The Ninety-Day Grace PeriodHealth Affairs, Health Policy Briefs, October 16, 2014To help enrollees new to the system keep their insurance, the ACA provides a ninety-day
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.
Will malpractice reform prevent ādefensive medicineā?
The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department CareBy Daniel A. Waxman, M.D., Ph.D., Michael D. Greenberg, J.D., Ph.D., M. Susan Ridgely, J.D., Arthur L.
States largely ignoring network inadequacies
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: Cross-Cutting Issues: Six-State Case Study on Network AdequacyBy Sabrina Corlette, Kevin Lucia, and Sandy AhnUrban Institute, September 2014Private insurers
Status of higher payment for primary care under Medicaid
Medicaid in an Era of Health & Delivery System Reform: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015By Vernon
Private health plans no longer assure adequate protection
Privately Insured in America: Opinions on Health Care Costs and CoverageThe Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, October 2014This new survey conducted by the
āReference pricingā is yet another intrusive diversion from real reform
Reference Pricing: A Small Piece of the Health Care Price and Quality PuzzleBy Chapin White, Megan EguchiNational Institute for Health Care Reform, NIHCR Research Brief
Do opinions of Medicaid patients matter?
Low-Income Residents In Three States View Medicaid As Equal To Or Better Than Private Coverage, Support ExpansionBy Arnold M. Epstein, Benjamin D. Sommers, Yelena Kuznetsov
Conservatives say health costs drive income inequality
Income Inequality and Rising Health-Care CostsBy Mark J. Warshawsky and Andrew G. BiggsThe Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2014This WSJ opinion article is from the
Will Walmart raise wages of those losing their insurance?
Providing Quality Health Benefits for Our AssociatesBy Sally Welborn, Sr. Vice President, Global Benefits, WalmartWalmart, October 7, 2014In the U.S., the 1.3 million people who
George Halvorson criticizes deductibles
An Interview With George Halvorson: The Kaiser Permanente Renaissance, And Health Reformās Unfinished BusinessBy Jeff GoldsmithHealth Affairs Blog, September 30, 2014Kaiser (Permanente) surprised the health
HHS authorizes higher hypothetical cost threshold for privatized Medicaid
Medicaid Demonstrations: HHS's Approval Process for Arkansas's Medicaid Expansion Waiver Raises Cost ConcernsGAO, Released September 8, 2014What GAO FoundOur two major public programs for health
The public thinks that we should have limited networks? Letās get real!
Reforming Medicare: What does the public think?AEI and the Brookings Institution, September 19, 2014Panelists: Joseph Antos (AEI), Marge Ginsburg (CHCD), Robert Moffit (Heritage), Kavita Patel