Footing bill for insurersā pay methods shouldnāt fall on doctorsAMA Wire, September 12, 2014An increasingly common payment method among health insurers offers these companies significant
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.
Some Covered California patients involuntary transferred to Medi-Cal
Income checks throw Californians off health plansKCRA.com/AP,September 9, 2014Some Californians who purchased individual health coverage through the state's insurance exchange are suddenly being dropped or
Federal Reserve report on consumer finances
Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2010 to 2013: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer FinancesFederal Reserve Bulletin, September 2014The Federal Reserve Boardās triennial Survey
Narrow networks reduce specialized care for the sickest patients
Controlling Health Care Costs Through Limited Network Insurance Plans: Evidence from Massachusetts State EmployeesBy Jonathan Gruber, Robin McKnightThe National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working
U.S. far out in front again – in hospital administrative waste
A Comparison Of Hospital Administrative Costs In Eight Nations: US Costs Exceed All Others By FarBy David U. Himmelstein, Miraya Jun, Reinhard Busse, Karine Chevreul,
Urban Institute and Bankrate on high deductibles
QuickTake: Nonelderly Workers with ESI Are Satisfied with Nonfinancial Aspects of Their Coverage but Less Satisfied with Financial AspectsBy Adele Shartzer and Sharon K. LongUrban
What do health care cost trends mean for us?
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2013ā23: Faster Growth Expected With Expanded Coverage And Improving EconomyBy Andrea M. Sisko, Sean P. Keehan, Gigi A. Cuckler, Andrew J.
Instruction sheets for completing ACA tax forms – a proxy for ACA complexity
Implementing Health Reform: Tax Form InstructionsBy Timothy JostHealth Affairs Blog, August 29, 2014Although todayās message deals with only one minor provision of the Affordable Care
Timothy Jost analyzes Avik Royās āTranscending Obamacareā
Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal SolvencyBy Avik RoyManhattan Institute for Policy Research, August 2014The proposal contained herein ā dubbed
Compensation for health insurance executives
Report: Health Law Ups Taxes On Insurers With Big Pay PackagesBy Julie ApplebyKaiser Health News, August 27, 2014While average compensation for top health insurance executives
Insurers shoving āadvanced illness counselorsā on us
Operator? Business, Insurer Take On End-of-Life Issues By PhoneBy Elana Gordon, WHYYKaiser Health News, August 27, 2014Kate Schleicher, 27, is a licensed clinical social worker,
Jonathan Bernstein: āPublic opinion is an incoherent messā
Loving and Hating Obamacare With One Muddled MindBy Jonathan BernsteinBloomberg View, August 25, 2014The public reaction to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is very instructive