By Phil Galewitz
Kaiser Health News, February 25, 2020
For five years, Rasha Salama has taken her two children to Dr. Inas Wassef, a pediatrician a few
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.
‘Choice’ is being used to suppress optimal health policy
By Laura Tollen, Elizabeth Keating, Alan Weil
Health Affairs Blog, February 20, 2020
In 2018, Health Affairs launched the Council on Health Care Spending and Value, a
What history can and can’t teach us about Medicare for All
By John E. McDonough
Health Affairs Blog, February 21, 2020
Too much time has been spent in this presidential campaign season arguing about Medicare for All. It
Public charge rule is endangering health coverage for U.S.-citizen children
By Stan Dorn and Rebecca Dorn
FamiliesUSA, February 21, 2020
Executive Summary
For more than a generation, Democratic and Republican administrations alike held to two core commitments: Children
Gov. Newsom on homelessness and health
Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, February 19, 2020
The California Dream is for all.
To that end, there are 1.6 million fewer Californians living in poverty
Publicly traded health insurers have taken over
By Shelby Livingston
Modern Healthcare, February 18, 2020
The largest publicly traded health insurers grew profits by a combined 66% in 2019, driven by the massive mergers
Locked out of trading in your Medicare Advantage plan for a Medigap plan
By Cheryl Clark
MedPage Today, December 3, 2019
Like many of the 22 million seniors now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Tom Mills belatedly discovered its
13% reduction in health care costs projected for Sanders Medicare-for-All Act
By Alison Galvani, Alyssa Parpia, Eric Foster, Burton Singer, and Meagan Fitzpatrick
Lancet, February 15, 2020
Abstract
ā¦ Efforts are ongoing to repeal the Affordable Care Act which
Americans agree on reforming health care but undecided on how
Public Agenda, February 5, 2020
The main findings from this research are:
1. Americans across political affiliations are calling for substantial changes to the health care system,
Nevada’s Culinary Union opposes Medicare for All to the detriment of their members
By Kate Sullivan
CNN, February 12, 2020
The influential Culinary Union distributed a flier that says Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would "End Culinary Healthcare" if elected president
Medicare for All could also provide pay increases for workers
Financing Medicare for All
By Gabriel Zucman
January 24, 2020
Full private funding of health care is impossible because of its high costs
Premiums for employer-sponsored plans
The rhetorical abuse of ‘Mandatory Medicare for All’
Corporate Crime Reporter, February 10, 2020
National Public Radioās Mara Liasson this weekend entered a new term into the corporate liberal establishmentās attack on single payer