Health Affairs
May/June 2001
"How many more people have to die before we accept that quality is everyone's problem?" by Elizabeth A. McGlynn and Robert H. Brook
"The
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.
Organizations Find Big Changes in Bush’s A-List
The Washington Post
May 17, 2001
"Professional Groups Lose International Delegation Spots" by Karen DeYoung
"The American Public Health Association assumed it would be invited to join the
Organizations Find Big Changes in Bush's A-List
The Washington Post
May 17, 2001
"Professional Groups Lose International Delegation Spots" by Karen DeYoung
"The American Public Health Association assumed it would be invited to join the
Health plans’ costs set to jump: CalPERS is ready to increase premiums by about 17 percent in its two self-insured care plans.
The Sacramento Bee
May 16, 2001
by Lisa Rapaport
Bert Clark, a retired enrollee: "A lot of people will gripe and say these rates are hard to take.
Health plans' costs set to jump: CalPERS is ready to increase premiums by about 17 percent in its two self-insured care plans.
The Sacramento Bee
May 16, 2001
by Lisa Rapaport
Bert Clark, a retired enrollee: "A lot of people will gripe and say these rates are hard to take.
American Medical Association Policy and Advocacy
H-165.960 Health Access America Refinements
Excerpts:
Physicians Promote Universal Health Care
May 21, 2001
"Several prominent physicians, fed up with 'market-based medicine' have banded together to advocate for single-payer national health insurance." by Amy Snow Landa
Quentin Young,
Reforming Medicare’s Benefit Package: Impact on Beneficiary Expenditures
The Commonwealth Fund
by Stephanie Maxwell, Marilyn Moon, and Matthew Storeygard
The Urban Institute
May 2001
Reforming Medicare's Benefit Package: Impact on Beneficiary Expenditures
The Commonwealth Fund
by Stephanie Maxwell, Marilyn Moon, and Matthew Storeygard
The Urban Institute
May 2001
Income gap in California gets wider
The Orange County Register
May 10, 2001
by Michelle Quinn
According to a study conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, inflation adjusted family income at the
‘Superman’ gives Canada super marks
The Province Vancouver, B.C.
May 7, 2001
Actor Christopher Reeve: "We look to Canada with the greatest respect and admiration. Clearly, in this country, there is
'Superman' gives Canada super marks
The Province Vancouver, B.C.
May 7, 2001
Actor Christopher Reeve: "We look to Canada with the greatest respect and admiration. Clearly, in this country, there is