Early Impacts of the Medicaid Expansion for the Homeless PopulationBy Barbara DiPietro, Samantha Artiga and Alexandra GatesKaiser Family Foundation, November 13, 2014The Affordable Care Act
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.
International comparison of patients over 65 – impact of Medicare
International Survey Of Older Adults Finds Shortcomings In Access, Coordination, And Patient-Centered CareBy Robin Osborn, Donald Moulds, David Squires, Michelle M. Doty and Chloe AndersonHealth
Prescription drug plans are adding more tiers and switching from co-pays to coinsurance
Avalere Analysis: Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pay Higher Out-Of-Pocket Costs As PDPs Increase Use Of Coinsurance In 2015By Caroline F. Pearson, Vice PresidentAvalere, November 13, 2014First
Deloitte report on digging deep – for out-of-pocket health care costs
Dig deep: Impacts and implications of rising out-of-pocket health care costsDeloitte Center for Health Solutions, November 17, 2014Executive summaryThis report is written for the health
Hate was never a part of Obama’s supposed love/hate relationship with insurers
Health Law Turns Obama and Insurers Into AlliesBy Robert PearThe New York Times, November 17, 2014With the health insurance marketplace now open for a second
Financial protection provided by insurance is deteriorating
Too High a Price: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs in the United StatesBy Sara R. Collins, Petra W. Rasmussen, Michelle M. Doty, and Sophie BeutelThe Commonwealth
Health policy views of medical students in Ontario and in California
Attitudes and knowledge regarding health care policy and systems: a survey of medical students in Ontario and CaliforniaBy Sherif Emil, MDCM, Justine M. Nagurney, MD,
Why does the press attack Gruber and ignore Pauly?
This article includes videoWho is Jonathan Gruber?By Jose A. DelRealThe Washington Post, November 11, 2014Jonathan Gruber is probably having a hell of a day.The MIT economics professor, best
AMA policy on narrow networks
New policy calls for adequate networks for patient access, choiceAMA Wire, November 10, 2014The new AMA policy, which is part of a new report by
The moral hazard of preventive services
An Economic Framework For Preventive Care AdviceBy Mark V. Pauly, Frank A. Sloan and Sean D. SullivanHealth Affairs, November 2014AbstractDuring the crafting of the Affordable
OECD/WHO/EOHSP report on P4P
European Observatory of Health Systems and PoliciesPaying for Performance in Health Care: Implications for Health System Performance and AccountabilityEdited by Cheryl Cashin, Y-Ling Chi, Peter
What is the evidence for access and quality in Medicare Advantage versus traditional Medicare?
What Do We Know About Health Care Access and Quality in Medicare Advantage Versus the Traditional Medicare Program?By Marsha Gold and Giselle CasillasKaiser Family Foundation,