The New York Times
April 21, 2002
By Reuters
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday his government's mission to overhaul public health care was a huge challenge
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 Care Options Project Symposium
California State Capitol
Sacramento, CA April 12, 2002
John Sheils, Vice President of The Lewin Group, in his concluding remarks on the micro-simulation of the nine health
CalPERS to increase '03 health care rates
San Francisco Chronicle
April 18, 2002
By Victoria Colliver
Marking an unprecedented increase in health care costs, the board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System said that
CalPERS to increase ’03 health care rates
San Francisco Chronicle
April 18, 2002
By Victoria Colliver
Marking an unprecedented increase in health care costs, the board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System said that
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports
May 2002
"Card programs often work like this: The company negotiates discounts and buys provider lists from preferred provider organizations (PPOs); the company generally does
Snowshoe Documentary Films
Rudolph Mueller, M.D., author of "As Sick As It Gets":
Emanuel Gale, Emeritus Professor of Social Work and Gerontology
Callifornia State University, Sacramento, on the California Health Care Options Project (HCOP):
I attended the final HCOP meeting yesterday.
It is clear from the Lewin analyses that
Can California trigger a national trend for health care reform?
San Francisco Chronicle
April 11, 2002
By Spyros Andreopoulos, Director Emeritus of the Office of Public Affairs at Stanford University Medical Center
(On April 12), California will unveil
Canadians want universal care
Two letters, published in The Toronto Star, responding to Tony Fell's call to open the Canadian health care system to private-sector funds:
Apr 10, 2002
Re Medicare
Medicare rule changes urged Time to make room for private health care, chairman says
The Toronto Star
April 9, 2002
By Theresa Boyle
Canadians should be allowed to pay out-of-pocket for some medical procedures now covered by provincial health insurance plans,
The Changing Face of Health Insurance
Alliance for Health Reform
April 5, 2002
Washington, DC
James Robinson, Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics at the University of California at Berkeley:
The new increased cost sharing virtually
Single-payer insurance drive is showing little sign of life
Boston Business Journal
April 4, 2002
By Linda Goodspeed
Yet even now that there's a commission looking at funding streams and options for achieving universal coverage, few think