Changes To Medigap Plans Meet ResistanceBy Susan JaffeKaiser Health News, August 30, 2011A provision of the 2010 federal health law seeking to increase Medicare beneficiariesā
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.
NAIC working group questions paring Medigap benefits
The Medigap working group established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has reinforced the view presented in yesterday's message that
Urgent message: Reprising John Nyman's new theory of moral hazard
NOTE: It is likely that few Quote of the Day subscribers read this 2007 message on John Nyman's new theory of moral hazard and welfare
Urgent message: Reprising John Nyman’s new theory of moral hazard
NOTE: It is likely that few Quote of the Day subscribers read this 2007 message on John Nyman's new theory of moral
Johnathon Ross and Don McCanne on lessons from the Oregon experiment
The Effects of Medicaid Coverage ā Learning from the Oregon ExperimentBy Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., and Amy Finkelstein, Ph.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, July 20,
Johnathon Ross and Don McCanne on lessons from the Oregon experiment
The Effects of Medicaid Coverage ā Learning from the Oregon Experiment
By Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., and Amy Finkelstein, Ph.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine, July 20,
Arizona Medicaid co-pays rejected by Appeals Court panel
Copays Break LawBy Mary K. ReinhartThe Arizona Republic, August 25, 2011The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said federal health officials
Arizona Medicaid co-pays rejected by Appeals Court panel
These are patients with incomes below the federal poverty level. Requiring a co-payment before access to care is permitted causes many of these
"Affordable" coverage for employees, but not their families
Measuring the Affordability of Employer Health CoverageBy Larry Levitt and Gary ClaxtonKaiser Family Foundation, August 24, 2011A recent draft regulation issued by the Treasury Department
“Affordable” coverage for employees, but not their families
Although this policy failure of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was touched on briefly in a recent message, it is elaborated on here because
Will job insecurity lead to health insecurity?
When Unemployed Means Uninsured: The Toll of Job Loss on Health Coverage, and How the Affordable Care Act Will HelpBy Michelle M. Doty, Sara R.
Will job insecurity lead to health insecurity?
How many individuals continue in the same employment for their entire careers, with the same employer-sponsored health plan, with the same network of