By Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam
Brookings, January 21, 2020
The state of the American middle class is a hot topic on the campaign trail and
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.
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By Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam
Brookings, January 21, 2020
The state of the American middle class is a hot topic on the campaign trail and
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By Christopher T. Robertson
STAT, January 20, 2020
Lost in the shuffle of competing plans for saving health care is the radical call by Democratic presidential candidates
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By Robert Doherty, B.A.; Thomas G. Cooney, M.D.; Ryan D. Mire, M.D.; Lee S. Engel, M.D.; Jason M. Goldman, M.D.; for the Health and Public
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By Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Illinois AFL-CIO Convention, October 1965
"At the turn of the century women earned approximately ten cents an hour, and men were
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By Dean Baker
Center for Economic and Policy Research, November 13, 2019
Over the year, the overall CPI is up 1.8 percent, while the core index is
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By Alvin Powell
The Harvard Gazette, January 14, 2020
Health care, climate change, and political reality collided this week, when experts discussing national single-payer health insurance clashed
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By Christopher Cai, Jackson Runte, Isabel Ostrer, Kacey Berry, Ninez Ponce, Michael Rodriguez, Stefano Bertozzi, Justin S. White, James G. Kahn
PLOS Medicine, January 15, 2020
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The Canadian system, also called Medicare, guarantees coverage to every resident north of the U.S. border.
By Caitlin Kelly
The American Prospect, January 8, 2020
Canadian health care
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By Maria Castellucci
Modern Healthcare, January 10, 2020
The experimental Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model didn't save Medicare money during the first two performance years, according
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By Adam Gaffney, David H. Bor, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, and Danny McCormick
Health Affairs, January 2020
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High out-of-pocket drug spending worsens adherence and outcomes, especially
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One policy proposal has defined this Democratic race. It’s time to move on.
By Michelle Cottle
The New York Times, January 8, 2020
With strong support among the
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By Heather Long
The Washington Post, January 7, 2020
America’s sky-high health-care costs are so far above what people pay in other countries that they are the