Syria: An overview of MSF programmes in and around the countryMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES, May 23, 2013The conflict in Syria is extremely intense. Frontlines continue to
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.
Why does Kaiser have the highest premiums in the California exchange?
Kaiser's Obamacare rates surprise analystsBy Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, June 12, 2013In California's new state-run health insurance market, Kaiser Permanente will cost you.Kaiser Permanente was
Are physicians driven by profits or fear?
Appropriate Use of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in a Veteran Population: Profit Motives and Professional Liability ConcernsBy David E. Winchester, MD, MS; Ryan Meral, BA; Scott
Does the nation support health care as a right?
Summary Memo on National Poll Findings of Public Opinion on U.S. Healthcare SystemThe Morning Consult, June 11, 2013This bipartisan poll included a national sample of
Burdening patients who need care the most
Increased health care cost sharing works as intendedIt burdens patients who need care the mostBy Elise GouldEconomic Policy Institute, May 8, 2013A major objective of
Response to Goldman and Leive's critique of Medicare for All
Why ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is Not The AnswerBy Dana Goldman and Adam LeiveHealth Affairs Blog, May 14, 2013The Affordable Care Act survived the Supreme Court and a
Who will remain uninsured after ACA implemented?
The Uninsured After Implementation Of The Affordable Care Act: A Demographic And Geographic AnalysisBy Rachel Nardin, Leah Zallman, Danny McCormick, Steffie Woolhandler, and David Himmelstein
Markets impact community rating
Geography affects premiums on California health insurance exchangeBy Jim SandersThe Sacramento Bee, June 5, 2013For the same health coverage from the same insurer, a 40-year-old
NHIS: Problems paying medical bills
Problems Paying Medical Bills: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January 2011–June 2012By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D.; Whitney K. Kirzinger, M.P.H.;
Obamacare: a fundamentally broken system
Our Continuing Healthcare Crisis, Part 3: The Obamacare ScorecardBy Richard EskowCampaign for America's Future, May 30, 2013(This is Part 3 of a series on our
California exchange plans take away provider choice
Insurers limit doctors, hospitals in state-run exchange plansBy Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, May 24, 2013California's health insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace came in
Immigrants subsidize our Medicare program
Immigrants Contributed An Estimated $115.2 Billion More To The Medicare Trust Fund Than They Took Out In 2002–09By Leah Zallman, Steffie Woolhandler, David Himmelstein, David