Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D., James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University, comments on the responses of Kip Sullivan and Bob LeBow, and then discusses managed
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.
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Monthly Budget Review A Congressional Budget Analysis
August 9, 2001
"Medicare spending has also risen, by 8.4 percent. The growth rate has been accelerating since increased payment rates to health care providers
Kip Sullivan responds to Bob LeBow:
Today's message from Kip Sullivan, which follows in the next e-mail, you may be inclined to delete since it appears to be another long response
Ohio Group Tells Drug Reps: We'll Listen — If You Pay
AMNews
August 20, 2001
by Cheryl Jackson
"Leaders at the Queen City Physicians Group in Cincinnati figured that if drug company representatives wanted to lavish their doctors with
Ohio Group Tells Drug Reps: We’ll Listen — If You Pay
AMNews
August 20, 2001
by Cheryl Jackson
"Leaders at the Queen City Physicians Group in Cincinnati figured that if drug company representatives wanted to lavish their doctors with
Burton's German Trip Protested
The Washington Post
August 11, 2001
by Juliet Eilperin
"Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, arranged for an unusual government-paid trip to Frankfurt
Burton’s German Trip Protested
The Washington Post
August 11, 2001
by Juliet Eilperin
"Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, arranged for an unusual government-paid trip to Frankfurt
Management of Acne
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Number 17 March, 2001
"It is estimated that over 45 million
Aetna Posts Wider Losses, Citing High Costs
The New York Times
August 9, 2001
by Milt Freudenheim
"The nation's biggest health insurer, Aetna, said yesterday that its losses deepened in the second quarter as medical
Gerald Gollin, M.D., comments on pediatric underfunding
Gerald Gollin, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, comments on the underfunding of pediatric care in El Paso,
A City Struggles to Provide Care Ensured by U.S.
The New York Times
August 7, 2001
by Jim Yardley
"El Paso - For the last year, an ambitious campaign by this border city focused on a critical
Newly Adopted Principles of Medical Ethics
The American Medical Association
June, 2001
Principle IX: "A physician shall support access to medical care for all people."
Adopted by the AMA House of Delegates June