The San Diego Union-Tribune
May 22, 2002
By Rodrigo Munoz, a psychiatrist and president of the San Diego County Medical Society
... San Diegans will continue to be
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.
County Health System Faces Dire Options
Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2002
By Nicholas Riccardi and Garrett Therolf
Under the most optimistic plan, the county would have to close the emergency room at Harbor-UCLA
Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late
Institute of Medicine
National Academy Press
May 21, 2002
"... the overall mortality risk for uninsured adults, estimated here to be on the order of 18,000 excess deaths
Beyond 50.02: A Report to the Nation on Trends in Health Security
AARP May 21, 2002
"More people age 50 to 64 are uninsured today than in the past. Individuals who are accustomed to feeling secure about their
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured The Cost of NOT Covering the Uninsured Project
May 2002
"Sicker and Poorer: The Consequences of Being Uninsured" By Jack Hadley, Ph.D., Principal Research Associate, The Urban Institute
... this report focuses primarily on the
Remarks by the President to Coalition for Medicare Choices
The White House
May 17, 2002
President George W. Bush:
... the myth is somehow that if seniors are given choice, low income seniors will not benefit; that
Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians' Use Of Health Care Services In The United States
Health Affairs
May/June 2002
Surprisingly few Canadians travel to the United States for health care, despite the persistence of the myth.
by Steven J. Katz, Karen Cardiff, Marina
Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians’ Use Of Health Care Services In The United States
Health Affairs
May/June 2002
Surprisingly few Canadians travel to the United States for health care, despite the persistence of the myth.
by Steven J. Katz, Karen Cardiff, Marina
PBS NOW with Bill Moyers
May 17, 2002
Bill Moyers: I don't know if your reporting has turned this up, the answer to this question, but every industrialized democracy in
Opinion By AMA president
American Medical News
May 20, 2002
Richard F. Corlin, MD
"... Congress should change current rules that require physicians to participate in Medicare on an 'all-or-nothing basis,' regardless
National Union of Public and General Employees Canada
May 15 is National Medicare Day across Canada
Ottawa - The National Union of Public and General Employees and its components will join with thousands of
Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate Health Care
JAMA
May 1, 2002
Book Review by Jerrold P. Schwartz, M.D.
By David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler with Ida Hellander Common Courage Press