Will bringing an end to defensive medicine reduce our national health expenditures? According to this and other studies, yes, but not by much.studies
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.
Fiscal Commission wants price signals for Medicare?
About the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and ReformFiscal Commission.govApparently President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is considering changes to Medicare that
Fiscal Commission wants price signals for Medicare?
Apparently President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is considering changes to Medicare that would make beneficiaries "smarter shoppers" by adopting
Is national health spending rising?
National Health Spending Projections: The Estimated Impact Of Reform Through 2019By Andrea M. Sisko, Christopher J. Truffer, Sean P. Keehan, John A. Poisal, M. Kent
Is national health spending rising?
Is health care spending rising or isn't it? The confusion stems from the fact that the additional increase in projected national health expenditures
PacifiCare violated state law nearly 1 million times
California regulators seek up to $9.9 billion in fines from PacifiCareBy Duke HelfandLos Angeles TimesSeptember 7, 2010California regulators are seeking fines of up to $9.9
PacifiCare violated state law nearly 1 million times
The largest health insurer in the nation (in terms of revenue), UnitedHealth Group, through UnitedHealthcare's subsidiary - PacifiCare, violated California state insurance laws
Is primary care relinquishing acute care?
Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It’s Not At Their Doctor’s OfficeBy Stephen R. Pitts, Emily R. Carrier, Eugene C. Rich and Arthur L. KellermannHealth
Is primary care relinquishing acute care?
When you say "my physician," what do you mean? For most of us, that means the physician whom you call when you have a
A message from Sen. Mark Leno on the California single payer bill
A special message from Senator Mark Leno on SB 810, the California Universal Health Care Act:September 3, 2010Dear Friends,By now most of you have heard
Uwe Reinhardt on the details of the medical loss ratio
On Health Care, the Devil’s in the DetailsBy Uwe E. ReinhardtThe New York TimesSeptember 3, 2010The recently passed Affordable Care Act requires heath insurance issuers
A message from Sen. Mark Leno on the California single payer bill
By now most of you have heard the disappointing news that our bill, SB 810, the California Universal Health Care Act, was held on the