HEALTH AFFAIRS
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November 13, 2001
by Robert J. Blendon, et al
"In contrast to health problems, health care issues have become less salient to the public.
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.
Joel Segal, Legislative Assistant to Rep. John Conyers, Chair of the Congressional Universal Health Care Task Force, responding to the comments of Carol Gross:
Dear Health Care Activists,
Carol Gross responds:
"Please keep on advocating for a national health plan. My husband and I both worked and paid for health insurance for many years and
Companies suggest running a credit check on your patients
American Medical News
November 12, 2001
by Cheryl Jackson, AMNews staff
Would you like to know, right when they walk in the door, if patients can pay you?
TransUnion
PFIZER, IBM AND MICROSOFT COLLABORATE TO LAUNCH AMICORE, A SOFTWARE AND SERVICES COMPANY, TO PROVIDE OFFICE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS TO PHYSICIANS
Amicore Press Release
October 10, 2001
"New York, October 10, 2001 - Pfizer, IBM and Microsoft today announced the launch of Amicore, a newly formed independent software
Oh, predictability, where art thou?: CMS’ Scully seeks stable Medicare funding in an unstable fiscal era
Modern Healthcare
November 5, 2001
Washington Report
by Jonathan Gardner
"To help lure investors to healthcare, the Bush administration wants to make providing Medicare services a stable and moderately
Oh, predictability, where art thou?: CMS' Scully seeks stable Medicare funding in an unstable fiscal era
Modern Healthcare
November 5, 2001
Washington Report
by Jonathan Gardner
"To help lure investors to healthcare, the Bush administration wants to make providing Medicare services a stable and moderately
What’s the Catch?
The Washington Post
November 6, 2001
by Melody Simmons
"Get ready. Those large packets beetling with details about health insurance re-enrollment will arrive soon, if they are
What's the Catch?
The Washington Post
November 6, 2001
by Melody Simmons
"Get ready. Those large packets beetling with details about health insurance re-enrollment will arrive soon, if they are
Equity in Health Care
Few would disagree that equity, or fairness, should be a goal of our health care system. Most of us want to see fairness in
Universal health insurance makes ‘business sense’
November 2, 2001
By Robert F. Smith, Herald Correspondent
BELLOWS FALLS — Single-payer universal health coverage could save Vermonters more than $118 million a year over current
Universal health insurance makes 'business sense'
November 2, 2001
By Robert F. Smith, Herald Correspondent
BELLOWS FALLS — Single-payer universal health coverage could save Vermonters more than $118 million a year over current