Health Care Use and Decision Making Among Lower-Income Families in High-Deductible Health PlansBy Jeffrey T. Kullgren, MD, MPH; Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH; Virginia L.
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.
High-deductible health plans foster bad decisions by rich and poor
This study of the impact of high-deductible health plans is unique in that it studied only families with over $500 in annual out-of-pocket
CBO analysis of the Rivlin/Ryan Medicare voucher and Medicaid block grant proposals
Preliminary Analysis of the Rivlin-Ryan Health Care Proposal(Analysis transmitted by letter from Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the CBO, to Rep. Paul Ryan)Congressional Budget OfficeNovember 17,
CBO analysis of the Rivlin/Ryan Medicare voucher and Medicaid block grant proposals
Congressman Paul Ryan and former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin are both members of the Bowles/Simpson deficit commission. They have asked the Congressional
Will the Wyden/Brown state waiver enable single payer?
Senators push bipartisan state healthcare waiverReutersNovember 18, 2010A Democrat and a Republican teamed up in the Senate on Thursday to offer legislation that would give
Will the Wyden/Brown state waiver enable single payer?
The initial reaction to S. 3958, The Empowering States to Innovate Act, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), is
International comparisons: It’s the insurance, stupid!
Consumers and Insurance: Experiences In Eleven CountriesBy Chris FlemingHealth Affairs BlogNovember 18, 2010Compared to other high-income nations, the health care financing system in the United
International comparisons: It's the insurance, stupid!
Consumers and Insurance: Experiences In Eleven CountriesBy Chris FlemingHealth Affairs BlogNovember 18, 2010Compared to other high-income nations, the health care financing system in the United
International comparisons: It’s the insurance, stupid!
Compared to other high-income nations, the health care financing system in the United States does not perform well. We pay more; we have
Jan Schakowsky and Rivlin/Domenici on the deficit
Schakowsky Alternative to Simpson-Bowles Deficit Reduction PlanCongresswoman Jan SchakowskyNovember 16, 2010The co-chairmen of President Obama's deficit commission advanced a proposal that disappointed those of us
Jan Schakowsky and Rivlin/Domenici on the deficit
The co-chairmen of President Obama's deficit commission advanced a proposal that disappointed those of us who believe that the government has an important
Physician-Congressman Andy Harris wants his health care, but forget yours
GOP frosh: Where's my health care?By Glenn ThrushPoliticoNovember 16, 2010A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-Obamacare platform surprised fellow freshmen at a