The New York Times
July 14, 2003
Health Costs Soaring, Automakers Are to Begin Labor Talks
By Danny Hakim
Health costs have been soaring for many employers. In other
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.
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The New York Times
July 14, 2003
Health Costs Soaring, Automakers Are to Begin Labor Talks
By Danny Hakim
Health costs have been soaring for many employers. In other
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The New York Times
July 14, 2003
Health Costs Soaring, Automakers Are to Begin Labor Talks
By Danny Hakim
Health costs have been soaring for many employers. In other
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Health Affairs
July/August 2003
Increased Spending On Health Care: How Much Can The United States Afford
By Michael E. Chernew , Richard A. Hirth , & David M.
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The New York Times
July 8, 2003
Plans Improve Federal Workers' Drug Benefits
By Robert Pear
The House is expected this week to pass legislation ensuring that federal employees,
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The Washington Post
July 6, 2003
Four Steps to Better Health Care
By Henry J. Aaron and Stuart M. Butler
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The Commonwealth Fund
Policy Brief
Lessons from Medicare+Choice for Medicare Reform
By Geraldine Dallek, Brian Biles, and Lauren Hersch Nicholas
Lesson 7: Private plans are not less costly than
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Public Citizen
Press Release
June 23, 2003
Drug Industry Employs 675 Washington Lobbyists, Many with Revolving-Door Connections, New Report Finds
Profits registered by the 10 drug companies on the
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Kip Sullivan responds to the following quote of Humphrey Taylor of Harris Interactive from "The Health Care Debate We Are Not Having":
Humphrey Taylor:
"Increasing productivity,
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Rudolph Mueller, M.D., author of "As Sick As It Gets," responds to the Institute of Medicine report on the hidden costs of uninsurance:
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The Orange County Register
June 22, 2003
Commentary
Lawmakers have strong case for health reform
By Dr. Don McCanne
The San Juan Capistrano resident is President of Physicians for a
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The Urban Institute
April 2003
Does the Health Care Safety Net Narrow the Access Gap?
By Brenda C. Spillman, Stephen Zuckerman & Bowen Garrett
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The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
Harvard School of Public Health
Press Release
June 19, 2003
New Survey Finds Most Seniors Favor Reforms that Build on Existing Medicare
Program, But Younger