Australian Health Care — The Challenge of Reform in a Fragmented SystemBy Jane Hall, Ph.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, August 6, 2015Probably the greatest
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.
Ask our primary care clinicians how well reform is working
Primary Care Providers' Views of Recent Trends in Health Care Delivery and PaymentBy Jamie Ryan, Michelle M. Doty, Liz Hamel, Mira Norton, Melinda K. Abrams,
Anderson and Herring on all-payer rate setting
The All-Payer Rate Setting Model for Pricing Medical Services and DrugsBy Gerard Anderson, PhD, and Bradley Herring, PhDAMA Journal of Ethics, August 2015Because of the
What do those concerned about ethics in medicine think about single payer?
AMA Journal of Ethics, August 2015"In a single-payer system, a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health care financing, but the delivery of care remains
Krugman: “Skin in the game” is counterproductive
Dentists and Skin in the GameBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Times, July 30, 2015Wonkblog (The Washington Post, 7/29) has a post inspired by the dentist
At 50 years, time to improve Medicare
Modernizing Medicare's Benefit Design and Low-Income Subsidies to Ensure Access and AffordabilityBy Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Christine Buttorff, and Martin AndersenThe Commonwealth Fund, July 8,
Rep. McDermott introduces H.R.3241: State-Based Universal Health Care Act
Statement Introducing the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2015Rep. Jim McDermott, U.S. House of Representatives, July 28, 2015State efforts to establish single payer systems
Is the California ACA exchange a model for the nation?
Obamacare works in California. Here's why.By Peter V. Lee, James C. RobinsonLos Angeles Times, July 27, 2015Early reports that 2016 health insurance premiums would increase
Wendell Potter’s call for Medicare supporters to wake up
Priceless safety net reaches Golden AnniversaryMedicare's impressive milestone is reason to celebrate the safety net and time for supporters to wake up to threat of
Trudy Lieberman’s “Wrong Prescription?”
Wrong Prescription? The failed promise of the Affordable Care ActBy Trudy LiebermanHarper’s Magazine, July 2015It is an extraordinary article that explains the what, why and
Medicare Part D pays needlessly high brand-name drug prices
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Medicare Part D pays needlessly high brand-name drug prices compared with other OECD countries and with U.S. government programsBy Marc-André
Medicare Trustees Report: Part B premiums a threat to solidarity
Good News, Bad News In Medicare Trustees ReportBy Phil GalewitzKaiser Health News, July 23, 2015As Medicare approaches its 50th anniversary next week, the federal program