The New York Times
December 15, 2002
When Health Coverage Is Decided by the Calendar
By Michelle Andrews
People play chicken with their health insurance all the time. They
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.
Health system homeostatic reserves depleted
The New England Journal of Medicine
December 12, 2002
Homeostasis without Reserve - The Risk of Health System Collapse
By Lewis G. Sandy, M.D.
Although most observers of the
Gouge the healthy and reject the sick
Forbes.com
11/21/02
"Click Here for Coverage"
By Ratha Tep
Sunnyvale, Calif- based EHealthInsurance is the brainchild of an engineer named Vip Patel, 39, who started the company in 1997
Deputy sickout is more than a labor issue
Visalia Times-Delta
December 5, 2002
Editorial
Frustration reigned Tuesday among several Tulare County offices.
It was illustrated by the sight of Sheriff Bill Wittman explaining the absence of 37
Physicians lump HMO patients with MediCal and the uninsured
The Center for the Health Professions
University of California, San Francisco
California Physicians 2002: Practice and Perceptions
December 2002
By Kevin Grumbach, MD, et al
Provider cross-subsidy to uninsured declining
Center for Studying Health System
Change Mounting Pressures: Physicians Serving Medicaid Patients and the Uninsured, 1997-2001
Tracking Report No. 6
December 2002
By Peter J. Cunningham
Clouds on the Horizon
National health insurance may be our only solution
Orange County Register
December 1, 2002
Commentary: National health insurance may be our only solution
by Michael T. Kennedy, MD, FACS
Don Hull's letter, "Universal coverage is anything but"
The employer-mandate tsunami
The Mounting Crisis in Health Care
Universal medical coverage needs universal commitment
Bruce G. Bodaken, CEO, Blue Shield of California
Hardly a day goes by that we don't
Final report of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Statement by Roy J. Romanow, Q.C, Commissioner
On the release of the final report of the
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
November 28, 2002
Conclusion
In
Healthcare system is due for transformation
BCBSHealthIssues.com
Healthcare System Is Due for Transformation
By Margaret Heldring, PhD
President and CEO, America's HealthTogether
At the top of the healthcare agenda for the 108th Congress could be
Romanow on “private” solutions
The Canadian Club of Winnipeg
November 20, 2002
Speech: Creating a National Health Care System for Canadians
Roy Romanow, Commissioner
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Friends,
Romanow on "private" solutions
The Canadian Club of Winnipeg
November 20, 2002
Speech: Creating a National Health Care System for Canadians
Roy Romanow, Commissioner
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Friends,