States Can Cut Back on Medicaid Payments, Administration SaysBy Robert PearThe New York Times, February 25, 2013The Obama administration said Monday that states could cut
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.
Impending access crisis for low-income patients
California has been a leader in setting national trends in health care financing. Two developments should have low-income patients very concerned. California's Medicaid program is
TIME: Steven Brill's "bitter pill" should wake us up
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing UsBy Steven BrillTIME, February 20, 2013The Way Out Of the SinkholeSteven Brill's TIME article, "Bitter Pill: Why Medical
TIME: Steven Brill's "bitter pill" should wake us up
Steven Brill's TIME article, "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us," seems to be awakening those who have, until now, accepted the very high
CMS limits innovative designs to multi-payer models
State Innovation Models Initiative: General InformationCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCenter for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, February 2013Section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act establishes
CMS limits innovative designs to multi-payer models
Section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act establishes the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Its purpose is "to test innovative payment and service delivery
Intensity bias in risk adjustment
Observational intensity bias associated with illness adjustment: cross sectional analysis of insurance claimsBy John E Wennberg, Douglas O Staiger, Sandra M Sharp, Daniel J Gottlieb,
Intensity bias in risk adjustment
Private insurers pride themselves on market innovation. They will always find ways to reduce the amount that they spend on patients. They use devious methods
Young immigrants excluded from ACA benefits
Young immigrants shut out of health reformBy Drew JosephSan Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2013California's young immigrants who have been granted reprieves to stay in the
Young immigrants excluded from ACA benefits
Young immigrant children who were brought to this country and remained here without proper documentation have been raised here and are as much a part
Important: What are Medicare's true administrative costs?
How to Think Clearly about Medicare Administrative Costs: Data Sources and MeasurementBy Kip Sullivan Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, February 15, 2013AbstractIn his
Important: What are Medicare's true administrative costs?
In his article, Kip Sullivan has finally laid to rest the distortions and obfuscations of those who contend that Medicare's administrative costs are much higher