It’s not too late to start protecting employment or to make medical care for Covid-19 free.
By Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman
The New York Times, March
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.
Justice Department accuses Anthem of Medicare Advantage fraud
By Shelby Livingston
Modern Healthcare, March 27, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department has sued national health insurer Anthem for fraudulently collecting hundreds of millions of dollars from
You don’t need a pandemic to lose your health plan at work
Americans are about to learn something horrifying: how irrational it is for health insurance to be linked to your employment status
By Wendell Potter
The Guardian, March
Arno and Caper: What is left out in the discussion of Medicare for All
By Peter S. Arno and Philip Caper
Health Affairs Blog, March 25, 2020
There is a large elephant in the room in the national discussion of Medicare
Health spending for the next decade
By Sean P. Keehan, et al, CMS Office of the Actuary
Health Affairs, March 24, 2020
Abstract
National health expenditures are projected to grow at an average annual
Spend a life-changing hour with Frances Perkins
By Mick Caouette, Filmmaker
South Hill Films
About the Film:
In the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as the first woman on a
Marcia Angell: Coronavirus reinforces moral basis for Medicare for All
By Marcia Angell
Santa Fe New Mexican, March 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is the best argument for “Medicare for All.” As it stands, most Americans get
Emergency coronavirus funds for American Indians languish in bureaucratic limbo
Tribes say they’ve been forgotten in Trump’s coronavirus response and are running dangerously low on medical supplies.
By Adam Cancryn
POLITICO, March 20, 2020
The Trump administration has
GOP-led states diverge on easing Medicaid access during COVID-19
By Harris Meyer
Modern Healthcare, March 18, 2020
At least two Republican-led states want to temporarily ease their Medicaid waiver requirements and make it easier for residents
Can we put partisan politics aside during the pandemic?
By Bobby Allyn, Barbara Sprunt
NPR, March 17, 2020
In the face of the coronavirus worsening across the U.S. and reordering the daily life of millions of
Pandemics and Medicare for All
Institute for Public Accuracy, March 16, 2020
Biden claimed at last night’s debate: “With all due respect to Medicare for All, you have a single-payer system
RAND draws wrong conclusion on capping surprise bills
RAND, Press Release, March 12, 2020
Placing limits on what hospitals can collect for out-of-network care could yield savings similar to more-sweeping proposals such as Medicare