Regardless of tomorrow's Supreme Court decision on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, the status quo is dependent on private insurance and the Affordable
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.
Private Medicare Advantage plans being paid for phantom care of VA patients
Duplicate Federal Payments for Dual Enrollees in Medicare Advantage Plans and the Veterans Affairs Health Care SystemBy Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH; Regina C. Grebla,
Private Medicare Advantage plans being paid for phantom care of VA patients
Most veterans who are eligible for enrollment in the Veterans Administration health care system are also eligible for enrollment in Medicare when they turn 65.
What about the insurance subsidies?
Health Reform Subsidy CalculatorKaiser Family FoundationBased on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (including subsequent amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
What about the insurance subsidies?
On June 28, the Supreme Court will release its ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. If the full Act is repealed, individuals
Innovation leader – Medicare or private insurance?
How Medicare Solves Private Plansā Problems and Vice VersaBy Austin Frakt, PhDJAMA Forum, June 21, 2012In a new article in the Annual Review of Economics,
Innovation leader – Medicare or private insurance?
Austin Frakt makes the point that both Medicare and the private health insurers have each independently introduced innovations that then can help the other when
Update on deaths from being uninsured
Dying for Coverage: The Deadly Consequences of Being UninsuredFamilies USAJune 2012Key Findings* Across the nation, 26,100 people between the ages of 25 and 64 died
Update on deaths from being uninsured
In 2010, about 26,000 of the nearly 50 million people without health insurance died due to the lack of that insurance. At best, about 26
NHIS report on insurance coverage
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2011By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., and Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A. CDC,
NHIS report on insurance coverage
The good news is that the percentage of individuals uninsured at the time of the National Health Interview Survey declined from 16.0% in 2010 to
Massachusetts model fails to provide financial security for the sick
SICK IN MASSACHUSETTS: Views on Health Care Costs and QualityHarvard School of Public Health/WBUR/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson FoundationJune 2012This survey