Implementing Health Reform: Premium Tax CreditsBy Timothy JostHealth Affairs Blog, August 13, 2011On August 12, the Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury (Internal
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.
Proposed rule for premium tax credits
Throughout the reform process Professor Timothy Jost has been very helpful in clarifying the impact of the Affordable Care Act, especially on health
Professionalism, social justice, and the primacy of patient welfare
Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician CharterAnnals of Internal MedicineFebruary 5, 2002A project of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, American College
Professionalism, social justice, and the primacy of patient welfare
The Charter on Medical Professionalism was established almost a decade ago. It reaffirms physicians' active dedication to the principles of professionalism, which entails
Comparing USA and UK on efficiency and effectiveness
NHS among developed world's most efficient health systems, says studyBy Randeep Rameshguardian.co.uk, August 7, 2011The NHS is one of the most cost-effective health systems in
Comparing USA and UK on efficiency and effectiveness
We continue to be faced with the painful truth that the United States has the highest health care costs while our mortality rates compare
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial on single payer
Editorial: If U.S. is serious about debt, there's a single-payer solution.By the Editorial BoardSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 10, 2011If America truly is serious about dealing
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial on single payer
The Editorial Board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is right. Eventually we will have a single payer program, but only after wasting much
Obama asks Supreme Court to allow compromised care for Medicaid patients
Democrats Challenging Administration on MedicaidBy Robert PearThe New York Times, August 8, 2011In an unusual break with the White House, the Democratic leaders of Congress
Obama asks Supreme Court to allow compromised care for Medicaid patients
President Obama's Affordable Care Act relies heavily on the expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income individuals who are uninsured. Yet at the same
Taxpayers ripped off by for-profit hospices
Medicare costs for hospice up 70%By Kelly KennedyUSA Today, August 7, 2011Medicare costs for hospice care have increased more than in any other health care
Taxpayers ripped off by for-profit hospices
PNHP has long advocated removing for-profit corporations, with their passive investors, from the health care equation. This report on hospices from the HHS