Fraud in the Workplace? Evidence from a Dependent Verification ProgramBy Michael Geruso, Harvey S. RosenThe National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), April 2013There are many
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.
Consumer-directed enrollees do not shop prices
Price Shopping in Consumer-Directed Health PlansBy Neeraj Sood, Zachary Wagner, Peter Huckfeldt, Amelia M. HavilandForum for Health Economics and Policy, Published online March 20, 2013AbstractHigh-deductible
TRICARE is coming up short for our military and their families
TRICARE Multiyear Surveys Indicate Problems with Access to Care for Nonenrolled BeneficiariesGovernment Accountability Office (GAO), April 2013In fiscal year 2012, the Department of Defense (DOD)
The Intermountain scandal that isn't
Intermountain Healthcare pays $25.5M to settle violations of federal lawBy David WellsFox 13 News, Salt Lake City, April 3, 2013Utah’s largest health system self-disclosed violations
Government insiders misappropriate funds to Medicare Advantage insurers
U.S. to boost rather than cut payments to health insurersBy Sandhya SomashekharThe Washington Post, April 1, 2013The Obama administration reversed itself Monday, scrapping plans to
The Salt Lake Tribune – If ACA fails, single payer is next
Last chance: If ACA fails, single payer is nextEditorial BoardThe Salt Lake Tribune, March 30, 2012The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should be seen
Will ACA raise costs 30%?
Factors Affecting Individual Premium Rates in 2014 for CaliforniaBy Robert Cosway and Barbara AbbottReport prepared for Covered California, Milliman, March 28, 2013Covered California retained Milliman
HMOs score poorly on access
HMO Quality Ratings Summary - 2013Office of the Patient AdvocateState of California"Health Care Quality is getting the right care at the right time."* poor** fair***
Policy preferences of wealthy Americans
Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy AmericansBy Benjamin I. Page, Larry M. Bartels and Jason SeawrightAmerican Political Science Association, Perspective on Politics, March 2013AbstractThe
A joint-replacement pavilion limited to prima donna doctors and rich patients
Fremont's Washington Hospital: Joint replacement patients, doctors excluded from new facilityBy Ashly McGloneMercuryNews.com, March 25, 2013When Robert Cantley needed both knees replaced in August, he
Can we recover waste by identifying geographic variations in health care?
Interim Report of the Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Health Care: Preliminary Committee Observations (2013)Institute of MedicineThe National
The Cost Curve Is Bending, but Not for All of Us
The Cost Curve Is Bending, but Not for All of UsBy Don McCanne, M.D.Physicians for a National Health Program, March 21, 2013“If the piece has