How Medicare Advantage plans code for cashBy Fred SchulteThe Center for Public Integrity, August 7, 2014A new federal study shows that many Medicare Advantage health
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.
Free Medicaid? Gotcha!
You Qualify for Medicaid: Don't Sign UpBy Christopher FlavelleBloomberg View, August 4, 2014The debate over Obamacare's Medicaid expansion divides states into two broad categories --
Higher costs and lower quality in for-profit Medicare home health agencies
For-Profit Medicare Home Health Agenciesā Costs Appear Higher And Quality Appears Lower Compared To Nonprofit AgenciesBy William Cabin, David U. Himmelstein, Michael L. Siman and
Now just try to make the plans work
Newly Insured, Many Now Face Learning CurveBy Abby GoodnoughThe New York Times, August 2, 2014Advocates of the Affordable Care Act, focused until now on persuading
What does Californiaās 4.2% premium increase mean?
Obamacare premiums to rise a modest 4.2% in 2015By Stuart Pfeifer, Chad Terhune, Soumya KarlamanglaLos Angeles Times, July 31, 2014Defying an industry trend of double-digit
Victor Fuchs on the solution for high health care costs in U.S
Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare?By Victor R. FuchsThe Atlantic, July 23, 2014Despite the news last week that America's healthcare
Who are those remaining uninsured?
Where are California's Uninsured Now? Wave 2 of the Kaiser Family Foundation California Longitudinal Panel SurveyBy Bianca DiLulio, Jamie Firth, Larry Levitt, Gary Claxton, Rachel
David Dranove and Craig Garthwaite warn of a system without narrow networks
Code Red: Two Economists Examine the U.S. Healthcare SystemBy David Dranove and Craig GarthwaiteNarrow Networks Redux, July 29, 2014The Affordable Care Act is premised, at
Dana Goldman and Tomas Philipson warn of double jeopardy of health insurance
'Double Jeopardy' In American Health InsuranceBy Dana P. Goldman and Tomas J. PhilipsonForbes, April 1, 2014Health insurance markets allow people to share risks; those lucky
Kshama Sawant on single payer
Glimmers of healthcare politics at meeting of Western Washington docsTough talk from Kshama Sawant and others at annual gathering of Western Washington Physicians for a
Arkansas – Poor people need to be taught how insurance works
Arkansas Weighs Plan To Make Some Medicaid Enrollees Fund Savings AccountsBy Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News, July 22, 2014If all goes according to plan, next year
Paradox of health care spending slowdown but higher financial burden for patients
Health Care Spending Slowdown: The Consumer ParadoxBy Al Dobson, Ph.D., Gregory Berger, M.P.P., Kevin Reuter, Phap-Hoa Luu, M.B.A. and Joan E. DaVanzo, Ph.D., M.S.W.Dobson/DaVanzo, Report