Remarks by the Fist Lady to Lehman Brothers Health CorporationThe White House, Office of the Press Secretary, June 15, 1994The William J. Clinton Presidential Library,
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.
Patient migration between high and low health care utilization regions
Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient MigrationBy Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Gentzkow, and Heidi WilliamsNBER Working Paper 20789, National Bureau of Economic
Tiered pharmacy benefits can be lethal
Comparative Effectiveness of Generic and Brand-Name Statins on Patient Outcomes: A Cohort StudyBy Joshua J. Gagne, PharmD, ScD; Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD; Aaron S.
John McDonough on what follows Vermont
Vermont ends single payer bid: Feds now left to confront the issueBy John E. McDonoughCommonWealth, December 23, 2014Many American dislike the Affordable Care Act not
WSJ on Vermontās single payer effort
Vermontās Single Payer WashoutThe Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2014Last week, in a reversal that deserves more attention, Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin announced that Vermont
Will the Supreme Court require enforcement of the Medicaid equal-access provision?
Medicaid Payments and Access to CareBy Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, December 18, 2014Medicaid has traditionally underpaid physicians for their health care
Listen to Deb Richter
Protesters demand action on single payer, condemn Shumlinās reversalBy Morgan TrueVTDigger.org, December 18, 2014Protesters from across the state descended on Montpelier Thursday to voice their
Americans prefer public option to single payer
How the High Cost of Medical Care Is Affecting AmericansBy Elisabeth RosenthalThe New York Times, December 18, 2014The Times designed a questionnaire with CBS News
Gov. Shumlin regrettably bails
Governor says: 'Now is not the time for single payer financing plan'Times Argus, December 17, 2014Gov. Peter Shumlin is backing away from a commitment to
Why do insurers set out-of-pocket maximums lower than required?
Many Obamacare Plans Set Out-Of-Pocket Spending Limits Below The CapBy Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News, December 12, 2014This Avalere report reminds us that, at a given
Two Memes that Undercut Medicare-for-All: Managed Care and Competition
Two Theologies Have Blocked Medicare-For-AllBy Theodore Marmor and Kip SullivanHealth Affairs Blog, December 11, 2014The dream of expanding Medicare to cover all of us has
Alan Weil opposes payment reform
Why I Oppose Payment ReformBy Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief, Health AffairsHealth Affairs Blog, December 12, 2014The health policy literature is saturated with expressions of the concept