NBER Working Paper No. 22170: The Effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Financial Well-BeingBy Luojia Hu, Robert Kaestner, Bhashkar
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.
Medicaid has a positive impact on financial well-being
The results of this study are intuitive. Low-income individuals who obtain Medicaid insurance coverage not only are protected from medical bills when they must access
Cost sharing in employer plans increasing more rapidly
Payments for cost sharing increasing rapidly over timeBy Gary Claxton, Larry Levitt, Michelle LongPeterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker, April 12, 2016Rising cost-sharing for people with health
Cost sharing in employer plans increasing more rapidly
This is yet one more study that shows that deductibles and coinsurance are increasing quite rapidly in employer-sponsored health plans - plans that have been
Jonathan Oberlander on the prospect for single payer
The Virtues and Vices of Single-Payer Health CareBy Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, April 14, 2016Although single payer advocates may be disappointed
NYT journalists discuss status of Obamacare
News About Obamacare Has Been Bad Lately. How Bad?By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-KatzThe New York Times, April 13, 2016Six years after the Affordable Care
Jonathan Oberlander on the prospect for single payer
Although single payer advocates may be disappointed with Professor Oberlander’s conclusion that the best way forward now is to strengthen ACA and Medicare and to
NYT journalists discuss status of Obamacare
Six years after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law we hear opinions ranging from what a phenomenal success it has been to what
Costs in individual insurance market skyrocketing
S&P Healthcare Claims Index Monthly ReportS&P Dow Jones Indices, April 2016The “S&P Healthcare Claims Index Monthly Report” provides the latest results for the S&P Healthcare
Costs in individual insurance market skyrocketing
The costs per enrollee in the individual health insurance plans are skyrocketing as a result of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This
Luntz’s poll shows CEOs support affordable care for American families
Highlights of Luntz Poll of American CEOs Shows Broad Support for Progressive PoliciesBy Mary BottariThe Center for Media and Democracy/PRWatch, April 4, 2016When considering American
Luntz’s poll shows CEOs support affordable care for American families
This poll does show that there is significant support for progressive policies amongst these empathetic business executives, including support for health care for American families.