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Quote of the Day

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.

“A social insurance system that sells cars to finance itself”

Posted July 15, 2003

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

"A social insurance system that sells cars to finance itself"

Posted July 15, 2003

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

Can we afford to increase health care spending?

Posted July 14, 2003

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.

Politicians and demagoguery

Posted July 8, 2003

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,

Aaron and Butler agree on federalism?

Posted July 7, 2003

The Washington Post
July 6, 2003
Four Steps to Better Health Care
By Henry J. Aaron and Stuart M. Butler

Private Medicare plans increase costs

Posted June 26, 2003

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

Ten drug companies have more profits than the other 490 Fortune 500 companies combined

Posted June 25, 2003

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

K. Sullivan responds on rationing

Posted June 24, 2003

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,

R. Mueller responds on the hidden costs of uninsurance

Posted June 23, 2003

Rudolph Mueller, M.D., author of "As Sick As It Gets," responds to the Institute of Medicine report on the hidden costs of uninsurance:

Lawmakers have strong case for health reform

Posted June 22, 2003

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

The safety net is not a substitute for insurance

Posted June 21, 2003

The Urban Institute
April 2003
Does the Health Care Safety Net Narrow the Access Gap?
By Brenda C. Spillman, Stephen Zuckerman & Bowen Garrett

Younger adults are uninformed on Medicare, but they do care

Posted June 20, 2003

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

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