Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissionsBy Carl van Walraven MD MSc, Alison Jennings MA, Monica Taljaard PhD, Irfan
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.
Is reducing hospital readmissions an answer?
This Canadian study provides a great example of how we, in the United States, "think up" policies to control health spending while improving
Jack Layton
March 5, 2006"When you're sick, you present your medicare card, not your credit card. New Democrats will not stand idly by. We will be fighting
Jack Layton
March 5, 2006
"When you're sick, you present your medicare card, not your credit card. New Democrats will not stand idly by. We will be
Employers continue to shift health care costs to employees
Large Employers’ 2012 Health Plan Design ChangesNational Business Group on HealthAugust 18, 2011Medical Plan Costs In 2012, 63% of employers will increase the employee percentage
Employers continue to shift health care costs to employees
Employers are reducing the transparency of the massive shift of health care costs to their employees by using many different methods that individually
John Goodman on IntegraNet as a private sector solution
Health Policy SchizophreniaBy John GoodmanNational Center for Policy Analysis, August 17, 2011As John Goodman said in this same article in an entirely different context, "It’s
John Goodman on IntegraNet as a private sector solution
As John Goodman said in this same article in an entirely different context, "It’s so bizarre that not even J.K. Rowling could make up
Government is runaway victor over private sector in obtaining lower drug prices
Higher Rebates for Brand-Name Drugs Result in Lower Costs for Medicaid Compared to Medicare Part DOffice of the Inspector GeneralDepartment of Health and Human Services,
Government is runaway victor over private sector in obtaining lower drug prices
We are inundated with nonsense about how private health insurance competition in the marketplace brings us higher quality at lower costs when compared
John Nichols on replacing the mandate with Medicare for All
Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It's Called 'Medicare for All'By John NicholsThe Nation, August 13, 2011The individual mandate was always
John Nichols on replacing the mandate with Medicare for All
Americans overwhelmingly support Medicare, yet an unequivocal majority oppose a government requirement to purchase private health insurance. Why should we have to wait