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Health Justice Monitor

The McCanne Health Justice Monitor is produced by a team of health policy experts and single-payer champions. For more information, and a complete archive of entries, visit the HJM website. For an archive of Quote of the Day entries from Dr. Don McCanne, click here.

Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare for Acute MI

Posted December 13, 2022

Summary: A national study of 2.2 million Medicare hospital admissions for heart attacks finds no clinical differences between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare by 2018. At

Thomas Piketty’s Vision for Modern Socialism

Posted December 8, 2022

Summary: Economist Thomas Piketty alerted us to accelerating economic inequality over the last 40 years. Now he proposes the solution: a revived socialism that embraces public-spirited

COVID Settling Provokes Harm from Insurance Gaps

Posted December 6, 2022

Summary: As the COVID crisis subsides from pandemic to endemic, special funding to support its care is disappearing. This leaves many uninsured without access to COVID

Voters to Politicians: We Demand Health Reform

Posted December 1, 2022

Summary: An important story mostly overlooked in the 2022 midterms is strong voter support for health reforms in the face of politician inaction. Ballot measures that

US Hospital Money Machine

Posted November 28, 2022

Summary: US hospitals use aggressive business models (mergers, high prices, & marketing of lucrative services) to drive up revenues. For-profit hospitals benefit investors, but even not-for-profits

Corporations Are Thankful for US Health Care

Posted November 25, 2022

Summary: UnitedHealth proposes a $13 billion acquisition of other insurers’ billing data, which they swear they won’t use for business purposes. Hospitals farm out unpaid patient

Private Equity Termites

Posted November 21, 2022

Summary: Private equity is consuming US health care from the inside out, weakening its structure and strength, enriching investors at the expense of patient care and

Health Insurance News Triplet: Déjà Vu & Powerfully True

Posted November 16, 2022

Summary: Three recurring health insurance news themes are so potent, they should become a meme: 1) Private insurers pursue profit via manipulation; 2) Even insured patients

Capital, Surplus Classes, and Health Reform

Posted November 15, 2022

Summary: A communist perspective on health pushes the boundaries of reform. For many progressives, it’s too much. But it’s a legitimate and valuable part of the

Midterms Debrief: Democracy’s Prospects & Single Payer

Posted November 11, 2022

Summary: Tuesday’s midterm elections pitted Dem efforts to build social welfare and protect abortion rights and democracy against GOP blaming Biden for inflation and crime, and

Aggressive & Misleading Marketing of Medicare Advantage

Posted November 4, 2022

Summary: A US Senate committee issued a report documenting and condemning “widespread” abusive marketing practices for the private health plans known as Medicare Advantage. This follows

Primary Care, Which Saves Lives, is Struggling to Survive

Posted November 2, 2022

Summary: Evidence from around the world and in the US confirms the value of primary care for health care access, quality, and outcomes. Yet through inadequate

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