Medicare Overpayments to Private Plans, 1985-2012: Shifting Seniors to Private Plans has Already Cost Medicare $282.6 BillionBy Ida Hellander, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie WoolhandlerInternational Journal
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.
CMS pushes price transparency
Administration Offers Consumers an Unprecedented Look at Hospital ChargesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, May 8, 2013New data released today show significant variation across the
Bernie Sanders on primary care
Primary physician shortage calls for interventionBy Sen. Bernie SandersPolitico, May 7, 2013The American approach to primary health care is one of the more glaring failures
Health Affairs articles on Medicare reform options
Tackling the Cost ConundrumHealth Affairs, May 2013At a time when our politicians have decided to open discussions on reducing government spending in Medicare, it likely
Gerald Friedman: The Unhappy Marriage of Economics and Health Care
The Unhappy Marriage of Economics and Health CareBy Gerald Friedman, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts at AmherstUnions for Single Payer Health Care, May
Aetna favors "margin over membership"
Q1 2013 Earnings Conference CallMark Bertolini - Chairman, CEO and President, and Shawn Guertin - Chief Financial OfficerAetna, April 30, 2013Guertin: On the individual and
Oregon Experiment update: Medicaid works, sort of
The Oregon Experiment ā Effects of Medicaid on Clinical OutcomesBy Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., Sarah L. Taubman, Sc.D., Heidi L. Allen, Ph.D., Mira Bernstein, Ph.D., Jonathan
Freestanding emergency departments?
Freestanding emergency department growth creates backlashBy Sue Ter MatAmerican Medical News, April 29, 2013What is the difference between an urgent care center and a freestanding
Brookings' disappointing recommendations for bending the cost curve
Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform: A Framework for Improving Care and Slowing Health Care Cost GrowthAuthors: Joseph Antos, Katherine Baicker, Michael Chernew, Dan
Relegating Medicaid patients to lower-tier care
Hammurabiās Code and U.S. Health CareBy Uwe E. ReinhardtThe New York Times, April 6, 2013I recall addressing a group of New Jersey State legislators on
ACA's negative impact on employment
Governments may push workers out of employer health care and into health exchangeBy Associated PressThe Washington Post, April 24, 2013In a quest to save money,
A noted Republican physician executive talks about single payer
I Am A Republicanā¦ Can We Talk About A Single Payer System?By David MayACC-in-Touch Blog, American College of Cardiology, April 23, 2013David May provides an