To Enroll or Not to Enroll? Why Many Americans Have Gained Insurance Under the Affordable Care Act While Others Have NotBy Sara R. Collins, Munira
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.
Premium is primary driver in plan selection
Are Marketplace Plans Affordable? Consumer Perspectives from the Commonwealth Fund Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey, March–May 2015By Sara R. Collins, Munira Gunja, Petra W. Rasmussen,
Would single payer fix this physician’s problems?
Trapped in the System: A Sick Doctor’s StoryBy Aaron E. CarrollThe Upshot, The New York Times, September 21, 2015It’s true that the number of people
Canada’s NDP supports path to Pharmacare
Tom Mulcair commits $2.6B to support pharmacare planCBC News, September 18, 2015A New Democratic government would use the purchasing power of the federal government to
It’s the deductibles, stupid!
Employer Family Health Premiums Rise 4 Percent to $17,545 in 2015, Extending a Decade-Long Trend of Relatively Moderate IncreasesKaiser Family Foundation, September 22, 2015Single and
Rent seeking by drug barons
Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, OvernightBy Andrew PollackThe New York Times, September 20, 2015Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight
Community health centers seeing more underinsured patients
At community clinics, underinsured replace uninsuredBy Mark ZdechlikMPR News, September 16, 2015A few years ago, community health clinics routinely offered care to people with no
Paxil: Same data, opposite conclusion
Restoring Study 329: efficacy and harms of paroxetine and imipramine in treatment of major depression in adolescenceBy Joanna Le Noury, John M Nardo, David Healy,
Census Bureau – 33 million uninsured is good news?
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2014By Jessica C. Smith and Carla MedaliaU.S. Census Bureau, September 2015• The uninsured rate decreased between 2013 and
More on CMS’s ill-advised Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Patient Characteristics and Differences in Hospital Readmission RatesBy Michael L. Barnett, MD; John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE; J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhDJAMA Internal Medicine, September
Medicare yet to save money through ACOs
Medicare Yet To Save Money Through Heralded Medical Payment ModelBy Jordan Rau and Jenny GoldKaiser Health News, September 14, 2015A high-profile Medicare experiment pushing doctors
CMS’s low expectations for ACOs, though not admitting it
Medicare's Vision for Delivery-System Reform — The Role of ACOsBy Hoangmai H. Pham, M.D., M.P.H., John Pilotte, M.H.S., Rahul Rajkumar, M.D., J.D., Elizabeth Richter, M.A.,