portsideMod
October 8, 2001
A copy of the resolution is available at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/portside/message/1481
Comment: It has often been said that unions oppose single payer reform because they
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.
Deficit's Real Cause: Letter to the Editor
The New York Times
October 7, 2001
Letters
To the Editor:
While some of the disappearance of the federal surplus (front page, Oct. 1) may be attributable to slowing
Deficit’s Real Cause: Letter to the Editor
The New York Times
October 7, 2001
Letters
To the Editor:
While some of the disappearance of the federal surplus (front page, Oct. 1) may be attributable to slowing
Terrorism Reveals Our Common Needs that Only Health Care Reform Can Fix
Bob Griss, Director of the Center on Disability and Health, Washington, DC, responds to Drs. Gordon, Marmor, Oberlander and Caplan:
The objective opportunity is there for
Editorial
Quote of the Day
October 5, 2001
The response to Jeoffry Gordon's call for a shift in strategy can be summarized best by Arthur Caplan's statement, "Fifty
A message from Jeoffry Gordon, MD, MPH, a San Diego member of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and California Physicians Alliance (CaPA):
Subject: Shift in strategy
Dear Friends:
It seems to me that our current world crisis has changed the political playing field and opened the probable opportunity
Does Managed Care Need to Be Replaced?
University of California, Irvine
Graduate School of Management
Health Care Management Distinguished Speaker Program
October 2, 2001
Dr. Paul Ellwood, "The Father of HMOs"
The following comments are not absolutely
Letting Empire Go For-Profit
The New York Times
October 1, 2001
Editorial
"Sound management led Empire (Blue Cross and Blue Shield) from near-insolvency to a strong balance sheet in the late 1990's.
Re “Aid for a Terrorized Economy”
The New York Times
October 1, 2001
Letters
To the Editor:
(editorial, Sept. 28):
An additional indirect but major economic effect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may be
Re "Aid for a Terrorized Economy"
The New York Times
October 1, 2001
Letters
To the Editor:
(editorial, Sept. 28):
An additional indirect but major economic effect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may be
Public Is Unyielding in War Against Terror
The Washington Post
September 29, 2001
""by Dana Milbank and Richard Morin
Number of Uninsured Drops for 2nd Year
The New York Times
September 28, 2001
by Robert Pear
Over all, the number of people without health insurance declined by 551,000, to 38.7 million last year, from