Federal Employees Health Program Experiences Lack Of Competition In Some Areas, Raising Cost Concerns For Exchange PlansBy Timothy D. McBride, Abigail R. Barker, Lisa M.
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.
FEHBP as a model for exchanges
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act claim that the the state insurance exchanges would provide a robust market of private plans. One need look only
OIG catches PacifiCare red-handed
Risk Adjustment Data Validation of Payments Made to PacifiCare of Texas for Calendar Year 2007Office of Inspector GeneralDepartment of Health and Human Services, May 2012Executive
OIG catches PacifiCare red-handed
As you know, Medicare beneficiaries have the option of leaving the traditional Medicare program and obtaining their care through private insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans.
John Geyman’s “Health Care Wars”
Copernicus HealthcareIt has long been recognized that health care does not follow the rules of free markets, yet the United States continues to rely on
John Geyman's "Health Care Wars"
Copernicus HealthcareIt has long been recognized that health care does not follow the rules of free markets, yet the United States continues to rely on
John Geyman's "Health Care Wars"
It has long been recognized that health care does not follow the rules of free markets, yet the United States continues to rely on a
Jonathan Gruber: “We don’t know how to fix it.”
Health reform gets messy in MassachusettsBy Kyle Cheney and Jason MillmanPolitico, June 3, 2012Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who advised the Legislature and Romney on
Jonathan Gruber: "We don't know how to fix it."
Health reform gets messy in MassachusettsBy Kyle Cheney and Jason MillmanPolitico, June 3, 2012Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who advised the Legislature and Romney on
Jonathan Gruber: "We don't know how to fix it."
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, speaking on curbing health care costs, told a Boston conference late last month, "We don't know how to fix it."
Himmelstein and Woolhandler explain savings from single payer
Single-payer health care would save billions for MassachusettsBy David U. Himmelstein and Steffie WoolhandlerThe Boston Globe, May 30, 2012To explain simply what is meant by
Himmelstein and Woolhandler explain savings from single payer
To explain simply what is meant by "single payer," we often allude to an "Improved Medicare for All." That seems to suggest that we merely