THE AMERICAN HEALTH SECURITY ACT OF 2015By Rep. Jim McDermottHouse of Representatives, March 2, 2015Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the American
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.
Let’s do something; let’s innovate!
Innovating Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Time for Riskier Bets and Embracing FailureBy Ashish K. JhaJAMA Forum, March 4, 2015Of all the pressing challenges in the
Deterioration in employer-sponsored health plans
The Great Cost Shift: Why Middle-Class Workers Do Not Feel the Health Care Spending SlowdownBy Topher Spiro, Maura Calsyn, Meghan O'TooleCenter for American Progress, March
Tsung-Mei Cheng on the success of Taiwan’s single payer system
Reflections On The 20th Anniversary Of Taiwan’s Single-Payer National Health Insurance SystemBy Tsung-Mei ChengHealth Affairs, March 2015AbstractThe people of the United States have continued to
PNHP release on King v. Burwell
Health law’s complexity invites attack, even as it fails to cure ailment: doctors groupPhysicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), March 3, 2015King v. Burwell
HHS celebrates “engaged consumers” in the “vibrant Marketplace”
Open Enrollment 2015 Re-Enrollment SnapshotDepartment of Health and Human Services, February 25, 2015Millions of consumers with coverage in 2014 actively selected a Marketplace plan or
More healthcare providers drop out of Medicaid
Medicaid Acceptance by Healthcare Providers Drops to 1-out-of-3By Kev ColemanHealthPocket, February 26, 2015If the Medicaid recipient’s doctor were paid the same as my doctor, this
The soaring complexity of administrative processing systems
Market Guide for Healthcare Payers' Core Administrative Processing SystemsBy Constance SjoquistGartner, January 28, 2015Payer CIOs need to enhance, append or replace their existing core administrative
Majority must refund a portion of their ACA premium tax credit
Taxpayers Following ACA Rules, Refunds Take a HitH&R Block, February 24, 2015So far in the 2015 tax season, H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), the world’s largest
Why provider consolidation is not a cure-all
Research says hospital consolidation isn’t a cure-all for health careBy Tim Vogus, Associate Professor of Management at Vanderbilt UniversityThe Conversation, February 23, 2015In his new
Government endorses Medicare Advantage upcoding fraud
CMS pitches 1.1% boost to Medicare Advantage paymentsBy Bob HermanModern Healthcare, February 20, 2015The CMS has proposed increasing health insurers' Medicare Advantage payment rates by
Why high-risk pools won’t work
Why High Risk Pools (Still) Won't WorkBy Jean P. HallThe Commonwealth Fund, February 13, 2015As the new Congress convenes and the Supreme Court prepares to