The Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015Statement by Sen. Bernard SandersSeptember 10, 2015Thank you all for coming. And let me say a special thanks 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.
The truth on the distribution of HSAs
Health Savings Accounts: Growth Concentrated Among High-Income Households And Large EmployersBy Lorens A. Helmchen, David W. Brown, Ithai Z. Lurie and Anthony T. Lo SassoHealth
Safety-net hospitals are inappropriately penalized by P4P programs
The Financial Effect of Value-Based Purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Safety-Net Hospitals in 2014By Matlin Gilman, BA; Jason M. Hockenberry, PhD; E.
Misdirection in physician payment reform
Physician Payment Reform In A Post-SGR World: Challenges RemainBy John O'SheaHealth Affairs Blog, September 3, 2015On April 16, 2015 President Barack Obama signed the Medicare
Laissez faire health care pricing
Health Care Spending: Historical Trends and New DirectionsBy Alice Chen and Dana GoldmanNBER Working Paper 21501, National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2015Over the last
Ohio redefines “family” to deprive Medicaid beneficiaries
Court rules Ohio spouses are eligible for MedicaidBy Jim ProvanceThe Blade, September 2, 2015In a decision that could have far-reaching effects, a federal appeals court
Turkey’s phenomenal success with socialized medicine
The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in TurkeyBy Resul Cesur, Pınar Mine Güneş, Erdal
Largest exchange insurers have 75% higher premium increases than other insurers
Larger Issuers, Larger Premium Increases: Health insurance issuer competition post-ACABy Eugene Wang and Grace GeeTechnology Science (Harvard University), August 11, 2015AbstractThis is scandalous. The co-authors
Moody’s revises outlook for not-for-profit/public health care sector
Moody's revises US not-for-profit healthcare outlook to stable from negative as cash flows increaseMoody’s Investors Service, August 26, 2015Moody's Investors Service has revised the outlook
Readmission penalties dodged by placing patients on observation status
Quality Improvement: ‘Become Good At Cheating And You Never Need To Become Good At Anything Else’By David Himmelstein and Steffie WoolhandlerHealth Affairs Blog, August 27,
Californians support extending Medi-Cal to undocumented residents
Results from the 2015 Cal Wellness–Field Health Policy Survey – Part 1By Mark DiCamillo, Director, The Field PollThe Field Poll, August 26, 2015Increasing voter support
Claxton and Levitt on the Cadillac plan tax
How Many Employers Could be Affected by the Cadillac Plan Tax?By Gary Claxton and Larry LevittKaiser Family Foundation, August 25, 2015As fall approaches, we can