American College of Physicians
ObserverWeekly
6-10-03
Access update
New House bill based on ACP proposals to expand access to care
Legislators introduced a bill into the House today to expand
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.
Enthoven’s managed competition model
Health Affairs
Web Exclusive
28 May 2003
Employment-Based Health Insurance Is Failing: Now What?
A strategy, based on managed competition, to free employers from the health
care cost spiral and
Enthoven's managed competition model
Health Affairs
Web Exclusive
28 May 2003
Employment-Based Health Insurance Is Failing: Now What?
A strategy, based on managed competition, to free employers from the health
care cost spiral and
Physician behaviour in the single payer system of Taiwan
Health Affairs
May/June 2003
Taiwan's New National Health Insurance Program: Genesis And Experience So
Far
by Tsung-Mei Cheng
Taiwan's NHI is a government-run, single-payer national health insurance scheme, financed through
FEHBP is a flawed model for reform
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Program Design, Recent
Performance, and Implications for Medicare Reform
May 2003
Prepared by Mark Merlis
Conclusions
Tax subsidies for private health insurance benefit the wealthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Synthesis Project
May 2003
Tax subsidies for private health insurance: who currently benefits and what
are the implications for new policies?
Policy-makers are considering
Incremental reforms will not solve the health care crisis
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
May-June 2003
Health Policy
Why Incremental Reforms Will Not Solve the Health Care Crisis
By Don McCanne, MD
A marketplace tool to improve access to care
California Senate Office of Research
May 2003
Growing Gaps in California's Emergency Room Backup System
Prepared by Peter Hansel
Americans prefer health coverage to a tax cut; & a ratio that represents more equitable funding
Modern Physician
May 30, 2003
Most Americans would prefer more health coverage to a tax cut, poll shows
By Leigh Page
Almost two-thirds of Americans think the federal government
Americans prefer health coverage to a tax cut; & a ratio that represents more equitable funding
Modern Physician
May 30, 2003
Most Americans would prefer more health coverage to a tax cut, poll shows
By Leigh Page
Almost two-thirds of Americans think the federal government
Health insuance companies rank near bottom in service
The Harris Poll
May 28, 2003
Supermarkets and packaged food companies top the list of industries which get the best marks for serving their customers.
At the bottom
U.S.: Patent protection is paramount in health
The New York Times
May 28, 2003
WHO Vows to Overhaul Health Regulations
By The Associated Press
Voicing its alarm at the spread of the SARS virus, the World