As Professor Light shows us, with controlled budgets you can still improve quality in a system that ensures appropriate access for everyone. Although he states
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.
Physicians’ Presidential Poll
Results of the 2012 Physicians' Presidential PollBy Jackson & Coker Research AssociatesJackson & Coker Industry Report, October 1, 2012A new survey of physicians shows that
Physicians' Presidential Poll
Results of the 2012 Physicians' Presidential PollBy Jackson & Coker Research AssociatesJackson & Coker Industry Report, October 1, 2012A new survey of physicians shows that
Physicians' Presidential Poll
Rather than demonstrating where physicians are on their beliefs and understanding of health policy, this poll merely shows that the debate has been reduced to
Aaron Carroll repeats meme of access, cost and quality
JAMA Forum — The “Iron Triangle” of Health Care: Access, Cost, and QualityBy Aaron Carroll, MD, MSnews@JAMA, October 3, 2012When I talk about health policy,
Aaron Carroll repeats meme of access, cost and quality
We have heard for decades the meme that health care access, cost and quality are interdependent. Any change in one or two of them must
New report on insurance plans heaping costs on patients
Many Insurance Plans Heap Healthcare Costs on ConsumersPlans with lower premiums burden members with potentially crushing costsNo surprise. The title of this article says what
U-Shaped Curve of Health Status and Coverage
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010By Brett O’Hara and Kyle CaswellUnited States Census Bureau: Current Population Reports, October 2012There is a U-shaped
U-Shaped Curve of Health Status and Coverage
This seemingly mundane observation from this Census Bureau report provides great insight into the problems with health care financing in the United States.
It is astonishing
Small business owners under the Affordable Care Act
How Small Business Owners Get Health InsuranceBy Larry Levitt, Anthony Damico, and Gary ClaxtonKaiser Family Foundation, Health Insurance and Reform, September 28, 2012As with any
Small business owners under the Affordable Care Act
In both policy and political debates, small business owners have been separated out for special attention as "job creators" who should not have to pay
Wealth redistribution for health care
Redistribution of Wealth in AmericaBy Uwe E. ReinhardtThe New York Times, September 28, 2012A recent article in The Washington Post and an audio clip accompanying