The Deseret News
March 7, 2002
By Twila Van Leer
"Americans have no constitutional right to health care, but the perception is so strong that such care should
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.
GOP Economic Package Wins Support
The Associated Press
March 7, 2002
By Curt Anderson
"The decision to go with a consensus approach (on an economic stimulus plan) came after House GOP leaders ran
Oxymorons: The Myth of the U.S. Health Care System
Medscape
February 26, 2002
Book Reviews
By J.D. Kleinke
Quotes from the review by Peter Frishauf:
"Noted health economist J.D. Kleinke once saw managed care as the solution to America's
Health Care Has a Relapse
Time.com
March 2, 2002
"Costs are soaring. States are struggling. People are losing their coverage. Has Washington even noticed?" By Karen Tumulty
Medicine’s Middlemen
The New York Times
March 4, 2002
"2 Powerful Groups Hold Sway Over Buying at Many Hospitals" By Walt Bogdanich
"These two private groups (Premier and Novation) act
Medicine's Middlemen
The New York Times
March 4, 2002
"2 Powerful Groups Hold Sway Over Buying at Many Hospitals" By Walt Bogdanich
"These two private groups (Premier and Novation) act
Medicaid
The New England Journal of Medicine
February 21, 2002
Volume 346:635-640
By Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
"Medicaid, codified under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, provides federal financial assistance
The Detroit News
March 1, 2002
Letters
Should state hospital rules be eliminated?
(1) Program reduces care costs
The Feb. 24 article, "State rules pinch patient care," stated that some state
The Uninsured and Affordable Health Care Coverage
Subcommittee on Health
Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives
February 28, 2002
Mary R. Grealy, President, Healthcare Leadership Council:
No Care for the Caregivers: Declining Health Insurance Coverage for Health Care Personnel and Their Children, 1988-1998
American Journal of Public Health
March, 2002
By Brady G. S. Case, AB, David U. Himmelstein, MD and Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH
"Conclusions. Health care personnel are losing
Trends In Medicare Supplemental Insurance And Prescription Drug Coverage, 1996-1999
Health Affairs
February 27 2002
by Mary A. Laschober, Michelle Kitchman, Patricia Neuman, and Allison A. Strabic
"By fall 1999, 38 percent of beneficiaries lacked drug coverage, based
Hearing on Health Insurance Credits
House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health
February 13, 2002
Excerpts from the written testimony of Jonathan Gruber, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
"The