Trang Huynh, Michelle Doty, Karen Davis, Kinga Zapert, and
Bartlett & Steele – “Critical Condition”
How Health Care in America Became Big Business - And Bad Medicine
By Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele
Bartlett & Steele – "Critical Condition"
How Health Care in America Became Big Business - And Bad Medicine
By Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele
Is reinsurance the solution?
The New York Times
October 23, 2004
Momentum Builds for U.S. Role in Paying Highest Health Costs
By Milt Freudenheim and Robert Pear
In seeking to rein in the
Who Uses Emergency Departments?
Poor Health, Not Lack of Primary Care or Medical Insurance Found to Drive Emergency Visits
American College of Emergency Physicians
News Release - October 18, 2004
The first
AMSA's Casey Kirkhart on Liability Reform
Yesterday's message on physicians' ranking of liability reform as their number one issue provoked numerous responses. The predominant theme of the replies was that the
AMSA’s Casey Kirkhart on Liability Reform
Yesterday's message on physicians' ranking of liability reform as their number one issue provoked numerous responses. The predominant theme of the replies was that the
