U.S. patients face long queues!
The Boston Globe
August 1, 2004
Colonoscopies tax health industry
By Liz Kowalczyk
... hundreds of thousands have queued up for colonoscopies.
The rush has strained
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.
Global budgets and sustainable growth rate
Global budgets and sustainable growth rate
United States General Accounting Office Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
May 5,
Can the Democrats learn from the swallows?
Can the Democrats learn from the swallows?
In These Times
July 23, 2004
Cure a Sick Healthcare System
By Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein
Like Capistrano's swallows, the Democrats always
Low Medicaid fees impair access
Low Medicaid fees impair access
Health Affairs
Web Exclusive
June 23, 2004
Changes In Medicaid Physician Fees, 1998-2003: Implications For Physician Participation Despite recent gains, the relative attractiveness of
Medicare empowers patients to enjoy financial hardship
Medicare empowers patients to enjoy financial hardship
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Office of the Actuary
July 2, 2004
Letter (excerpts)
From: Sol
SCHIP is now failing us
Today's Topics:
1. SCHIP is now failing us (Don McCanne)
2. B. Capell on the declining enrollment in SCHIP (Don McCanne)
Beyond the rhetoric of consumer-driven health care
HSR (Health Services Research)
A Special Supplement to HSR
August 2004
Guest Editors' Introduction
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Beyond Rhetoric with Research and Experience
By Anne K. Gauthier and Carolyn M.
The political process in repairing a single payer system versus a fragmented system
The political process in repairing a single payer system versus a fragmented system
Toronto Star
Jul. 22, 2004
Televising health summit `very risky, very bold' move
Martin to meet
NCHC's call for comprehensive reform
NCHC's call for comprehensive reform
National Coalition on Health Care
July 20, 2004
Building a Better Health Care System
Principle 1 - Health Care Coverage for All
Principle 2 -
A private health care information technology system
A private health care information technology system
Health and Human Services
July 21, 2004
The Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric and Information-rich Health Care
By David J.
NCHC’s call for comprehensive reform
NCHC's call for comprehensive reform
National Coalition on Health Care
July 20, 2004
Building a Better Health Care System
Principle 1 - Health Care Coverage for All
Principle 2 -
WebMD calls for a government solution for electronic communications
WebMD
July 19, 2004
HIPAA Implementation: The Case for a Rational Roll-Out Plan
HIPAA Administrative Simplification, as it is currently being implemented,is increasing complexity and cost for health
