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
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.
82 million uninsured at some point in time
82 million uninsured at some point in time
Families USA
June 2004
One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans Without Health Insurance, 2002-2003
CONCLUSION
Gov. Bush removes insurance coverage requirements
The Ledger
June 15, 2004
Gov. Bush Signs Health Insurance Bill
By Brendan Farrington
Gov. Jeb Bush signed a wide-ranging bill Monday designed to lower the cost of health
Buying Private Health Insurance
SmartMoney.com
Buying Private Health Insurance
By Stacey L. Bradford
One of the hardest things about leaving a job is walking away from the benefits package. Once you're out
Porter & Teisberg: Redefining competition in health care
Porter & Teisberg: Redefining competition in health care
The Boston Globe
June 8, 2004
A prescription for healthcare
Professor: Get industry to compete over quality instead of shifting
costs
By
Porter & Teisberg: Redefining competition in health care
Porter & Teisberg: Redefining competition in health care
The Boston Globe
June 8, 2004
A prescription for healthcare
Professor: Get industry to compete over quality instead of shifting
costs
By Robert
Downward trend in costs still double the growth of the economy
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:31:34 -0700
Downward trend in costs still double the growth of the economy
Health Affairs
June 9, 2004
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Turn
The high costs of for-profit care
The high costs of for-profit care
CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
June 8, 2004
Commentary
The high costs of for-profit care
By Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein
Why do for-profit
Democracy dwindles with rise in inequality
Democracy dwindles with rise in inequality
American Political Science Association
June 7, 2004
American Democracy in an Age of Rising Inequality
By the Association's Task Force on Inequality and
Canadian and American health status the same, except for the poor and uninsured in the U.S.
Canadian and American health status the same, except for the poor and uninsured in the U.S.
Statistics Canada
and
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
June 2004
Joint Canada/United
Feachem’s Kaiser study not credible
Feachem's Kaiser study not credible
British Journal of General Practice
June 2004
Questioning the claims from Kaiser
By Alison Talbot-Smith, Shamini Gnani, Allyson M Pollock and Denis Pereira Gray
Summary
Background:
Feachem's Kaiser study not credible
Feachem's Kaiser study not credible
British Journal of General Practice
June 2004
Questioning the claims from Kaiser
By Alison Talbot-Smith, Shamini Gnani, Allyson M Pollock and Denis Pereira Gray
Summary
Background:
