The single-payer debate we should be havingBy Matthew YglesiasVox, January 15, 2016Bernie Sanders's argument in favor of single-payer health care is pretty simple.Matthew Yglesias tells
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.
Matthew Yglesias needs to do more homework on single payer
Matthew Yglesias tells us that “the overwhelming preponderance of the cost savings in a Medicare-for-all plan comes from the lower reimbursement rates,” thus “adopting a
Berenson on the fallacy of “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”
If You Can’t Measure Performance, Can You Improve It?By Robert A. Berenson, MDJAMA Forum, January 13, 2016As several prior Quote of the Day messages warned,
Berenson on the fallacy of “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”
As several prior Quote of the Day messages warned, MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a horrendous trade-off for getting rid of the flawed
Disentangling moral hazard and adverse selection
Disentangling Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Private Health InsuranceBy David Powell and Dana GoldmanNational Bureau of Economic Research, January 2016NBER Working Paper 21858AbstractIn health
Disentangling moral hazard and adverse selection
In health insurance, moral hazard occurs when individuals obtain more health care than they would have if it were not paid for by the insurer.
Single payer and the pending boomer caregiving crisis
Long-term care must become a more prominent part of the single-payer campaignBy Henry Moss, PhDJanuary 11, 2016Most single payer advocates certainly support inclusion of coverage
Single payer and the pending boomer caregiving crisis
Most single payer advocates certainly support inclusion of coverage for long-term care in a national health program. Inevitably there is concern about the magnitude of
Special enrollments cause adverse selection
Insurers Say Costs Are Climbing as More Enroll Past Health Act DeadlineBy Robert PearThe New York Times, January 9, 2016Eager to maximize coverage under the
Special enrollments cause adverse selection
Open enrollment periods for the ACA exchange health plans are limited in duration to prevent people from buying insurance only when a need arises, and
NCQA at 25 years: Lessons for us
Health Plan Watchdog Still Seeks Progress After 25 YearsBy Phil GalewitzKaiser Health News, January 8, 2016The nation’s oldest private arbiter of what defines high-quality health
NCQA at 25 years: Lessons for us
As our health care system is being refined to supposedly replace quantity with quality in the delivery of health care services, we should learn from