Eduardo Porter's NYT article on the poor mix of health care and profits resonated with PNHP members, and appropriately so.
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.
Policy consequences of low growth in Medicare spending
Growth In Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Continues To Hit Historic LowsBy Richard Kronick and Rosa PoU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 7, 2013At
Policy consequences of low growth in Medicare spending
At a time when politicians are ready to attack Medicare spending, this report on the projected slow growth in Medicare spending per beneficiary might seem
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer HealthInstitute of Medicine, January 2013The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health
The United States is sick, literally and figuratively. We have the most expensive health care system, yet the worst health outcomes of the wealthier nations.
Joshua Freeman on the shortage of rural family physicians
Retention of Rural Family Physicians After 20ā25 Years: Outcomes of a Comprehensive Medical School Rural ProgramBy Howard K. Rabinowitz, MD, James J. Diamond, PhD, Fred
Joshua Freeman on the shortage of rural family physicians
Taken together, these studies show us that despite the fact that we know what strategies work to increase the number of rural family physicians, they
Idaho Gov. Otter's health care solution for the poor
Idaho governor: Eliminate personal property taxBy The Associated PressThe Examiner, January 7, 2013(Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch") Otter is... not immediately endorsing the expansion of Idaho's
Idaho Gov. Otter's health care solution for the poor
Please excuse the abject frivolity of this comment, but what I really want to know is, what has happened to compassion in America?
Growth of national health expenditures, 2011
National Health Spending In 2011: Overall Growth Remains Low, But Some Payers And Services Show Signs Of AccelerationBy Micah Hartman, Anne B. Martin, Joseph Benson,
Growth of national health expenditures, 2011
Although reducing the increase in health expenditures down to the rate of increase in the GDP sounds like good news, the trends behind the numbers
Uwe Reinhardt explains the complexities in pricing of Medicare Advantage plans
The Complexities of Comparing Medicare ChoicesBy Uwe E. ReinhardtThe New York Times, January 4, 2013The roughly 50 million Americans covered by the federal Medicare program