Plain Talk: Health care solution is simple: single-payerBy Dave ZweifelThe Capital Times, November 2, 2011The answer to the nation’s health care crisis is staring everyone
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.
Dave Zweifel on single payer
As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act unfolds, it becomes ever more evident that it won't accomplish our goals and that we will need
Medicare Advantage patients for sale on Wall Street
How much are you worth to HMOs?By Carol GentryHealth News Florida, October 28, 2011Medicare health plan members are worth more than any other category of
Medicare Advantage patients for sale on Wall Stree
Bet you didn't realize that by signing up with a taxpayer-financed, private Medicare Advantage plan you can command a price of $6000 for the sale
Insurers obliterate distinction between health plans and stop-loss insurance
Self-funded health plans under attack in New JerseyBy Joanne WojcikBusiness Insurance, October 30, 2011In an Oct. 25 letter to Thomas Considine, commissioner of the New
Insurers obliterate distinction between health plans and stop-loss insurance
For smaller employers who want to self-insure their health benefit programs, stop-loss insurance is an imperative. A very large medical bill for one employee or
Obama administration approves virtual destruction of Medicaid
California gets OK for large cuts to Medi-CalBy Anna GormanLos Angeles Times, October 28, 2011The Obama administration will allow California to cut hundreds of millions
Obama administration approves virtual destruction of Medicaid
One of the most important components of the Affordable Care Act is the expansion of Medicaid coverage for uninsured, low-income individuals. Does the Obama administration
"Family penalty" built into reform
Healthcare reform penalizes married couples, says reportBy Julian PecquetThe Hill, October 27, 2011The report concludes that fewer than 2 million couples — out of 60
“Family penalty” built into reform
This is yet one more example of the fundamental strategic flaw of trying to design reform to fit a fragmented system of private health plans
Curing the economy: health consumer spending
It’s Consumer Spending, StupidBy James LivingstonThe New York Times, October 25, 2011AS an economic historian who has been studying American capitalism for 35 years, I’m
Curing the economy: health consumer spending
According to Professor James Livingston, the key to economic recovery is to use tax policy and government spending to redistribute income away from profits and