A recent Quote of the Day message expressed alarm at the fact that the Institute of Medicine is recommending a grossly inadequate, skimpy, spartan standard
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.
Reinhardt and McCanne on Goodman's claim that free health care causes disparities
Why Are There Disparities In Health Care? Because Itās Free.By John GoodmanNational Center for Policy Analysis, October 12, 2011(Excerpts)The latest issue of Health Affairs is
Reinhardt and McCanne on Goodman’s claim that free health care causes disparities
John Goodman promotes himself as being the "Father of Health Savings Accounts." He has been very influential in spreading the concept that we must "empower
Orrin Hatch on Obama and single payer
Orrin Hatch Forecasts Obamacare Will Morph To Single Payer Health CareVitalsOctober 11, 2011US Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, spoke at Heritage Foundation about what he
Orrin Hatch on Obama and single payer
Sen. Hatch's comment does demonstrate, once again, that even the conservatives understand the compelling advantages of single payer, in spite of their ideological opposition.
Preventing the implosion of the Los Angeles County safety-net
L.A. County expands no-cost healthcareBy Anna GormanLos Angeles Times, October 9, 2011In one of the largest expansions of health coverage to the uninsured, Los Angeles
Preventing the implosion of the Los Angeles County safety-net
This admirable effort in Los Angeles County to include more uninsured adults in its health services programs demonstrates some of the complexities that arise in
Corporate control of drug pricing and distribution
Walgreen battle over drug prices will limit consumer choiceBy David LazarusLos Angeles Times, October 7, 2011Beginning Jan. 1, Walgreens will no longer fill prescriptions for
Corporate control of drug pricing and distribution
Congress turned the Medicare prescription business over to private pharmacy benefit managers under the fiction that they would increase choices and reduce costs. What did
IOM's disturbing report on "essential health benefits"
Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and CostInstitute of MedicineOctober 6, 2011AbstractFrom the start of the reform process it was understood that defining which essential benefits
IOM’s disturbing report on “essential health benefits”
From the start of the reform process it was understood that defining which essential benefits should be covered by the exchange plans would be controversial.
Undocumented immigrants under the Affordable Care Act
Undocumented Immigrants, Left Out Of Health Reform, Likely To Continue To Grow As Share Of The UninsuredBy Stephen Zuckerman, Timothy A. Waidmann and Emily LawtonHealth