This year we are spending $2.7 trillion on health care, or about $8,650 per person. What can we expect after the Patient Protection and
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.
Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act
Rep. Stark, Sen. Kerry Introduce Bill to Provide Medicare Beneficiaries Better Value for Their Medigap Premium DollarsCongressman Pete StarkPress Release, July 26, 2011Medigap policies are
Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act
Medigap policies are private plans that supplement Medicare coverage. They are quite popular because of the exposure that Medicare beneficiaries have to relatively
Medicare beneficiaries struggle with drug plans
Medicare beneficiaries struggling with prescription drug coverageBy Julian PecquetThe Hill, July 25, 2011Five years after the launch of Medicare prescription drug coverage, many beneficiaries are
Medicare beneficiaries struggle with drug plans
"People simply want to be able to find and enroll in the drug plan that is right for them, without getting stuck in a
Impact of single payer on physician income in Canada
The Impact of Single-Payer Health Care on Physician Income in Canada, 1850ā2005By Jacalyn Duffin, MD, PhDAmerican Journal of Public Health, July 2011Over nearly 60 years,
Impact of single payer on physician income in Canada
The experience with single payer in Canada has revealed that not only were physicians' incomes not harmed, physicians remain the top earners in
Mark Weisbrot: U.S. health care problems are rooted in the private sector
Problems of U.S. Health Care Are Rooted in the Private Sector, Despite Right-Wing ClaimsBy Mark WeisbrotMcClatchy-Tribune Information Services, July 20, 2011When it seems that we
Mark Weisbrot: U.S. health care problems are rooted in the private sector
When it seems that we are making so little progress on the reform front, it is reassuring to see that PNHP and our single
Declines in preventable deaths linked to increases in public health spending
Evidence Links Increases In Public Health Spending To Declines In Preventable DeathsBy Glen P. Mays, and Sharla A. SmithHealth Affairs, July 21, 2011This study is
Declines in preventable deaths linked to increases in public health spending
This study is just a reminder that population health involves much more than just the interaction between patients and their health care professionals
New KFF report confirms negative impact of introducing cost sharing to Medigap
Medigap Reforms: Potential Effects of Benefit Restrictions on Medicare Spending and Beneficiary CostsBy Mark MerlisKaiser Family Foundation, July 2011Among the many proposals under consideration to