…Swiss health system as Thomas Zeltner, M.D., who served as head of the federal Office of Public Health (for national duties) and as secretary of health (for international activities) for…
The Case for A Non-Profit Single-Payer Healthcare System
…May 20). International Resources. Physicians For A National Health Program. Health Council of Canada (2011 May). Progress Report 2011: Health Care Renewal in Canada. Health Markets (2018 Mar 28). What…
International Health Systems
…health system is funded through taxation and administered by a national purchasing agent, the Health Funding Authority (HFA). Health care is provided by 23 hospital provider organizations (Hospital and Health…
Dr. Quentin Young – selected obituaries, stories
…In addition to his position with the county, Young was president of the Chicago Board of Health and the American Public Health Association, and he co-founded the Health and Medicine…
PNHP Newsletter: Fall 2021
…43% over the past five years. “State health compare,” State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Health Policy and Management Division of the School of Public Health at the University of…
PNHP Newsletter: Fall 2022
…in Washington, contact pnhp.washington@gmail.com. PNHP-WA members rally with health justice allies from Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action, and numerous other organizations, outside the regional office of HHS on July…
The Affordable Care Act: What do I need to know?
…Health Program, Mad as Hell Doctors, and Health Care for All Oregon. Health care reform without tears: What’s the least I need to know? Public discussions of health care reform…
COVID-19 in the News
…universal health insurance coverage — such as expanded, improved Medicare for All — would have lessened the pandemic’s impact on our nation. Continue reading… Our Health Care Is ‘Market Chaos’…
Beyond the Affordable Care Act: A Physicians’ Proposal for Single-Payer Health Care Reform
…Himmelstein DU. Paying for national health insurance–and not getting it. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002;21(4):88-98. 29. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. National Health Expenditure Projections 2012-2022. Tables 2 and 2A….
Physicians’ Proposal
Beyond the Affordable Care Act: A Physicians’ Proposal for Single-Payer Health Care Reform
…national health insurance–and not getting it. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002;21(4):88-98. 29. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. National Health Expenditure Projections 2012-2022. Tables 2 and 2A. Available at https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/Downloads/Proj2012.pdf [accessed…
An International Perspective on Health Care Reform
…World Health Organization ranked world health care systems in 2000, the United States ranked 37th, the worst in the industrialized world. It is generally accepted that universal health care systems…
Consumer interest and health reform: The logic of withdrawal from managed competition and the Clinton health plan
…from 1982 to 1991 for traditional indemnity plans versus HMOs (health maintenance organization), we see no evidence to support this claim (in fact the cumulative increase in HMOs’ premiums was…