“America's Mighty Medical-Industrial Complex: Negative Impacts and Positive Solutions”
By John Geyman
This book has three goals: (1) to bring an historical perspective to how medicine and
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.
Quote of the Day interlude
By Don McCanne, M.D.
Quote of the Day will take a brief interlude. We are refining our approach to communicating information to educate and advocate for
More trouble: Drug industry consolidation
Over 30 years, dramatic consolidation has meant higher prices, fewer treatment options and less incentive to innovate
By Robin Feldman
The Washington Post, April 6, 2021
In the
Will mega-corporations trump Medicare for All?
The merger between a subsidiary of UnitedHealth and Change Healthcare would create a vertically integrated, all-seeing giant.
By Krista Brown, Olivia Webb
The American Prospect, April 5,
Charity care in government, nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals
By Ge Bai, Hossein Zare, Matthew D. Eisenberg, Daniel Polsky, and Gerard F. Anderson
Health Affairs, April 2021
Abstract
The different tax treatment of government, nonprofit, and for-profit
Why do 45 million Americans feel compelled to donate to medical crowdfunding sites?
About 1 in 5 American adults reported donating to a crowdfunding campaign to help raise money for a medical bill or treatment over the last
Health care remains unaffordable for about one-fifth of U.S. adults
By Dan Witters
Gallup, March 31, 2021
Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults -- 18%, about 46 million people -- report that if they needed access to quality healthcare
Californians support health care coverage for undocumented immigrants
By George Skelton
Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2021
It was a breakthrough event befitting Cesar Chavez Day: A major poll showed that California voters support providing
Medicare for All would improve cancer outcomes for the near elderly
By Deven C. Patel, M.D., M.S.; Hao He, Ph.D.; Mark F. Berry, M.D.; Chi‐Fu Jeffrey Yang, M.D.; Winston L. Trope, B.E.; Yoyo Wang, B.S.; Natalie
The VA advantage in the public sector
A new study confirms that VA patients get better health care at a lower overall cost.
By Suzanne Gordon, Russell Lemle
The American Prospect, March 25, 2021
The
What about our ubiquitous non-compliant plans?
March 25, 2021
From the Executive Summary
Our organizations represent millions of patients and consumers across the country who live with serious, acute and chronic health conditions.
Private equity piles on debt to pull cash from health firms
By Sabrina Willmer
Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2021
Healthcare companies are taking on more debt to pay dividends to their private equity owners, just a year