Sanders Statement on Aetna's Decision to Withdraw from Health Insurance ExchangesBy Senator Bernie SandersAugust 16, 2016U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday
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.
Bernie Sanders is not giving up on Medicare for all
Since the Clinton Camp was successful in keeping single payer out of the Democratic Party platform, much of the media seems to believe that it
Aetna, UnitedHealth and Humana provide important lesson on feasibility
Aetna to Quit Most Obamacare Markets, Joining Major InsurersBy Zachary TracerBloomberg, August 15, 2016Health insurer Aetna Inc. will stop selling individual Obamacare plans next year
Aetna, UnitedHealth and Humana provide important lesson on feasibility
Three of the nation’s largest insurers - Aetna, UnitedHealth and Humana - are pulling out of the ACA insurance exchanges because they have been unable
TPP and pharmaceutical regulation in Canada and Australia
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and Pharmaceutical Regulation in Canada and AustraliaBy Joel Lexchin and Deborah GleesonInternational Journal of Health Services, August 11, 2016AbstractThe Trans
TPP and pharmaceutical regulation in Canada and Australia
The Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP) has raised concerns about giving private sector industries too much control over the public affairs of participating nations.
Shameful racial disparities in health and health care
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care for Children and Young Adults: A National StudyBy Lyndonna Marrast, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie WoolhandlerInternational Journal of
Reinhardt and Cheng: The ethical structure of sustainable health spending
THE NEXT DEBATE IN HEALTH CARE: Transforming the Ethical Structure of U.S. Health CareA presentation by Uwe E. Reinhardt and Tsung-Mei ChengAltarum Center for Sustainable
Reinhardt and Cheng: The ethical structure of sustainable health spending
Everyone should master understanding the concept presented here. Should the distributive ethic in health care represent a social good for all or an individual responsibility
The role of Medicare in integrating the nation’s hospitals
1965: The Year That Brought Civil Rights To The Nation’s HospitalsBy Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News, August 9, 2016In his new book, David Barton Smith takes
The role of Medicare in integrating the nation’s hospitals
The story of using Medicare to rapidly integrate our nation’s hospitals is inspiring. It should give us hope that an Improved Medicare for All could
What changes in ACA might the election bring?
Could Trump loss spur ACA deal with Clinton?By Harris MeyerModern Healthcare, August 6, 2016With Donald Trump's presidential campaign faltering, Republican health policy experts are gaming
