Small Employer Perspectives On The Affordable Care Act’s Premiums, SHOP Exchanges, And Self-InsuranceBy Jon R. Gabel, Heidi Whitmore, Jeremy Pickreign, Jennifer L. Satorius and Sam
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.
5.2 million people fall into ACA coverage gap
The Coverage Gap: Uninsured Poor Adults in States that Do Not Expand MedicaidThe Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, October 2013According to this report,
Physician-hospital-insurer entities forming narrow networks
Out of Network, Out of LuckBy Theresa BrownThe New York Times, October 12, 2013For several hundred patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, it
There's gold in the Obamacare chaos, but for whom?
Here Come the Exchanges…And an Opportunity to Turn Chaos Into GoldBy Lisa SuennenVenture Valkyrie, October 6, 2013Only in America do we have an outrageously priced
Editorial – Inequality for All
This article includes videoInequality for AllBy Don McCanne, qotd editorQuote of the Day Editorial, October 11, 2013Yesterday, my wife Sandy and I had the pleasure of joining a
"Where-to-compete" decisions for insurers
Where To Compete In A Post-Reform WorldBy Shubham Singhal, senior partner in McKinsey’s Detroit officeHealth Affairs Blog, September 30, 2013Private insurers are a totally different
Inequality at core of high health care spending
Note: This rather wonkish article is much easier to read on the website (link below) since it includes a series of graphs that helps to
Seattle Children's Hospital excluded from most exchange plans
Majority of Washington’s Health Benefit Exchange Insurance Plans Fail to Cover Care at Seattle Children’s; Hospital Sues Seeking Adequate Network Coverage for Children and FamiliesSeattle
Mercer update on changes in employer health benefits
Employers Hold the Line on Health Benefit Cost Per Employee in 2014Mercer, October 1, 2013Based on early responses from a major survey conducted annually by
Congress gets the gold, and the people get silver? bronze?
Changes in Health Coverage FAQsU.S. Office of Personnel ManagementMembers of Congress and Designated StaffHow will Members of Congress and designated congressional staff obtain health coverage
Blacks disproportionately being left uninsured
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health LawBy Sabrina Tavernise and Robert GebeloffThe New York Times, October 2, 2013A sweeping national effort to extend
Truthdig article on a new prescription for health care for all
Health Care for All: Why We Need a New PrescriptionBy Scott TuckerTruthdig, October 1, 2013The right-wing assault on Obamacare is a distraction, but the “progressive”