Essential Health Benefits: HHS Informational BulletinU.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesDecember 16, 2011On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued
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.
HHS punts the essential benefits decision to the private insurers!
It looks like Health and Human Services has decided that the new standard for health insurance to be offered under the Affordable Care Act will
Why is Wyden supporting Ryan's Medicare voucher proposal?
A Bipartisan Way Forward on MedicareBy Ron Wyden and Paul RyanThe Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2011Our plan would strengthen traditional Medicare by permanently maintaining
Why is Wyden supporting Ryan’s Medicare voucher proposal?
Although Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) have released their white paper on a proposal for reforming Medicare, there is no intent
Critique of the Fraser Institute report on wait times
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada - 2011 Reportby Bacchus Barua, Mark Rovere and Brett J. SkinnerFraser Institute, December 2011This edition
Critique of the Fraser Institute report on wait times
The Fraser Institute has released its 21st annual report on wait times for health care in Canada. This report is used widely to condemn Canada's
Insurers: Trust us on risk adjustment
Allowing Insurers to Withhold Data on Enrollees' Health Status Could Undermine Key Part of Health ReformBy Edwin ParkCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 12,
Insurers: Trust us on risk adjustment
Insurers that corner the market of healthy individuals have an unfair advantage over insurers that cover a greater number of high cost, sicker patients. To
PNHP response to Rick Ungar's "Obamacare Bomb"
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah!By Rick UngarForbes, December 2, 2011I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not
PNHP response to Rick Ungar’s “Obamacare Bomb”
Never have we received as many requests to comment on an article as we have on Rick Ungar's "The Bomb Buried in Obamacare..." He is
Uwe Reinhardt on social insurance and individual freedom
Social Insurance and Individual FreedomBy Uwe E. ReinhardtThe New York Times, December 9, 2011The continuing debate over the Affordable Care Act and the commentary on
Uwe Reinhardt on social insurance and individual freedom
Those of us who have great admiration for Paul Starr were disappointed by his recommendation to require anyone who opted out of coverage to be