Second Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, March 25, 1966"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking
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.
Why do we need to improve Medicare?
Medicare at 50 ā Origins and EvolutionBy David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., Karen Davis, Ph.D., and Stuart Guterman, M.A.The New England Journal of Medicine, January 14,
Over 60 million still face medical-related financial difficulties
The Rise in Health Care Coverage and Affordability Since Health Reform Took EffectBy Sara R. Collins, Petra W. Rasmussen, Michelle M. Doty, and Sophie BeutelThe
Co-ops reflect the callous deception of Congress
CO-OP (Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan) Health Plans under the Affordable Care ActPNHP, Quote of the Day, July 18, 2011From the comment by Don McCanne:The
Controlling prices – Government administration, or private sector kneecapping?
High Health-Care Prices: More Talk Than ActionBy Drew AltmanThe Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2015People in the U.S. go to the doctor less frequently and
$375 billion wasted on billing and insurance paperwork
Billing and insurance-related administrative costs in United Statesā health care: synthesis of micro-costing evidenceBy Aliya Jiwani, David Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler and James G KahnBMC Health
Woolhandler and Himmelstein on what happened in Vt. and what now
What Happened in Vermont: Implications of the Pullback from Single PayerBy Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.Jan. 10, 2015The special weekend release
Medicare Advantage as a precursor of premium support
Variations In County-Level Costs Between Traditional Medicare And Medicare Advantage Have Implications For Premium SupportBy Brian Biles, Giselle Casillas and Stuart GutermanHealth Affairs, January 2015AbstractThe
Commonwealth – Workers paying more but getting less
State Trends in the Cost of Employer Health Insurance Coverage, 2003ā2013By Cathy Schoen, David Radley, and Sara R. CollinsThe Commonwealth Fund, January 8, 2015Abstract Although some
The top complaint received by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Creating the Consumer BureauConsumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)Beginning in 2007, the United States faced the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of
Harvard professorsā crusade against health care injustice
Harvardās Health Benefits UnfairnessThe Harvard Crimson, November 12, 2014(Excerpts)Peering into Harvardās academic cocoon, there are two lessons we can take home. One has to do
Medicare Advantage as a form of managed competition
Can health insurance competition work? Evidence from Medicare AdvantageBy Vilsa Curto, Liran Einav, Jonathan Levin, Jay BhattacharyaNational Bureau of Economic Research, December 2014, NBER Working