State-Based, Single-Payer Health Care — A Solution for the United States?By William C. Hsiao, Ph.D.The New England Journal Of MedicineMarch 16, 2011Many in the single
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.
Health insurers initiating a takeover of health care
Health Insurers Respond To Reform By Snapping Up Less-Regulated BusinessesBy Christopher WeaverKaiser Health NewsMarch 19, 2011Here's one change few were talking about when the health
Health insurers initiating a takeover of health care
One of the claims made by those supporting the health care legislation that placed the private insurers in the drivers seat is that
A Medicare lesson for Dick Armey
Civil Action No. 08-1715 (RMC)United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaBRIAN HALL, et al. (including Richard Armey), Plaintiffs,v.KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, Secretary, Department of Health
A Medicare lesson for Dick Armey
Although this looks like another cute trick that Dick Armey tried to pull off, it is much more serious than that. This is a
Lowering mortality by adding more diagnoses (a game)
Geographic Variation in Diagnosis Frequency and Risk of Death Among Medicare BeneficiariesBy H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH, Sandra M. Sharp, SM, Dan J. Gottlieb, MS,
Lowering mortality by adding more diagnoses (a game)
This study from the Dartmouth Institute confirms the intuitive observation that the number of diagnoses of serious chronic conditions in Medicare beneficiaries has
Employer-sponsored health plans under the Affordable Care Act
Health Policy Brief: Employers and Health Care ReformHealth Affairs/Robert Wood Johnson FoundationMarch 9, 2011To expand access and strengthen the employment-based health system, the Affordable Care
Employer-sponsored health plans under the Affordable Care Act
What will happen to employer-sponsored coverage under the Affordable Care Act? Perhaps one of the most alarming provisions of the Act is that
Physicians and patients want greater compensation for moving to coordinated care
Swiss Experiment Shows Physicians, Consumers Want Significant Compensation To Embrace Coordinated CareBy Peter ZweifelHealth AffairsMarch 2011This Swiss discrete choice experiment, evaluating willingness to pay, indicates
Physicians and patients want greater compensation for moving to coordinated care
This Swiss discrete choice experiment, evaluating willingness to pay, indicates that both physicians and patients want greater compensation if they are to shift
CBO options for reducing the federal deficit
Reducing the Deficit: Spending and Revenue OptionsCongressional Budget OfficeMarch 2011This volume — one of several reports that CBO produces regularly for the House and Senate