By Rupinder K. Legha, David R. Williams, Lonnie Snowden, and Jeanne Miranda
Health Affairs Blog, November 4, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the racist structures, policies,
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.
Sandro Galea’s wake-up call
The New York Times, November 5, 2020
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Learning From November 3: A Wake-Up Call for Public Health
By Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Milbank Quarterly, November 4, 2020
This
Private equity taking over women’s health care
By Joseph D. Bruch, B.A.; Alexander Borsa, B.A.; Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D.; Sarah S. Richardson, Ph.D.
JAMA Internal Medicine, August 24, 2020
An influx of private equity
Rise in uninsured during the current administration
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; David Himmelstein, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
Health Affairs Blog, October 29, 2020
Findings of increasing uninsurance after 2016 accord with results
Phil Lee & Don Bechler: A tribute
By James G. Kahn, M.D., M.P.H.
Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco
Last week saw the passing of two amazing leaders in the
Half of Americans are worried about medical debt
By Dan Grunebaum
HealthCareInsider, October 29, 2020
Concerns About Healthcare and Debt
56% of U.S. adults said they were either somewhat or very concerned that a health
Crowdfunding in Canada, the UK, and the US
By Sameh N. Saleh, M.D.; Ezimamaka Ajufo, B.M., B.Ch.; Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D.; Richard J. Medford, M.D.
JAMA Network Open, October 26, 2020
Key Points
Question: Why do individuals
Should we cover all children as a sequential step in reform?
By Joan C. Alker, Genevieve M. Kenney, and Sara Rosenbaum
Health Affairs, October 2020
Abstract
Expansion of Medicaid and establishment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) represent
CMA adds ‘equity and justice’ to its mission statement
California Medical Association, October 24, 2020
The California Medical Association (CMA) House of Delegates today voted to edit the association's Articles of Incorporation and include in
Health reimbursement arrangements increase risk for low-income workers
By Peter Newell, Director, Health Insurance Project, United Hospital Fund
United Hospital Fund, October 2020
Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs, pronounced “ick-ruhs”), authorizes employers to subsidize
Physicians prefer two-tiered single payer with private insurance option – What?
The Physicians Foundation, survey completed October 2020
The Physicians Foundation’s 2020 Survey of America’s Physicians: COVID-19 And The Future Of The Health Care System finds physicians
The public is confused about Medicare for All and the public option
KFF, October 16, 2020
For many years, Kaiser Family Foundation has been tracking public opinion on the idea of a national health plan (including language referring