Where Government ExcelsBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Times, April 10, 2015Like all advanced nations, America mainly relies on private markets and private initiatives to provide
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.
Private insurance exchange enrollment doubles
Private Health Insurance Exchange Enrollment Doubled from 2014 to 2015By Richard Birhanzel, Scott Brown, Joshua TauberAccenture, April 3, 2015An estimated 6 million1 members enrolled in
A Cadillac tax for Chevy health care
'Cadillac tax' the next big Obamacare battleBy Brian FalerPolitico, April 6, 2015A mix of business groups and labor unions are pushing to tee up the
CMS gives another boost to Medicare Advantage plans
Fact Sheet: Moving Medicare Advantage and Part D ForwardCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), April 6, 2015On April 6, CMS released final updates to
What do Americans really care about in their health care coverage?
Americans Don’t Feel the Slowdown in Health CostsBy Drew AltmanThe Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2015National spending on health care and insurance premiums has risen
AcademyHealth brief on the sad status of narrow networks
Health Plan Features: Implications of Narrow Networks and the Trade-Off between Price and ChoiceBy Laura Summer, M.P.H.AcademyHealth, Research InsightsSummaryThis nine-page brief from AcademyHealth provides an
What impact do consumer-directed health plans really have?
Do “Consumer-Directed” Health Plans Bend the Cost Curve Over Time?By Amelia M. Haviland, Matthew D. Eisenberg, Ateev Mehrotra, Peter J. Huckfeldt, and Neeraj SoodNational Bureau
Massachusetts’ reform failed to reduce racial and ethnic disparities
Effect of Massachusetts healthcare reform on racial and ethnic disparities in admissions to hospital for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statisticsBy
England’s NHS provides starter lessons on improving value
English National Health Service’s Savings Plan May Have Helped Reduce The Use Of Three ‘Low-Value’ ProceduresBy Sophie Coronini-Cronberg, Honor Bixby, Anthony A. Laverty, Robert M.
Uwe Reinhardt’s timely comments on ACOs and P4P
Pay for Performance Extends to Health Care in Experiment in New YorkBy Anemona HartocollisThe New York Times, March 30, 2015(A)ccountable care organizations are appearing around
Two week ‘doc fix’ reprieve gives us time to protect Medicare
Senate to Take Up Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Bill After RecessBy Siobhan HughesThe Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2015The Senate will take up legislation to replace
Boehner: H.R. 2 begins the process of entitlement reform
Debate on H.R. 2, “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015”United States House of RepresentativesC-SPAN, March 26, 2015Speaker of the House John Boehner:We expect