BlueCross BlueShield Association News Release February 21, 2003 New BCBSA Report Shows Health Insurer Administrative Costs Rising Slower Than Premiums
Health plan administrative costs contribute to
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.
Personal savings must supplement Medicare
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Issue Brief
February 2003
Retiree Health Benefits: Savings Needed to Fund Health Care in Retirement
by Paul Fronstin and Dallas Salisbury
Medicaid’s future is bleak
California HealthCare Foundation
Health Currents
February 22, 2003
In Time of Need, Many to Lose Medicaid Coverage
by Robert Rosenblatt
If misery loves company, then Governor Gray Davis has a
Medicaid's future is bleak
California HealthCare Foundation
Health Currents
February 22, 2003
In Time of Need, Many to Lose Medicaid Coverage
by Robert Rosenblatt
If misery loves company, then Governor Gray Davis has a
Single payer bill introduced in California
California State Senate
Bill Number: SB 921
February 21, 2003
SB 921, as introduced, Kuehl (Sen. Sheila Kuehl). Single payer health care coverage.
Bipartisan or nonpartisan solutions?
sun-herald.com
02/20/03
Dr. Klein invited to speak in Washington
Dr. David Klein, who volunteers to help destitute AIDS patients and migrant workers in his spare time, will also
Balanced coverage of reform that isn’t
The Hartford Courant
February 12, 2003
Who's Shaping The Debate On Health Care Reform?
By Theodore Marmor and Kip Sullivan
The 2003 debate about health care reform, unfortunately, is
Balanced coverage of reform that isn't
The Hartford Courant
February 12, 2003
Who's Shaping The Debate On Health Care Reform?
By Theodore Marmor and Kip Sullivan
The 2003 debate about health care reform, unfortunately, is
Reducing disparities by providing access
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
February, 2003
Differences in Mortality of Black and White Patients Enrolled in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
By Erwin
Uwe Reinhardt on elimination of retiree health benefits
Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D. sends us a message in response to news reports on the elimination of retiree health benefits by Bethlehem Steel and by Aetna.
Option to an unhealthy war
Our concern is health, and everyone agrees that war is unhealthy.
The concepts in the following article make it clear that there are options other than
Ghana enacting national health insurance
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Ghana
05 February 2003
Health Insurance scheme to be fully operational
The National Health Insurance Bill would soon be placed before Parliament and become fully operational by the