Los Angeles Times
November 17, 2003
Deal Would Alter Medicare's Core
If a compromise bill on prescription drugs passes, the government program
will become a massive subsidized insurance market.
By
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.
Import Canadian Prices, Not Drugs (Don McCanne)
Los Angeles Times
November 10, 2003
Import Canadian Prices, Not Drugs
Re "Open Door to Drug Imports," editorial, Nov. 6: We don't need to import
drugs from Canada. Instead,
Norwegian international health card
The Norway Post
9 November 2003
New national health card
Next year, 4.5 million Norwegians may be issued a new, international health card which will guarantee immediate help
Wal-Mart takes the lead in uninsurance
The Washington Post
November 6, 2003
Stores Follow Wal-Mart's Lead in Labor
By Greg Schneider and Dina ElBoghdady
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer and the nation's biggest private employer,
Blue Cross’ RightPlan is terribly wrong
The Sacramento Bee
October 29, 2003
Health plan a sign of future?
Blue Cross offers lower premiums -- but higher costs down the line.
By Lisa Rapaport
The day after
Blue Cross' RightPlan is terribly wrong
The Sacramento Bee
October 29, 2003
Health plan a sign of future?
Blue Cross offers lower premiums -- but higher costs down the line.
By Lisa Rapaport
The day after
Is starving Medicare the fix we need?
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:28:36 -0800
Subject: qotd: Is starving Medicare the fix we need?
The New York Times
November 4, 2003
White House Backs Limits on
Medicare's blank check for the drug companies
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Reform Program
October 31, 2003
61 Percent of Medicare's New Prescription Drug Subsidy Is Windfall Profit to Drug Makers
By Alan Sager,
Medicare’s blank check for the drug companies
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Reform Program
October 31, 2003
61 Percent of Medicare's New Prescription Drug Subsidy Is Windfall Profit to Drug Makers
By Alan Sager,
Americans support health care as a public good
Harris Interactive
Health Care News
Volume 3, Issue 16
October 27, 2003
Table 3
Should Health Care be a Public Good (Entitlement) or a Private Economic Good?
Do you think public
Payout from for-profit conversion
The New York Times
October 28, 2003
Acquisition Would Create Nation's Largest Health Insurer
By Milt Freudenheim
In a marriage of Blue Cross giants, Anthem Inc. agreed yesterday to
ABC News' on single payer for our "critical condition"
ABC News
Oct. 21, 2003
Critical Condition
Excerpts from Peter Jennings interview of ABC News' Medical Editor Dr.Tim Johnson:
Jennings: The conventional wisdom is Americans like to think that