Turning To The Web To Help Pay Medical BillsBy Caroline MayerKaiser Health News, July 2, 2013Even with Stage IV lung cancer, there are moments when
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.
Hardship? No penalty, but no insurance
Guidance on Hardship Exemption Criteria and Special Enrollment PeriodsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, June 26, 2013The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized
Why are health insurance premiums higher for public employers?
Why are Health Insurance Premiums So Much Higher for Public Employers Compared to Private Employers?Co-author: Tom BuchmuellerPresenter: Alice Zawacki, Ph.D., Senior Economist, Center for Economic
High-cost Medicare patients are wrong target for savings
Contribution of Preventable Acute Care Spending to Total Spending for High-Cost Medicare PatientsBy Karen E. Joynt, MD, MPH; Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH; E. John
Large employers moving en masse to high deductibles
Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2014PwC Health Research Institute, June 2013Each year, HRI issues its projection for the following year's medical cost trend based
Swiss support single payer
Swiss voters back single-payer health insuranceSwiss Broadcasting Corporationswissinfo.ch, June 24, 2013The proposal of creating a single fund for health insurance would be accepted by voters
The good news on reference pricing isn't all good
CalPERS Members Had Similar to Better Outcomes at Facilities Charging Less for Hip and Knee ReplacementsWellPointPress Release, June 23, 2013A pilot program for the California
AcademyHealth's ill-judged choice of the 2013 Article-Of-The-Year
From: Health Affairs <healthaff@projecthope.org>Date: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:37 PMSubject: Health Affairs Wins AcademyHealth's 'Article-of-the-Year' AwardAcademyHealth has chosen a Health Affairs article as its
Redesigning Medicare cost sharing
Restructuring MedicareHealth Affairs, Health Policy Briefs, June 20, 2013To reduce federal spending, advance entitlement reform, and simplify benefits, policy makers have proposed redesigning Medicare cost
In-network providers are often not available
Out-of-Network Physicians: How Prevalent Are Involuntary Use and Cost Transparency?By Kelly A. Kyanko M.D., M.H.S., Leslie A. Curry Ph.D., M.P.H., Susan H. Busch Ph.D.HSR, June
ACOs and liability for institutional malfeasance
This article includes videoThe Looming Threat of Liability for Accountable Care Organizations and What to Do About ItBy H. Benjamin Harvey, MD, JD; I. Glenn Cohen, JDJAMA, June
Replace volume with quality?
Should Physician Pay Be Tied to Performance? No: The System Is Too Easy to Gameāand Too Hard to Set UpBy Steffie WoolhandlerThe Wall Street Journal,