The New York Times
January 3, 2002
by The Associated Press
"Discount prescription drug cards now available to older Americans offer only meager savings, particularly in urban areas,
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s 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. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Senator backs Universal Coverage for All U.S. Citizens
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Americans’ Health Priorities: Curing Cancer And Controlling Costs
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Americans' Health Priorities: Curing Cancer And Controlling Costs
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Health Care Lesson – Letter to the Editor, NYT
The New York Times
Letters
December 28, 2001
To the Editor:
Disputes between companies and the families of the World Trade Center victims over health care coverage (front page,
Closing The Gap
The Maine Hospital Association
December 2001
"A Guide to Understanding and Improving Health Insurance Coverage"
Business Health Survey Results
(December 1, 2001)
Excerpts from a survey sponsored by the California Nurses Association, California Medical Association, American Small Business Alliance, and the Foundation for Taxpayer and
In 2001, managed care our No. 1 health crisis
MSNBC Opinion
December 21, 2001
"Bioethics: Congress needs to administer strong medicine"
By Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., Director, Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania
"Events of the past
Medical oaths and declarations
BMJ 2001;323:1440-1441
December 22-29, 2001
Editorials
"The newly qualified doctors of Imperial College School of Medicine recently adopted a ceremony in which they declare their commitment to assume
Investment in Global Health Will Save 8 Million Lives a Year and Generate at Least a $360 Billion Annual Gain within 15 Years, Says a New Report Presented to WHO
World Health Organization Press Release
December 20, 2001
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health
"A drastic scaling up of investments in health for the world's poor will not only
Med schools: Application attrition
American Medical News
December 24/31, 2001
Number of applications to medical schools:
1996-1997 school year - 46,968 2001-2002 school year - 34,859
"Experts cite loss
House GOP to Push Revised Stimulus Bill
The Washington Post
December 19, 2001
by Glenn Kessler and Juliet Eilperin
"The stimulus bill has been mired in disputes between Democrats and Republicans over the best mix
