Why Are Private Health Insurers Losing Money on Obamacare?By Uwe Reinhardt, PhDJAMA Forum, August 25, 2015Although many readers are quite familiar with the concept of
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.
JAMA: Answer to high cost of prescription drugs?
The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States: Origins and Prospects for ReformBy Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH; Jerry Avorn, MD; Ameet
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch: EpiPen is my “baby”
The EpiPen was her ‘baby.’ Now this pharma CEO is in the hot seat over price hikesBy Damian GardeSTAT, August 24, 2016Drug company CEO Heather
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch: EpiPen is my “baby”
Much is being written about Mylan’s price gouging of its life-saving injectable epinephrine - EpiPen - charging over $600 for a product that costs less
Des Moines Register says government should not rely on private insurers
Government should not rely on private insurersBy The Editorial BoardThe Des Moines Register, August 22, 2016Aetna announced last week that it was reducing participation in
Des Moines Register says government should not rely on private insurers
There is much discussion today about moving forward with reform by introducing a public option - a competing government insurance plan - into the ACA
When income is too high for a subsidy for ACA plans
Without a subsidy, couple faces higher insurance premiumsBy Carla K. JohnsonAssociated Press, August 20, 2016With a household income too high for a federal subsidy, Bruce
When income is too high for a subsidy for ACA plans
An important measure of the success of the Affordable Care Act is how well it is working for middle and upper middle income working families
CMS response to steering dialysis patients to private plans
CMS examines inappropriate steering of people eligible for Medicare or Medicaid into Marketplace plansCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, August 18, 2016In a previous message
CMS response to steering dialysis patients to private plans
In a previous message we described how some dialysis centers were steering patients away from Medicare and Medicaid and into private plans which have much
Medicare Advantage plans pay hospitals less than does traditional Medicare
The pro-market authors of this study have shown that the private Medicare Advantage plans pay hospitals less than traditional Medicare pays, concluding that the private
Medicare Advantage plans pay hospitals less than does traditional Medicare
By Laurence C. Baker, M. Kate Bundorf, Aileen M. Devlin and Daniel P. KesslerHealth Affairs, August 2016AbstractThe pro-market authors of this study have shown that