Private insurers have been gaming the system for many decades. They have been selectively marketing their products to the healthy workforce, their young,
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.
HHS releases the proposed rule for insurance exchanges
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health PlansDepartment of Health and Human ServicesProposed rule.(Excerpt)The excerpt above from today's HHS release
HHS releases the proposed rule for insurance exchanges
The excerpt above from today's HHS release of the proposed rule for the insurance exchanges to be established under the Patient Protection and
How well is the Utah health insurance exchange working?
Utah Health Exchange Is Geared To Small Business EmployeesBy Juan E. GastelumKaiser Health News, July 6, 2011Utah's exchange is one of only two operating in
How well is the Utah health insurance exchange working?
Utah's state health insurance exchange is now in full operation. It is a very loosely regulated system organized as what they call a
What did we learn from the Oregon HIE?
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First YearBy Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen,
What did we learn from the Oregon HIE?
Although innumerable studies have shown that health insurance provides both health security and financial security, some have contended that insurance is not necessary,
GAO report on difficulty with Medicaid and CHIP referrals
MEDICAID AND CHIP: Most Physicians Serve Covered Children but Have Difficulty Referring Them for Specialty CareGAOJune 2011Report to Congressional CommitteesThis highly credible report from GAO
GAO report on difficulty with Medicaid and CHIP referrals
This highly credible report from GAO provides more evidence that access remains a problem within the Medicaid and CHIP programs. Less than half
ALERT: The private insurers are taking over!
Managed Care Enters The Exam Room As Insurers Buy Doctor GroupsBy Christopher WeaverKaiser Health News/Washington Post, July 1, 2011Even if UnitedHealth Group isn't your insurance
ALERT: The private insurers are taking over!
In the push towards integrated health systems, hospitals have been consolidating within markets in order to gain leverage in the negotiation of insurance
Prof. Gerald Friedman on single payer
Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less?By Gerald FriedmanDollars and Sense, July/August 2011It is great to have on board another economist from the academic