http://www.pnhp.org/news/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:35 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dr. Ellen Kaczmarek | Letter to the Editor | Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times
A heartfelt public “thank you” to Dr. Michael Rey for his guest commentary, “ER doctor analyzes health reform debate,” (AC-T, Oct. 23). He echoed my sentiments exactly, and as a practicing primary care physician, I strongly second his desire for a universal single-payer health care system.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/another_doctor_chime.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/another_doctor_chime.php Articles of Interest Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:35 -0600 By Dr. Michael T. Rey | Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times
This country needs radical reform to fix a health care system that currently encourages poor-quality medical care and costs too much. A universal single-payer system would put the focus back on patient care, where it belongs, and reduce costs.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/er_doctor_analyzes_h.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/er_doctor_analyzes_h.php Articles of Interest Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:41:46 -0600 By David M. Herszenhorn | New York Times | Prescriptions Blog
Representative Anthony D. Weiner, Democrat of New York, a fierce champion in Congress of a single-payer health system that would be fully run by the government, said Friday that he had agreed not to insist on a vote on that issue, in an effort to help Democratic leaders pass their plan.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/democrat_gives_up_si.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/democrat_gives_up_si.php Articles of Interest Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:02 -0600 By Rhonda Swan | Palm Beach Post
Perhaps "death panels" weren't such a bad idea. For private health insurance companies. If ever there was a useless entity, it's a business that earns profits for doing nothing.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/the_reform_thats_mi.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/the_reform_thats_mi.php Articles of Interest Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:41:09 -0600 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Op-Ed Columnist | New York Times
]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/unhealthy_america.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/unhealthy_america.php Articles of Interest Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:16:36 -0600 By Shari Roan | Los Angeles Times Blog
An analysis of 23 million hospital records from 37 states shows that a lack of health insurance likely played a role in the deaths of nearly 17,000 U.S. children over a 17-year period.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/lack_of_health_insur.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/lack_of_health_insur.php Articles of Interest Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:34:13 -0600 By Samuel Metz | The Oregonian
Our health insurance industry succeeds as well in this century as the tobacco industry did in the last. Witness the congressional "reforms" -- all variants on a theme: Make every citizen buy our insurance. And if our price is too high, make our government buy it for them. All hail this great victory for free enterprise. But what about our health?]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/a_doctors_view_esc.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/a_doctors_view_esc.php Articles of Interest Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:15:43 -0600 By Anne Underwood | New York Times | Prescriptions blog
William Hsiao is a professor of economics at the Harvard School of Public Health and co-author of the 2004 book “Getting Health Reform Right.” He served as a health care adviser to the Taiwan government in the 1990s, when officials decided to reform that country’s health care system and to introduce universal coverage. He spoke with Anne Underwood, a freelance writer.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/health_care_abroad_.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/health_care_abroad_.php Articles of Interest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:28:03 -0600 By Catherine Nessa | American College of Physicians Medical Student Newsletter
On any given weekend during the fall of 2004, Andy Coates was never where you might expect--he wasn’t at home with his children or outside working in the yard. He wasn’t at a restaurant having dinner with his wife or at the ballgame with his buddies. He wasn’t at a party thrown by neighbors or friends, or even on a beach chair on vacation. Instead, Andy Coates spent his weekends at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY, with the barest of accommodations: meals were brought in by cooler, his bed was a cot in a room in a recently-closed nursing home across the street from the hospital, and for entertainment, he had his work. For many physicians such an arrangement might be unappealing, but it was perfect for Dr. Coates, who has found satisfaction and fulfillment in unexpected places by taking roads less traveled.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/my_kind_of_medicine.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/my_kind_of_medicine.php Articles of Interest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:50:10 -0600 By Kay Tillow | The Hill
We are in danger of losing the opportunity to bring Improved Medicare for All, a single payer plan, before the Congress. Last July Congressman Anthony Weiner and six of his colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee attempted to substitute the real public option--HR 676, a single payer plan--for the healthcare reform in the House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi assured them that if they withdrew the amendment in committee they would have an opportunity to bring it to the House floor for a debate and vote. Now Pelosi is threatening to keep the Weiner Single Payer Amendment from seeing the light of day.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/remember_medicare_fo.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/remember_medicare_fo.php Articles of Interest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:03:42 -0600 Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
Coverage numbers regarding the Democrats' legislative push "for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers are finally in: Two percent. That's the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who'd sign up for the public option plan.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/cbo_few_americans_w.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/cbo_few_americans_w.php Articles of Interest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:52:13 -0600 Medical News Today
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) urges Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep her promise and allow a vote on a single payer substitution amendment to the House health care reform bill, to be introduced by Representative Anthony Weiner [D-NY].]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/medical_students_urg.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/november/medical_students_urg.php Articles of Interest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:37:05 -0600 From Mobilization for Health Care for All
The Mobilization for Health Care for All continues to see a growing number of doctors participating in these actions. Yesterday Dr. Margaret Flowers, a pediatrician who has testified before Congress on the need for meaningful health care reform, was arrested in Baltimore and joined by Dr. Eric Naumberg, also a physician.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/update_groundswell_.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/update_groundswell_.php Articles of Interest Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:30 -0600 By Henry S. Kahn, MD
No knock. Needed
Perhaps a chance to talk
With the doctor
Would be nice.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/the_doctor_will_see_.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/the_doctor_will_see_.php Articles of Interest Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:23:49 -0600 By SHARMINA MANANDHAR | Southern Maryland Online
Four protesters, including two doctors, were arrested at a "single-payer health care plan" sit-in at the CareFirst insurance company office in Baltimore Thursday.]]> http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/four_arrested_at_bal.php http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/four_arrested_at_bal.php Articles of Interest Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:06:33 -0600