InHealth customers mad about late notice dropping OhioHealthBy Ben SutherlyThe Columbus Dispatch, February 10, 2016Some central Ohio consumers say a Westerville-based health insurer intended to
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.
Changing provider networks when enrollment periods are closed
One of the more important considerations in selecting plans offered through the healthcare.gov insurance exchanges is whether or not an individual’s physicians and hospitals are
Healthcare.gov wants to become an active purchaser?
Will Healthcare.gov Get A California Makeover?By Pauline BartoloneKaiser Health News, February 9, 2016Experts say the California exchange uses more of its powers as an “active
Healthcare.gov wants to become an active purchaser?
Covered California - one of the more successful state-operated ACA insurance exchanges - has two features that are currently being considered for the federally-operated ACA
Deloitte update of ACA Section 1332 state innovation waivers
State health coverage innovation and Section 1332 waivers: Implications for statesBy Anne PhelpsDeloitte Health Policy BriefExecutive summarySection 1332 of the Affordable Care Act allows states
Deloitte update of ACA Section 1332 state innovation waivers
Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act allows states to pursue waivers allowing alternative approaches to implementation of the Act as long as they comply
Why it is difficult to make sense of the claims and counter-claims of single payer financing
Single-payer health plan wouldn't cost U.S. moreBy Steffie Woolhandler and David U. HimmelsteinPhiladelphia Inquirer, February 5, 2016In our "read my lips/over my dead body" political
Why it is difficult to make sense of the claims and counter-claims of single payer financing
There are two important reasons for distributing this update on how much we spend in taxes for the health system. One is that most people
Insurers avoiding some of the sickest patients by using broker disincentives
Licking Wounds, Insurers Accelerate Moves To Limit Health-Law EnrollmentBy Jay HancockKaiser Health News, February 4, 2016Stung by losses under the federal health law, major insurers
Insurers avoiding some of the sickest patients by using broker disincentives
No matter what legislation, regulations, rules or advisories our government produces, the private insurance industry will always find ways to skirt the intent of this
Disabled on Medicare may not be eligible for Medigap
Buying Supplemental Insurance Can Be Hard For Younger Medicare BeneficiariesBy Susan JaffeKaiser Health News, February 3, 2016Federal law requires companies to sell Medigap plans to
Disabled on Medicare may not be eligible for Medigap
It has long been recognized that the benefits of the Medicare program are inadequate, leaving too many exposed to financial hardship and impaired access due
