Obamacare Pummels Blue Cross Blue Shield Of NC--What Can We Learn From This?By Chris ConoverForbes, January 30, 2016The losses experienced by Blue Cross and Blue
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 lesson of BC/BS of NC on special enrollment periods
The losses experienced by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina represent a problem prevalent throughout the nation wherein patients, when they become ill,
Paul Song on the real debate we should be having
The Real Healthcare Debate Democrats Should Be HavingBy Paul Y. Song, M.D.HuffPost Politics, January 31, 2016Currently the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for
Paul Song on the real debate we should be having
Currently the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for president are debating whether or not a single-payer Medicare-for-All universal healthcare system is politically feasible.
Himmelstein and Woolhandler set the facts straight on Thorpe’s analysis
On Kenneth Thorpe's Analysis of Senator Sanders' Single-Payer Reform PlanBy David Himmelstein and Steffie WoolhandlerHuffpost Politics, January 29, 2016Professor Kenneth Thorpe recently issued an analysis
Himmelstein and Woolhandler set the facts straight on Thorpe’s analysis
In the political battle over Bernie Sanders’ proposal for a single payer national health program, it is unfortunate that the perspective of just how much
Some employers exclude outpatient surgeries from their health plans
Check The Fine Print: Some Work-Based Health Plans Exclude Outpatient SurgeriesBy Jay HancockKaiser Health News, January 25, 2016Last year regulators blocked companies with millions of
Some employers exclude outpatient surgeries from their health plans
One of the arguments made for choosing the incremental policies of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over a comprehensive single payer model of reform
Fidelity is providing us with incremental reform
Retirement Giant Fidelity Now Wants Workers' Health InsuranceBy Zachary TracerBloomberg Business, January 25, 2016Fidelity Investments is already the U.S.’s No. 2 mutual fund company. Now,
Fidelity is providing us with incremental reform
Although a majority of Americans favor a national health program, many in the policy and political communities express a preference for incrementally building on the
Pharmacy benefit managers and drug firms battle; patients suffer
Fight To Lower Drug Prices Forces Some To Switch MedicationBy Alison KodjakNPR, January 26, 2016Steve Miller… The chief medical officer at Express Scripts, the largest
Pharmacy benefit managers and drug firms battle; patients suffer
Drug prices are a problem, so much so that many people will not fill their prescriptions unless they have a drug plan that will cover