Underinsurance - excessive out-of-pocket expenses for health care - results in financial hardship not only in the United States but also in other developed nations
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.
The tradeoff between equity and efficiency in health care financing
NBER Working Paper 22440Demand Heterogeneity in Insurance Markets: Implications for Equity and EfficiencyBy Michael GerusoNational Bureau of Economic Research, July 2016AbstractIndividuals vary in their preference
The tradeoff between equity and efficiency in health care financing
Individuals vary in their preference for insurance and willingness to pay for it. Michael Geruso explains that insurance pricing that takes preference into consideration is
RAND exploration of single payer alternatives
Exploring Single-Payer Alternatives for Health Care ReformBy Jodi L. LiuPardee RAND Graduate School Dissertation, May 2016AbstractFor her doctorate dissertation at Pardee RAND Graduate School, Jodi
RAND exploration of single payer alternatives
For her doctorate dissertation at Pardee RAND Graduate School, Jodi Liu has produced a superb paper on single payer reform. Single payer supporters will want
Insurers automatically enrolling their clients in private Medicare Advantage plans
Some Seniors Surprised To Be Automatically Enrolled In Medicare Advantage PlansBy Susan JaffeKaiser Health News, July 27, 2016Only days after Judy Hanttula came home from
Insurers automatically enrolling their clients in private Medicare Advantage plans
We have provided numerous examples wherein CMS has provided the private Medicare Advantage plans with an unfair advantage over the traditional Medicare program, at a
Orszag and Emanuel do not seem to understand bundled payments
Saving Money on Cardiac CareBy Peter R. OrszagBloomberg View, July 25, 2016The federal government's own actuaries are once again pessimistic that America's health-care costs will
Orszag and Emanuel do not seem to understand bundled payments
The bureaucrats are fixated on the meme that we can reduce spending by paying for the value of health care rather than the volume. They
Drug firms gouge taxpayers by gaming Part D catastrophic coverage
Pricey Drugs Overwhelm Medicare SafeguardBy Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarAssociated Press, July 25, 2016A safeguard for Medicare beneficiaries has become a way for drugmakers to get paid billions
Drug firms gouge taxpayers by gaming Part D catastrophic coverage
When the Medicare Part D program covering drugs was designed, conservatives were in control of the government. As a result it was decided that the
Medical Economics: Obamacare receives a big, fat ‘F’ from physicians
By Joanna Haugen, Jordan RosenfeldMedical Economics, July 25, 2016The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a lightning rod for criticism from various healthcare stakeholders, including