What’s New and What To Watch For in the Upcoming ACA Open Enrollment Period, KFF Health News, October 8, 2024, by Julie Appleby
It’s that time
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 Plans Protect High Profit Scams
Health Insurer Financial Performance in 2023, KFF, July 2, 2024, by Jared Ortaliza, et al.
At the end of 2023, gross margins per enrollee ranged from
Investors a Terrible Steward of Health Care
US Senate votes unanimously to hold hospital CEO in criminal contempt, The Guardian, Sept. 25, 2024, by Maya Yang
The Senate voted to hold Ralph de
Twenty Years of Failing Health System Report Cards
Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System; Comparing Performance in 10 Nations, Commonwealth Fund, September 19, 2024, by David Blumenthal, et
UK National Health Service Resuscitation Implications for the US
Prime Minister Keir Starter sets out NHS plans following Darzi report, YouTube, Sept. 12, 2024
Lord Darzi today has published his independent report on the state
Health Policy Issues in the Presidential Race
The “Concept of a Plan” President Trump Proposed to Replace the ACA, KFF QUICKTAKES, September 11, 2024, by Larry Levitt
When asked in the debate whether
Incredible (Terrible) Shrinking Physician Supply
Health shrinkflation: Patients wait more for less, Axios, September 3, 2024, by Tina Reed
The U.S. spends more on health care than almost anywhere else. But
Saving Private Practice
Is private practice collapsing? Congress can help stem the tide, AMA, August 23, 2024, by Tanya Albert Henry
It’s time for lawmakers to recognize the threats
The Pursuit of Single Payer: Toppling, or Tipping Point?
Comment:
By Jim Kahn, M.D., M.P.H.
This morning, as I pondered writing a broad update on our quest for single payer, I realized that the movement in
Public Opinion on Health Reform
Bernie Sanders: Democrats should run on a progressive economic agenda. Americans are ready., The Guardian, August 5, 2024
Bernie Sanders: In order to combat a political
Project 2025 Health Policy Critique Redux
The goal today is to provide maximally digestible and clarifying responses to this deeply problematic but often obscure agenda. There remains a fair amount of
Cost-Sharing, Coverage Denials, Missed Care, & Medical Debt
Unforeseen Health Care Bills and Coverage Denials by Health Insurers in the U.S., The Commonwealth Fund, August 1, 2024, by Avni Gupta, et al.
Americans are
