Regulatory Neutrality Is Essential To Establishing A Level Playing Field For Accountable Care OrganizationsBy Gary E. Bacher, Michael E. Chernew, Daniel P. Kessler and Stephen
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.
Low-socioeconomic patients with high-deductibles receive less high-severity emergency care
Low-Socioeconomic-Status Enrollees In High-Deductible Plans Reduced High-Severity Emergency CareBy J. Frank Wharam, Fang Zhang, Bruce E. Landon, Stephen B. Soumerai and Dennis Ross-DegnanHealth Affairs, August
'Cadillac tax' threatening public union health benefits
Health Care Law Raises Pressure on Public UnionsBy Kate TaylorThe New York Times, August 4, 2013Cities and towns across the country are pushing municipal unions
Steve Auerbach on Stossel
This article includes videoA Healthy DebateStosselFox Business Channel, April 25, 2013On John Stossel's show, pediatrician Steve Auerbach debates orthopedist Lie Hieb.7 minute video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDTWu9lxARISteve Auerbach is a member of
EHealth moves in for the kill
EHealth Wins Approval to Sell Obamacare Health PlansBy Alex WayneBloomberg, July 31, 2013Online health insurance broker EHealth Inc. (EHTH) won permission from the U.S. government
Friedman analysis of HR 676: Medicare for All would save billions
‘Medicare for All’ would cover everyone, save billions in first year: new studyPhysicians for a National Health ProgramJuly 31, 2013Upgrading the nation’s Medicare program and
Montana government clinic: Maybe single payer is aiming too low
Montana's State-Run Free Clinic Sees Early SuccessBy Dan BoyceNPR, July 30,2013A year ago, Montana opened the nation's first clinic for free primary healthcare services to
WellPoint/employer conspiracy on reference pricing
WellPoint program lets employers name their price for doctorsBy Sue Ter MaatAmerican Medical News, July 29, 2013Physicians collecting from WellPoint-insured patients who haven’t met their
Is accountability for patients? Or for policy wonks?
Accountable PrescribingNancy E. Morden, M.D., M.P.H., Lisa M. Schwartz, M.D., Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., and Steven Woloshin, M.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, July
Institutional Corruption of Pharmaceuticals
Risky Drugs: Why The FDA Cannot Be TrustedBy Donald W. LightHarvard University, The Lab @ Edmond J. Safra Center for EthicsA forthcoming article for the
The Motley Fool on Medicare for All
How Much Could Medicare for All Save You?By Rich SmithThe Motley Fool, July 21, 2013But could it be that the ACA isn't really needed at
Kuttner on Medicare shifting costs to patients
Medicare ‘cost-savings’ rules pushing costs onto patientsBy Robert KuttnerThe Boston Globe, July 18, 2013The cost of Medicare, the top driver of runaway entitlement outlays, seems