The Washington Post
April 10, 2003
Medicare HMO Benefits Down, Premiums Up
By Theresa Agovino, The Associated Press
Medicare HMO premiums are rising while the benefits they offer are
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.
Urgent alert: Association health plans approved by House committee
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
April 9, 2003
House Education and Workforce Subcommittee Approves Association Health Plan Bill
Mismatch of administration’s health policy and proposal
Houston Chronicle
April 6, 2003
President promises one health policy, proposes another
In his State of the Union address in January, Bush said the nation must move to
Mismatch of administration's health policy and proposal
Houston Chronicle
April 6, 2003
President promises one health policy, proposes another
In his State of the Union address in January, Bush said the nation must move to
J. Ross on administrative costs
Jonathon Ross, MD, MPH, immediate past president of PNHP, comments on administrative costs:
Can we afford preventive services?
American Journal of Public Health
April 2003
Primary Care: Is There Enough Time for Prevention?
By Kimberly S. H. Yarnall, MD, Kathryn I. Pollak, PhD, Truls Østbye, MD,
PhD,
Cost-sharing reduces likelihood of receiving effective care
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
March 2003
Health Insurance Premiums and Cost-Sharing:
The Impact on Low-Income Populations
Radiology opinion article: It is time for a change
Radiology
April, 2003
Rationing in Health Care: Changing the Patterns of Health Care
By Richard M. Friedenberg, MD
This helping hand for the uninsured is empty
Daily Press
April 1, 2003
A helping hand to the uninsured
By Alison Freehling
RICHMOND -- You need a medical treatment to save your life, but you don't have
D. Light on administrative costs
Donald W. Light, Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Health Care Systems, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, responds on the administrative costs in health
J. Gordon on administrative costs
Jeoffry Gordon, MD, MPH, responds on administrative costs:
It is important to point out that Professor Donald Light underestimated the actual administrative costs for most of
Fiction of higher quality through private systems
Independent.co.uk
April 2, 2003
Private hospital's Caesarean rate is twice the national average
By Matthew Beard
The rate of Caesarean births at the private-sector Portland Hospital in London is