By Tsung-Mei Cheng
Milken Institute Review, May 4, 2020
If Americans are somewhat familiar with any single-payer system, it’s the one in Canada. Here, I outline another
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.
Balanced budget requirements threaten Medicaid program
By Jessie Hellmann
The Hill, May 17, 2020
Governors facing huge budget shortfalls are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, even as millions of unemployed Americans flock to the
The Lancet: Fix the CDC by replacing the president
The Lancet, Editorial, May 16, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the USA with 1·3 million cases and an estimated death toll of 80 684
What should we do about the payer-provider disconnect?
By Merrill Goozner
Modern Healthcare, May 14, 2020
Call it the big disconnect. Thousands of healthcare provider groups face financial ruin. Tens of millions of Americans are
Rich hospitals get government handouts
KFF, Press Release, May 13, 2020
Hospitals that in normal times derive most of their revenue from patients with private insurance received more than twice as
Why would states deny retroactive eligibility for Medicaid?
By Paul Shafer Nicole Huberfeld Ezra Golberstein
Health Affairs Blog, May 8, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has led to record numbers of American workers being laid off
Is it time to nationalize hospitals?
The fragmented US hospital system, made up of private and community hospitals, has made it harder to fight coronavirus.
By Daniel Skinner
Al Jazeera, May 11, 2020
The
Billionaires sought health care reform but got pie in the sky
By Anna Wilde Mathews and David Benoit
Morningstar, May 8, 2020
Atul Gawande is in advanced discussions to step down as chief executive and take on a
Get sick now; Insurer fee waivers for COVID-19 treatment may expire by June 1
By Eagan Kemp, Melinda St. Louis, Taylor Lincoln, and Michael Tanglis
Public Citizen, May 7, 2020
Summary of Findings
The vast majority of the largest health insurers say
WFTU on business games related to the COVID-19 vaccine
World Federation of Trade Unions, May 6, 2020
The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 100 million members across the five continents, expresses its deepest concern
Onset of disability spurs exit from private Medicare Advantage plans
By Claire K. Ankuda, Katherine A. Ornstein, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Evan Bollens-Lund, Diane E. Meier, and Amy S. Kelley
Health Affairs, May 2020
Abstract
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans
Frank talk about the need for Medicare for All
By Eve Ottenberg
CounterPunch, April 24, 2020
The elephant in the Covid-19 infected room is Medicare for All. Maybe it really, finally is time for it. With