The New York Times
January 9, 2004
Sick State Budgets, Sick Kids
By Bob Herbert
While headlines continue to tell us how great the economy is doing, states across
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.
Gov. Schwarzenegger acknowledges budget pain for poorest Californians
The New York Times
January 10, 2004
Governor Seeks Big Cuts in California's Spending Plan
By John M. Broder
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger presented his first budget on Friday, a
CMS report on health spending increases
Health Affairs
January/February 2004
Health Spending Rebound Continues In 2002
By Katharine Levit (and colleagues from the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
U.S. health
Bill Schwied, an inspiration for us all
January 7, 2004
William Schwied, MD, MPH, founder of People for a National Health Program (PNHP), in his acceptance speech as Leisure Worlder of the Month:
"I
Using fines to fund trauma care?
Orlando Sentinel
January 5, 2004
Editorial
Give green light to fines
A legislative proposal to provide badly needed money to hospital trauma centers by increasing the traffic fine for
Prerequisite humiliation for Medicaid and S-CHIP
The Argus
January 2, 2004
Sign ups for health insurance scheduled
OAKLAND -- If you're low-income and need no- to low-cost health insurance for both children and adults,
Miami hospice pioneers cash in
The Miami Herald
Dec. 28, 2003
Miami hospice pioneers cash in
By John Dorschner
Starting with a few volunteers and a small office in a Miami Methodist church, the
Health care eats up parish pay raises
shreveporttimes.com
December 26, 2003
Health care eats up parish pay raises
By Don Walker
Caddo Parish employees will receive an across-the-board 2.2 percent pay raise at the start of
Do the WSJ editors really understand HSAs?
The Wall Street Journal
December 23, 2003
Teddy's Nightmare
The new year will bring something of a revolution in American health care. Insurance companies such as Golden Rule,
Is Dr. Dean's prescription a placebo?
The Washington Post
December 21, 2003
Dean's Care For All, Built Part by Part
By Ceci Connolly
(In 1994, Vermont Governor Howard) Dean, a doctor by training, would be
Is Dr. Dean’s prescription a placebo?
The Washington Post
December 21, 2003
Dean's Care For All, Built Part by Part
By Ceci Connolly
(In 1994, Vermont Governor Howard) Dean, a doctor by training, would be
President Bush's "Ownership Society"
The New York Times
December 20, 2003
The Ownership Society
By David Brooks
In his State of the Union address, the president will announce measures to foster job creation.