Sixty-fourth General Assembly
State of Colorado
House Bill 03-1164
A Bill for an Act Concerning the Expansion of Access to Health Insurance...
The commissioner shall promulgate rules to implement
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.
Congressional testimony on Medicare cost sharing
House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health
May 1, 2003
Hearing on Medicare Cost-Sharing and Medigap
Statement of Patricia Neuman, Sc.D., Vice President and Director,
Results of SF Chronicle single payer poll
San Francisco Chronicle poll, 5/1/03
Results:
77% - Create single-payer system
3% - Make employers "play or pay"
2% - Restore clinics' budgets
14% - Make cuts, we can't afford
PNHP and Heritage agree?
Modern Physician Apr 1, 2003 Editorial An irresistible force By Joseph Conn
...on March 10, an officer (Stuart Butler, vice president of domestic and economic policy
K. Sullivan on Blendon's polls
Response of Kip Sullivan to Robert Blendon's polls:
From Don's comment:
Dr. Blendon could improve his credibility by conducting polls that ask about views on universality, comprehensiveness
Vote today, May 1, in poll for health care reform
The San Francisco Chronicle is conducting a poll on health care reform. Two of the choices include single payer and "play or pay" employer mandate.
Blendon – "…we don't have enough money…"
The New York Times
April 30, 2003
Health Care Limps Up Political Ladder
By Robin Toner
The health care crisis is returning to American politics - gradually, but inexorably,
K. Sullivan on Blendon’s polls
Response of Kip Sullivan to Robert Blendon's polls:
From Don's comment:
Dr. Blendon could improve his credibility by conducting polls that ask about views on universality, comprehensiveness
Blendon – “…we don’t have enough money…”
The New York Times
April 30, 2003
Health Care Limps Up Political Ladder
By Robin Toner
The health care crisis is returning to American politics - gradually, but inexorably,
California health care reform legislation moving foreward
Great news!
The insurance committee of the California State Senate this afternoon approved both SB 2 (Burton/Speier), an employer mandate proposal, and SB 921 (Kuehl), a
Private health plans: the price is too great
Physicians for a National Health Program
April 28, 2003
Private Health Plans Versus Social Insurance: Implications for Health Care
Reform
by Don McCanne
Private health plans are responsible for much
California Dreamin’
SFGate.com
April 26, 2003
Despite budget woes, lawmakers trying to deal with uninsured
By Steve Lawrence, Associated Press Writer
...California legislators have introduced at least five bills designed to