The New York Times
May 6, 2001
by Fred Brock
"... Mr. Breaux hopes to use his negotiating skills to push Medicare legislation -including limited prescription coverage -
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.
Rep. Stark and Sen. Rockefeller Introduce MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2001
News Release Congressman Pete Stark
May 3, 2001
Rep. Pete Stark:
"Children are the least expensive segment of our population to insure, and maintaining their health is integral
Universal Health Care Briefing
Washington, DC
May 1, 2001
Congressional Progressive Caucus, Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus
Secretary Robert Reich: "This is a terribly important hearing."
Dr. Quentin Young: "I'm confidant that when
Romanow pledges ‘open mind’ in health probe
The Globe and Mail
May 2, 2001
by Richard Mackie
"Mr. Romanow (Roy Romanow, head of the commission on the future of health care in Canada) also said
Romanow pledges 'open mind' in health probe
The Globe and Mail
May 2, 2001
by Richard Mackie
"Mr. Romanow (Roy Romanow, head of the commission on the future of health care in Canada) also said
Medicare + Choice: Lessons for Reform
House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Health
May 1, 2001
Marilyn Moon, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Urban Institute:
"In many ways, the Medicare + Choice benefit has
A LANDMARK PAPER:
Physicians' Working Group on Single-Payer National Health Insurance Proposal for Health Care Reform
May 1, 2001
Presented to the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and
Nation needs health-care ‘revolution,’ Harris says
The Globe and Mail
April 27, 2001
by Richard Mackie
Premier Mike Harris:
"We have a real crisis, I think, in expectation versus affordability, particularly into the future."
Nation needs health-care 'revolution,' Harris says
The Globe and Mail
April 27, 2001
by Richard Mackie
Premier Mike Harris:
"We have a real crisis, I think, in expectation versus affordability, particularly into the future."
Corporitisation of General Practice: A Professional Viewpoint
New Doctor
Issue No. 74
Summer 2000-2001
by Dr. Con Costa, Vice-President of the Doctors Reform Society
"Australians are facing the loss not just of Medicare but of their
Are Medicare HMO Costs Excessive?
The Sacramento Bee April 23, 2001 by Greg Gordon
"Government and private studies dating to the early 1980s have found that, because HMOs draw healthier Medicare
Health Plan Fades Away, Bush to Bush
Los Angeles Times
April 24, 2001
by Matthew Miller
In response to the April 20 headline in the Washington Post, "Insurance Plan Would Help 6 Million, White House