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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.

CBO on Single Payer Benefits to the Economy

Posted February 26, 2022

Summary: The Congressional Budget Office just released a powerful report, highlighting multiple ways in which single payer would strengthen the economy. That’s right, not just

Ukraine Crisis

Posted February 24, 2022

Summary: The world is roiling, with a Russian invasion of Ukraine. This appears to be the largest post-Cold War crisis in Europe, with huge risks.

Paul Farmer, Medical Visionary

Posted February 22, 2022

Summary: Paul Farmer, an inspirational leader in global health, passed away, too young at 62. His powerful vision for social justice in health should guide

Single Payer 20/20 Vision: Advantages & Obstacles

Posted February 19, 2022

Summary: Today we summarize what single payer offers, and the challenges to achieving it, using the arbitrary framework of 20-item lists. (With President’s Day on

Hospital Price Skirmishes vs. Solidarity-Driven Transformation

Posted February 16, 2022

Summary: In Connecticut, a large hospital system is being sued to stop anti-competitive practices that raise prices for insurers, employers, and patients. Good, as far

Single Payer is Free Love

Posted February 14, 2022

Comment:
By Jim Kahn, M.D., M.P.H.

Let me explain today's title. It's not what some of you Boomers who remember the 1960s and 1970s might think.

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Advocacy is an Essential Skill in Health Justice

Posted February 11, 2022

Summary: Advocacy is a skill set usually overlooked in public health training. A new blog makes the compelling case that advocacy courses should be mandatory,

Lessons from the Demise of AB 1400

Posted February 8, 2022

Summary: The recent non-vote defeat of California’s single payer bill, AB 1400, generated much scrutiny, soul-searching, and opining. We offer a survey. Prescriptions range widely:

“Please… Single Payer, before I Die.”

Posted February 6, 2022

Summary: We desperately desire single payer in our lifetimes, with its moral clarity, equity, efficiency, and improved health. Yet some of us are older, and

Rising Underinsurance in Children

Posted February 4, 2022

Summary: National child health survey data reveal that underinsurance (lack of continuous and adequate insurance) rose from 31% in 2016 to 34% in 2019 —

COVID Health Care Worker Stress and Response

Posted February 2, 2022

Summary: Broad evidence documents an exodus of health care workers from various clinical settings due to COVID-related work stresses and frustration with employers’ responses. The

Why Do We Tolerate Our Broken Health Care System?

Posted January 31, 2022

Summary: A health care journalist describes in detail his fight to get insulin after changing jobs. The story underscores the absurdity and dangers of our

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