You do not have to read this entire 254 page report to have a good idea of some of the options to be considered
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.
Commingling Carilion and Aetna
Aetna and Carilion Clinic Announce Accountable Care CollaborationCarilion ClinicMarch 10, 2011Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Carilion Clinic, the largest health care provider in southwest Virginia, today
Commingling Carilion and Aetna
The patient service mission of not-for-profit Carilion Clinic would seem to have little in common with the for-profit insurance business of investor-owned Aetna.
Massachusetts state employees being shoved into limited-network plans
Plan with low rate hikes for health coverage has fewer choicesBy Sean P. MurphyThe Boston GlobeMarch 8, 2011At a time when most health insurance companies
Massachusetts state employees being shoved into limited-network plans
We keep looking at Massachusetts since it serves as a prototype for national reform under the Affordable Care Act. Under this latest development
Reform in Massachusetts fails to reduce medical bankruptcies
Medical Bankruptcy in Massachusetts: Has Health Reform Made a Difference?By David U. Himmelstein, MD, Deborah Thorne, PhD, Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPHThe American Journal of MedicineMarch
Reform in Massachusetts fails to reduce medical bankruptcies
"Unaffordable underinsurance" is rapidly becoming the new standard in the United States. Even with subsidies, insurance premiums are ever less affordable, and for
Lesson for U.S.: Canada's Medicare remains fully sustainable
Neat, Plausible, and Wrong: The Myth of Health Care UnsustainabilityCanadian Doctors for MedicareFebruary 2011The āSustainabilityā MythConservatives in Canada have been fairly successful in disseminating the
Lesson for U.S.: Canada’s Medicare remains fully sustainable
Conservatives in Canada have been fairly successful in disseminating the concept that their Medicare program is unsustainable, and that only privatization can save
Beware of "Commercial ACOs"
The HMO in Your FutureBy John GoodmanNational Center for Policy Analysis, John Goodman's Health Policy BlogFebruary 28, 2011(Brief excerpts only)... you are likely to be
Beware of “Commercial ACOs”
The HMO in Your Future
By John Goodman
National Center for Policy Analysis, John Goodman's Health Policy Blog
February 28, 2011
(Brief excerpts only)
... you are likely to be
Sec. Sebelius promotes consumer-directed health plans
Letter from Secretary Kathleen Sebelius replying to Republican governorsU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesFebruary 24, 2011As a former governor, I can appreciate your interest