Doctors Hit a Snag In the Rush to ConnectBy Julie CreswellThe New York Times, September 30, 2014Regardless of who is at fault, doctors and hospital
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.
Auto-renewal of health plans is a problem we don’t need
Auto-Renewing Your Health Plan May Be Bad for You, and for CompetitionBy Austin FraktThe New York Times, September 29, 2014Under a well designed single payer
When your emergency physician is out of your network
Costs Can Go Up Fast When E.R. Is in Network but the Doctors Are NotBy Elisabeth RosenthalThe New York Times, September 28, 2014Patients have no
Community health centers stuck with unpaid bills for insured patients
Underinsured ACA Enrollees Strain Community Health CentersKaiser Health News, Daily Health Policy Report, September 26, 2014One of the advantages of reform that ensures that everyone
The Economist has advice for fixing Obamacare
How to fix ObamacareThe Economist, September 20, 2014It is now nearly a year since the roll-out of Obamacare.Ironically the “socialist” Mr Obama did not do
HCA’s dishonest IPO
U.S. hospital chain HCA must face class action over 2011 IPOBy Jonathan StempelReuters, September 23, 2014HCA Holdings Inc, one of the largest U.S. hospital chains,
How much is wasted on defensive medicine?
The Cost of Defensive Medicine on 3 Hospital Medicine ServicesBy Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH; Joshua Class, BS; Tara F. Bishop, MD, MPH; Jennifer Friderici,
Outrageous out-of-network billings
After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn’t KnowBy Elisabeth RosenthalThe New York Times, September 20, 2014Before his three-hour neck surgery for herniated
Fortune 500 companies shift more costs to employees
Survey: Fortune 500 employees can expect to pay more for health insuranceBy Peggy BinetteUniversity of South Carolina, September 18, 2014Employees working for Fortune 500 companies
Is health care consolidation for efficiency, or for market control? Check our prices
F.T.C. Wary of Mergers by HospitalsBy Robert PearThe New York Times, September 17, 2014As hospitals merge and buy up physician practices, creating new behemoths, one
The nefarious plot of generic drug tiers
Is All “Skin in the Game” Fair Game? The Problem With “Non-Preferred” GenericsBy Gerry Oster, PhD, and A. Mark Fendrick, MDAJMC.com, September 17, 2014Why are
Dartmouth studies sending us in the wrong direction?
Why the Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending Can’t Tell Us Much about the Efficiency or Quality of our Health Care SystemBy Louise SheinerBrookings Institution,