Willingness of the insured to cover the uninsured
Journal of General Internal Medicine
August 2004
Will Insured Citizens Give Up Benefit Coverage to Include the Uninsured?
By Susan Dorr
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.
Pfizer's free drugs and the $800 million pill
Pfizer's free drugs and the $800 million pill
Pfizer
News Release
July 7, 2004
Pfizer to Launch Comprehensive Initiative Expanding Access to Prescription Medicines for Millions of Americans
Pfizer Inc
Pfizer’s free drugs and the $800 million pill
Pfizer's free drugs and the $800 million pill
Pfizer
News Release
July 7, 2004
Pfizer to Launch Comprehensive Initiative Expanding Access to Prescription Medicines for Millions of Americans
Pfizer Inc
CaliforniaChoice holds down premium increases, but at a cost
PR Newswire
Jun. 29, 2004
CaliforniaChoice Announces Zero to Single-Digit Increases in Health
Insurance Premiums
At a time when employers throughout California continue to experience significant increases in their
Tweak HSAs to create IMAs?
American Medical News
July 5, 2004
Physicians want HSA access for Medicare recipients
By Katherine Vogt
The AMA will work to ensure that Medicare-eligible individuals have access to health
Americans believe health insurers are doing a bad
HarrisInteractive
Health Care News
Editor: Humphrey Taylor, Chairman of The Harris Poll
June 22, 2004
Reputations of Pharmaceutical and Health Insurance Companies Continue Their Downward Slide
In this year's survey,
California's single payer bill passes Assembly Health Committee
California's single payer bill passes Assembly Health Committee
Wed, 23 Jun 2004
(These two releases were distributed by e-mail and are not currently available by a link,
California’s single payer bill passes Assembly Health Committee
California's single payer bill passes Assembly Health Committee
Wed, 23 Jun 2004
(These two releases were distributed by e-mail and are not currently available by a link,
Georgia's single payer study
Georgia's single payer study
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6/22/04
'Single-payer' Georgia health plan pushed
By Andy Miller
A proposal for a Medicare-like system that would give health insurance coverage to all
Georgia’s single payer study
Georgia's single payer study
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6/22/04
'Single-payer' Georgia health plan pushed
By Andy Miller
A proposal for a Medicare-like system that would give health insurance coverage to all
The Effects of Tort Reform: Evidence from the States
Congressional Budget Office
June 2004
The Effects of Tort Reform: Evidence from the States
This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper reviews the major recent studies that evaluate state-level
Appeals court upholds "living wage" law that includes health benefits
Los Angeles Times
June 17, 2004
Berkeley's Living Wage Ordinance Is Upheld in Federal Appeals Court
By Henry Weinstein
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday upheld
