The Search For A National Child Health Coverage PolicyBy Sara Rosenbaum and Genevieve M. KenneyHealth Affairs, December 2014AbstractDuring the health care reform process there seemed
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.
Just try to get an appointment with a Medicaid managed care provider
Access to Care: Provider Availability in Medicaid Managed CareDepartment of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, December 2014One of the major features of
Employer-sponsored plans taking a greater share of employee income than ever before
National Trends in the Cost of Employer Health Insurance Coverage, 2003–2013By Sara R. Collins, David Radley, Cathy Schoen, Sophie BeutelThe Commonwealth Fund, December 9, 2014Both
Slowing health care costs – the wrong way
The Health-Cost Slowdown Isn’t Just About the EconomyBy David LeonhardtThe New York Times, December 5, 2014It’s one of the most important economic questions today: Is
Renewal time – and now the fine print
Big Changes in Fine Print of Some 2015 Obamacare PlansBy Charles Ornstein, Lena Groeger and Ryann Grochowski JonesProPublica, December 4, 2014Millions of people nationwide bought
Private insurers are shafting patients who need speciality drugs
Exchange Plans Increase Costs of Specialty Drugs for Patients in 2015By Caroline F. PearsonAvalere, December 2, 2014A new analysis from Avalere Health finds that patients
Tom Harkin says that Congress should have enacted single payer
ObamaCare author Tom Harkin: Health law is 'really complicated'By Alexander BoltonThe Hill, December 3, 2014Sen. Tom Harkin, one of the co-authors of the Affordable Care
Amy Finkelstein: Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
Moral Hazard in Health InsuranceBy Amy FinkelsteinColumbia University Press, December 2014In 1963, Ken Arrow proposed the concept of moral hazard in health insurance, the idea
Prevalence of underinsurance unimproved and likely worse under ACA
Cost Still a Barrier Between Americans and Medical CareBy Rebecca RiffkinGallup, November 28, 2014One in three Americans say they have put off getting medical treatment
OECD: United States is first in private social spending
Social spending is falling in some countries, but in many others it remains at historically high levelsOECD, November 2014In 2014, OECD countries devote more than
Grady and WellPoint fight, patients lose
Grady, Blue Cross at impasse as contract expiresBy Andy MillerGeorgia Health News, November 24, 2014Contract standoffs between hospital systems and health insurers typically have a
Why we don’t need long-term care insurance
Maybe You Don't Need Long-Term Care Insurance After AllBy Ben StevermanBloomberg, November 12, 2014The biggest threat to a retiree's nest egg isn't a stock market