By Don McCanneAugust 25, 2014This weekend numerous organizations dedicated to single payer reform assembled in Oakland, California for the 2014 National Strategy Conference. Participating organizations
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.
CMMI blows a billion dollars on a flawed study
Project Evaluation Activity in Support of Partnership for Patients: Task 2 Evaluation Progress ReportCenter for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)Submitted 7/10/2014Another creation of the Affordable
Is Austin Frakt right that Medicare Advantage may be worth the extra cost?
Medicare Advantage Is More Expensive, but It May Be Worth ItBy Austin FraktThe New York Times, August 18, 2014Medicare Advantage plans — private plans that
Avalere study of proposed copper plans
Study Shows “Copper Plan” Would Lower Premiums by 18 PercentBill by Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) would expand employer health coverageCouncil for Affordable Health Coverage, August
Smaller primary care practices have lower rates of preventable admissions
Small Primary Care Physician Practices Have Low Rates Of Preventable Hospital AdmissionsBy Lawrence P. Casalino, Michael F. Pesko, Andrew M. Ryan, Jayme L. Mendelsohn, Kennon
Insurers continue to discriminate against the sick
To: Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesFrom: Over 300 patient advocacy groupsLetter, July 28, 2014In spite of regulations defining the essential health benefits
FDA proposes allowing off-label claims of risk reduction
Proposed US Food and Drug Administration Guidance for Industry on Distributing Medical Publications About the Risks of Prescription Drugs and Biological Products: A Misguided ApproachBy
Growth of private exchanges leading to two-tier system
The Evolution Of A Two-Tier Health Insurance Exchange SystemBy Rosemarie Day, Pamela Nadash and Angelique HryckoHealth Affairs Blog, August 13, 2014It’s complicated. As insurance coverage
Health navigators for everyone
More Employers Limit Health Plan Networks But Seek To Preserve Quality, Says AdviserBy Mary Agnes CareyKaiser Health News, August 13, 2014Follow the logic. To receive
Both Medicaid and uninsured patients face disparities in care of deadly cancers
Disparities in Stage at Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival in Nonelderly Adult Patients With Cancer According to Insurance StatusBy Gary V. Walker, Stephen R. Grant, B.
ACA plan renewal leads to rate shock and delayed tax refunds
An Ounce Of Prevention For The ACA’s Second Open EnrollmentBy Jon Kingsdale and Julia LercheHealth Affairs Blog, August 4, 2014Since recovering from its flawed rollout,
Most uninsured will be exempt from penalties
Fewer Uninsured Face Fines as Health Law's Exemptions SwellBy Stephanie ArmourThe Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2014Almost 90% of the nation's 30 million uninsured won't