Key Facts on Health Coverage for Low-Income Immigrants Today and Under Health ReformKaiser Commission on Key FactsFebruary 2012Everyone should have health care. How well will
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.
Immigrant coverage under health reform
Everyone should have health care. How well will the Affordable Care Act (ACA) work for our immigrant population? It depends partly on immigration status.
Pre-Existing Condition Insurance – only a glimmer
Covering People with Pre-Exisiting Conditions: Report on the Implementation and Operation of the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan ProgramCMSFebruary 23, 2012Before the Affordable Care Act, Americans
Pre-Existing Condition Insurance – only a glimmer
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 48,879 previously uninsurable people with serious medical problems are receiving essential health care services under the pre-exisiting condition insurance
Premium increases portend an ominous future under ACA
California health insurers to raise average rates 8% to 14%By Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, February 23, 2012California's largest health insurers are raising average rates by
Premium increases portend an ominous future under ACA
Why should individual health insurance premiums continue to increase at a rate much greater than the cost of goods and services associated with medical care?
17% of low-wage workers will remain uninsured under ACA
Health-insurance Coverage for Low-wage Workers, 1979-2010 and BeyondBy John SchmittCenter for Economic and Policy Research, February 2012In 2010, over 38 percent of low-wage workers lacked
17% of low-wage workers will remain uninsured under ACA
Conservatives who oppose health care reform often argue that being uninsured is a consequence of the individual's own personal irresponsibility. Those individuals merely need to
Timothy Jost – Update on essential health benefits
Implementing Health Reform: Essential Health Benefits And Medical Loss RatiosBy Timothy JostHealth Affairs Blog, February 18, 2012On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and
Timothy Jost – Update on essential health benefits
Being the fine gentleman he is, Professor Jost politely states, "One must wonder whether in the end it might not have been more straightforward simply
ACA Sec. 1104 – Administrative Simplification
Administrative Simplification: From compliance to competitive advantageDeloitteIt has long been recognized that profound administrative waste is a unique feature of the U.S. health care system
ACA Sec. 1104 – Administrative Simplification
It has long been recognized that profound administrative waste is a unique feature of the U.S. health care system - waste that contributes to our