WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield subsidiaries have led the health insurance industry in innovation, but these innovations have been designed to
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.
Medicaid is constitutional; mandate isn't
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISIONSTATE OF FLORIDA, by and through Attorney General Pam Bondi, et al.;Plaintiffs,v.
Medicaid is constitutional; mandate isn’t
Judge Roger Vinson has ruled that the individual mandate in the Patent Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, as Judge Henry Hudson
Is HHS pushing bronze plans?
Note: You may want to skip directly to the comment, and only afterwards read the excepts from the HHS release and report, if you wish
Is HHS pushing bronze plans?
Today's selections from the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) are not so much for the purpose of reading and studying, but
Why don't Americans live longer?
Why Don’t Americans Live Longer?By David LeonhardtThe New York TimesJanuary 25, 2011We frequently look at the lower life expectancy in the United States, in comparison
Why don’t Americans live longer?
We frequently look at the lower life expectancy in the United States, in comparison to other wealthy nations, as a sign of the relatively
John Goodman: "real" insurance means sick pay more
The Case for Health InsuranceBy John GoodmanJohn Goodman's Health Policy BlogJanuary 26, 2011I’m one of the very few health policy wonks you know (maybe the
John Goodman: “real” insurance means sick pay more
In pooling risk, the decision to assign premiums based on an individual's risk is purely arbitrary, albeit it is convenient for those marketing
Merger of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan
2 big health plans may mergeBy Robert Weisman and Kay LazarThe Boston GlobeJanuary 25, 2011Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan are close to
Merger of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan
Choice. Wasn't that the clarion call during the campaign for health care reform? We could have our choice of keeping the health plan we
Global hospital payments by private insurers?
Blue Cross CEO says providers must control costs, or elseBy Robert WeismanThe Boston GlobeJanuary 23, 2011The chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,