Randomize evaluations to improve health care deliveryBy Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman (MIT)Science, February 13, 2015Hereās a shocker. Enactment and implementation of the Affordable Care Act
For more than 20 years, PNHPās 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. McCanneās listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
How deficient is Californiaās Medicaid program?
Improved Monitoring of Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Plans Is Necessary to Better Ensure Access to CareCalifornia State Auditor, California Department of Health Care Services, Report
Will King v. Burwell have a long-term impact?
Obamacare's final test: if it survives the Supreme Court, it's here to stayBy Sarah KliffVox, June 15, 2015In the next two weeks, the Supreme Court
Deductibles do not foster price shopping
Health care cost-sharing prompts consumers to make big cuts in medical spendingBy Ben HandelThe Conversation, June 15, 2015Is that surgery really worth it? Do I
Zero-premium Medicare Advantage plans have higher cost sharing
Medicare Advantage Membersā Expected Out-Of-Pocket Spending For Inpatient And Skilled Nursing Facility ServicesBy Laura M. Keohane, Regina C. Grebla, Vincent Mor and Amal N. TrivediHealth
URGENT: NEJM on TPP; One Day Left!
The Trans-Pacific Partnership ā Is It Bad for Your Health?By Amy Kapczynski, J.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, June 10, 2015International trade deals once focused
Two days away from a perilous blow to health care justice
GOP to hold trade vote FridayBy Scott WongThe Hill, June 10, 2015The House will vote Friday on giving President Obama fast-track trade authority, which would
For-profit hospitals lead the way in price gouging
Extreme Markup: The Fifty US Hospitals With The Highest Charge-To-Cost RatiosBy Ge Bai and Gerard F. AndersonHealth Affairs, June 2015AbstractThe single payer model of health
Florida legislators support taxpayer-funded insurance – for themselves
Florida House rejects Senate health insurance expansion planBy Mary Ellen KlasMiami Herald, June 4, 2015The Florida House rejected a Senate bill to expand health insurance
Medicaid managed care is not fulfilling its promise
The Expanding Role of Managed Care in the Medicaid ProgramBy Kyle J. Caswell, PhD, Sharon K. Long, PhD, The Urban Institute, Washington, DCInquiry, April 16,
More evidence of squishy risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage
Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk AdjustmentBy Michael Geruso, Timothy LaytonThe National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 21222, May 2015By now
HHS announces “effectuated” enrollment in ACA plans
March Effectuated Enrollment Consistent with Departmentās 2015 GoalHHS.gov, June 2, 2015āEffectuatedā enrollment in the ACA exchange plans is an evasive term to obscure the fact