The concept that competition will always bring the lowest prices for comparable value is so thoroughly ingrained in capitalistic societies such as ours
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.
Financial burden of Medigap and Medicare Part D
Funding Savings Needed for Health Expenses for Persons Eligible for MedicareBy Paul Fronstin, Dallas Salisbury, and Jack VanDerheiEmployee Benefit Research InstituteDecember 2010This report provides estimates
Financial burden of Medigap and Medicare Part D
Medicare is not a complete program. Individuals turning 65 in 2020 will find that, to have a 90 percent chance of having enough savings to
Ezra Klein on the constitutional single payer path
Health reform advocates have little to fear from judge's rulingBy Washington Post Staff Writer (Ezra Klein, per Wonkbook)The Washington PostDecember 14, 2010U.S. District Judge Henry
Ezra Klein on the constitutional single payer path
It would be gratifying poetic irony if conservative legislators and conservative judges pushed us into single payer reform by either repealing or ruling
Court ruling against the individual mandate
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIAATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Plaintiffv.SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Court ruling against the individual mandate
Although this is only the beginning of a protracted legal process, Judge Hudson's decision defines the nature of the constitutional challenge to the
Germany’s lesson on in-house disease management
German Diabetes Management Programs Improve Quality Of Care And Curb CostsBy Stephanie Stock, Anna Drabik, Guido Büscher, Christian Graf, Walter Ullrich, Andreas Gerber, Karl W.
Germany's lesson on in-house disease management
German Diabetes Management Programs Improve Quality Of Care And Curb CostsBy Stephanie Stock, Anna Drabik, Guido Büscher, Christian Graf, Walter Ullrich, Andreas Gerber, Karl W.
Germany’s lesson on in-house disease management
The Germans have demonstrated what disease management should be all about. Using primary care medical homes as a base, the physicians and their
Insurers selling more insurance to cover their deductibles
Insurers sell products to fill the gapBy L. M. SixelThe Houston Chronicle, Dec. 8, 2010As employees face higher co-pays, deductibles and health care premiums, a
Insurers selling more insurance to cover their deductibles
It was inevitable. First in the individual market and then in the employer-sponsored insurance market relief from skyrocketing insurance premiums was