Medical Debt among People with Health InsuranceBy Karen Pollitz Cynthia Cox, Kevin Lucia and Katie KeithKaiser Family Foundation, January 2014Medical debt is a horrendous problem,
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.
Devastating effects of cost-sharing and medical debt
Medical Debt among People with Health Insurance
By Karen Pollitz Cynthia Cox, Kevin Lucia and Katie Keith
Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2014
An estimated 1 in 3 Americans
National health spending in 2012 – a perspective
National Health Spending In 2012: Rate Of Health Spending Growth Remained Low For The Fourth Consecutive YearBy Anne B. Martin, Micah Hartman, Lekha Whittle, Aaron
National health spending in 2012 – a perspective
National Health Spending In 2012: Rate Of Health Spending Growth Remained Low For The Fourth Consecutive Year
By Anne B. Martin, Micah Hartman, Lekha Whittle, Aaron
NBC’s chief medical editor, Nancy Snyderman, endorses single payer
This article includes videoTop Health Stories of 2013By Nancy Snyderman, M.D., NBC's chief medical editorMorning Joe, MSNBC, December 30, 2013Dr. Nancy Snyderman: I think there should be a
NBC’s chief medical editor, Nancy Snyderman, endorses single payer
Top Health Stories of 2013
By Nancy Snyderman, M.D., NBC's chief medical editor
Morning Joe, MSNBC, December 30, 2013
Dr. Nancy Snyderman:Ā Ā I think there should be a single
Why does Medicaid increase patientsā use of Emergency Departments?
Medicaid Increases Emergency-Department Use: Evidence from Oregon's Health Insurance ExperimentBy Sarah L. Taubman, Heidi L. Allen, Bill J. Wright, Katherine Baicker, Amy N. FinkelsteinScience, Published
Why does Medicaid increase patientsā use of Emergency Departments?
Medicaid Increases Emergency-Department Use: Evidence from Oregon's Health Insurance Experiment
By Sarah L. Taubman, Heidi L. Allen, Bill J. Wright, Katherine Baicker, Amy N. Finkelstein
Science, Published
Contrasting the rollout of Medicare and Obamacare
Medicareās Rollout vs. Obamacareās Glitches BrewBy David Himmelstein and Steffie WoolhandlerHealth Affairs Blog, January 2, 2014The smooth and inexpensive rollout of Medicare on July 1,
4,832,000 of the most vulnerable remain in the coverage gap
The Impact of the Coverage Gap in States not Expanding Medicaid by Race and EthnicityKaiser Family Foundation, December 17, 2013Since it was decided to reject
Mayo Clinicās Eric Matteson endorses tax-supported universal healthcare
10 Questions: Eric Matteson, MDBy Nancy WalshMedPage Today, December 27, 2013Eric L. Matteson, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, is the chair of rheumatology and professor
Incrementalism predicted for 2014
With Health Law Cemented, G.O.P. Debates Next MoveBy Jonathan WeismanThe New York Times, December 26, 2013Democrats want to repair some of the defects in the