For many years, the most common example given of the variations in the costs of health care demonstrated by the Dartmouth Atlas was the
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.
Individual mandate falls short in Massachusetts
Lack Of Access Due To Costs Remains A Problem For Some In Massachusetts Despite The State’s Health ReformsBy Cheryl R. Clark, Jane Soukup, Usha Govindarajulu,
Individual mandate falls short in Massachusetts
Does an individual mandate to purchase private insurance with cost-sharing requirements ensure that citizens will have health care access and be able to
qotd weekend special: The Super Bowl and a Crystal Stair
By Don McCanne, MDWell here we are. Super Bowl weekend! Hurrah! What could be more American than this? Billions of dollars and the nation's full
qotd weekend special: The Super Bowl and a Crystal Stair
Well here we are. Super Bowl weekend! Hurrah! What could be more American than this? Billions of dollars and the nation's full attention
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Issues In Health Reform: How Changes In Eligibility May Move Millions Back And Forth Between Medicaid And Insurance ExchangesBy Benjamin D. Sommers and Sara RosenbaumHealth
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We have previously made the point that fluctuations in eligibility for Medicaid and for the income-related subsidies in the exchange plans create instability
Will ACOs be used to further privatize Medicare?
Berwick Indicates CMS Still Plans To Mix Private Payers, Medicare In ACO DemoBy John WilkersonInside Health ReformFebruary 3, 2011This Brookings Institute conference on accountable care
Will ACOs be used to further privatize Medicare?
This Brookings Institute conference on accountable care organizations (ACOs) provides important insights as to what we might be facing. These experts, including Donald
Senate Judiciary testimony of Prof. Charles Fried on single payer
Hearing on the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care ActSenate Judiciary CommitteeFebruary 2, 2011Testimony of Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Former
Senate Judiciary testimony of Prof. Charles Fried on single payer
Harvard Professor Charles Fried may not like single payer, but he emphatically agrees that single payer is constitutional. This is something we can
Anthem intercepting and redirecting imaging referrals
Need an MRI? Anthem might have a deal for youBy Shari RudavskyIndyStar.comJanuary 30, 2011... an Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield pilot program made its