Geographic Variation in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries’ Medical Costs Is Largely Explained by Disease BurdenBy James D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley and Patrick S. RomanoMedical Care Research
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.
Millions of the poorest will remain uninsured
States’ Policies on Health Care Exclude Some of the PoorestBy Robert PearThe New York Times, May 24, 2013The refusal by about half the states to
Health care CEOs have highest pay
Health care tops other industries for highest median CEO payThe Washington Post, May 23, 2013Here’s a look at median CEO pay by industry last year,
Important: Milliman Medical Index now $22,030
2013 Milliman Medical Index (MMI)Milliman, May 2013The MMI represents the projected total cost of medical care for a hypothetical American family of four (two adults
Insurers dump debt on physicians
Loophole in health care law could stick doctors with tabBy Jim SandersThe Sacramento Bee, May 22, 2013A loophole in California's upcoming health care overhaul could
Evolving Role of Emergency Departments
The Evolving Role of Emergency Departments in the United StatesBy Kristy Gonzalez Morganti, Sebastian Bauhoff, Janice C. Blanchard, Mahshid Abir, Neema Iyer, Alexandria Smith, Joseph
Some employers, insurers conspire on bare-bones plans
Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New LawBy Christopher Weaver and Anna Wilde MatthewsThe Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2013Employers are increasingly recognizing they may
OECD report on income inequality and poverty
Growing risk of inequality and poverty as crisis hits the poor hardestOECD, May 15, 2013Income inequality increased by more in the first three years of
Redistributive function of Canada's single payer
Publicly Financed Health Care in Canada: Who Pays and Who Benefits Over a Lifetime?Canadian Institute for Health Information, May 2013ConclusionThis report from Canada demonstrates one
CBO now estimates 31 million will remain uninsured
CBO’s Estimate of the Net Budgetary Impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Coverage Provisions Has Not Changed Much Over TimeCongressional Budget Office, May
Can we talk about the ACA train wreck?
GOP Candidates' Top Campaign Issue Will Be Obamacare 'Train Wreck'By Wendell PotterThe Huffington Post, May 6, 2013Will the implementation of some of the most important
Keep people out of Medicaid to avoid fraud?
Healthcare puts Jerry Brown, Capitol Democrats on different sidesBy Anthony York and Chris MegerianLos Angeles Times, May 10, 2013With California's deficit wiped out and its