The New York Times
June 5, 2001
by Robert Pear
"A top federal official said today that the Bush administration would try to double the enrollment of Medicare
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.
Medicare Shift Toward H.M.O.’s Is Planned
The New York Times
June 5, 2001
by Robert Pear
"A top federal official said today that the Bush administration would try to double the enrollment of Medicare
Visit home a reality check on single-payer
amednews.com
(A publication of the American Medical Association)
June 11, 2001
Opinion
By Eric Anderson, M.D., AMNews contributor
Eric Anderson, M.D.:
"Originally a British-trained physician bitterly opposed to socialized medicine, I
Health Coverage for Kids Low-Cost but Little Used
The Washington Post
June 1, 2001
By Ceci Connolly
Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., President and CEO of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
"What we discovered was that six out
Medical Costs Surge as Hospitals Force Insurers to Raise Payments
The New York Times
May 25, 2001
By Milt Freudenheim
"As costs rise, some economists said, the growing unhappiness could stoke popular demand for political solutions, and even
The End of Managed Care
** PLEASE READ THIS ONE ** This is an important quote about the direction in which our health care system is headed.
JAMA May
Buyers Health Care Action Group National BHCAG Symposium
April 19, 2001
Keynote Address by Professor Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School
"A Force for Innovation, Consumers Taking Charge of Their Health Care"
"Harvard University Professor Regina Herzlinger,
Hands-on leader: Incoming AMA President Richard F. Corlin, M.D.
amednews.com
May 28, 2001
Richard Corlin, M.D., President-elect of the American Medical Association:
"First, last and always is dealing with the 43 million uninsured. That is simply
Hearing on the Nation’s Uninsured
United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health April 4, 2001
Testimony of Sara J. Singer, Executive Director, Center for Health
Hearing on the Nation's Uninsured
United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health April 4, 2001
Testimony of Sara J. Singer, Executive Director, Center for Health
Senate plan helps teachers without hurting others
The Austin American-Statesman May 18, 2001 Letters
Insurance for all
Re: May 13 editorial :
"Teachers and public school employees will get a state-supported health insurance plan.
On Ethics and Medicine
The University of California at San Diego Healthwise
May 2001
Lawrence Schneiderman, MD, Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, UCSD: