The Financial Times
May 24 2003
America takes its dose of socialist healthcare
By Christopher Caldwell
...a bus trip into nearby Canada. The seniors load up on American-made prescription
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.
Mexico moves toward universal health coverage
The Santa Fe New Mexican
May 14, 2003
Mexican President Approves 'Universal' Health Plan
President Vicente Fox signed into law a new public-health plan Thursday which he hopes
Cost and access problems intensify
Center for Studying Health System Change
Issue Brief No. 63
May 2003
Health Care Cost and Access Problems Intensify
Initial Findings From HSC's Recent Site Visits
By Cara S. Lesser
What is the cost of not reforming health care?
National Coalition on Health Care
May 19, 2003
Charting the Cost of Inaction
By Henry Simmons, MD, MPH, FACP and Mark A. Goldberg
What will happen if we do
Should partisan debate trump reform?
The Boston Globe
5/21/2003
Democrats must offer bolder health plans
By Robert Kuttner
With one exception, the health plans released by the Democratic presidential contenders are a set of
Privatising the NHS
World Socialist Web Site
10 May 2003
Britain: Parliament backs plans to privatise health care
By Julie Hyland
The Labour government's proposals to further open up National Health Service
California example of pending safety net collapse
California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
On the Brink: How the Crisis in California's Public Hospitals Threatens Access to Care for Millions
B. Capell responds on safety net funding
Beth Capell, Ph.D. responds on safety net funding and the uninsured:
Don:
Your comment may unintentionally encourage those who wish to defund the safety net in order
Seniors driven to poverty to gain affordable access to health care
Health Affairs
May/June 2003
High Out-Of-Pocket Health Care Spending By The Elderly
High spending coupled with the erosion of insurance coverage expose the
elderly to great financial risk.
by Dana
Taiwan's Single Payer System: A Phenomenal Success!
Health Affairs
May/June 2003
Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From
Taiwan
by Jui-Fen Rachel Lu and William C. Hsiao
...Taiwan's single-payer NHI system enabled Taiwan to
Taiwan’s Single Payer System: A Phenomenal Success!
Health Affairs
May/June 2003
Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From
Taiwan
by Jui-Fen Rachel Lu and William C. Hsiao
...Taiwan's single-payer NHI system enabled Taiwan to
Kaiser offering indemnity coverage!
Washington Post
May 5, 2003
No HMO Fits All Anymore
By Bill Brubaker
Kaiser (Mid Atlantic) is seeking regulatory approval to offer a plan, as soon as this fall,