Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials: cross sectional analysisBy Christopher W Jones, Lara Handler, Karen E Crowell, Lukas G Keil, Mark A Weaver, Timothy F
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.
Quentin Young – a rebel without a pause
Everybody In, Nobody Out: Memoirs of a Rebel Without a PauseBy Quentin Young, M.D.Copernicus HealthcareFrom the EpilogueFrom my adolescent years to the present, I’ve never
Tom Scully's message on privatizing health care
The President Wants You to Get Rich on ObamacareBy Adam DavidsonThe New York Times Magazine, October 30, 2013(Tom) Scully was scheduled to deliver the keynote
Michael Lind expands on Konczal’s concept of government versus private social insurance
Here’s how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfiresBy Michael LindSalon, October 28, 2013The smartest thing yet written about the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act’s federal
GAO report on fraud and abuse
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control ProgramGAO, September 2013In fiscal year 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Office of Inspector General
Konczal and Krugman on the policies and politics of single payer
What Kind of Problem is the ACA Rollout for Liberalism?By Mike KonczalNext New Deal, The blog of the Roosevelt Institute, October 23, 2013Healthcare.gov looks to
UnitedHealth’s Simon Stevens to head NHS England
UNISON responds to appointment of Simon Stevens as NHS chief executiveUNISON, October 24, 2013Responding to the announcement that the president of Global Health and group
Rural areas not benefitting from exchange plan competition
Health Care Law Fails to Lower Prices for Rural AreasBy Reed Abelson, Katie Thomas and Jo Craven McGintyThe New York Times, October 23, 2013As technical
Ed Kilgore: The Restive Single Payer Tribe
The Restive Single Payer TribeBy Ed KilgoreWashington Monthly, Political Animal, October 21, 2013But if I were in the White House, I’d keep an eye on
Are we ready for ACOs?
Predicting ACO Formation: Two Studies With More In Common Than It Might SeemBy Valerie Lewis, Carrie Colla, and Elliott FisherHealth Affairs Blog, October 22, 2013At
Antonia Maioni explains why Obamacare makes single payer impossible to attain
Obamacare vs. Canada: Five key differencesBy Antonia MaioniThe Globe and Mail, October 2, 2013It is frequently said that Obamacare will lead to a Canadian-style single
24 million will be permitted to remain uninsured without penalty
Implementing Health Reform: The State Of The Exchanges, Income Verification, And MoreBy Timothy JostHealth Affairs Blog, October 16, 2013Information collection.On October 11, 2013, HHS published