Reinventing Primary Care: Lessons From Canada For The United StatesBy Barbara StarfieldHealth AffairsMay 2010The May 2010 issue of Health Affairs is a theme issue on
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.
Barbara Starfield on primary care lessons from Canada
The May 2010 issue of Health Affairs is a theme issue on "Reinventing Primary Care." As a long time advocate of strengthening our primary care
GAO report on IRS administrative burden of tax credits, and participation rates
Health Coverage Tax Credit: Participation and Administrative CostsGovernment Accountability Office (GAO)April 30, 2010An important feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is
GAO report on IRS administrative burden of tax credits, and participation rates
An important feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the provision of a tax credit to help individuals purchase private health
Edward Luce of Financial Times on single payer
Washington Journal, C-SPANEdward Luce, Financial Times, Washington Bureau ChiefApril 30, 2010Although we cannot just forget the moral argument - the social justice case for single
Edward Luce of Financial Times on single payer
Although we cannot just forget the moral argument - the social justice case for single payer - those who worry more about the American economy
New Health Affairs article on administrative waste
Saving Billions Of Dollars — And Physicians’ Time — By Streamlining Billing PracticesBy Bonnie B. Blanchfield, James L. Heffernan, Bradford Osgood, Rosemary R. Sheehan and
New Health Affairs article on administrative waste
This study confirms the previously well documented administrative waste that occurs in physicians' practices due to the complexity of complying with the various
CMS Actuary’s report on financial effects of PPACA
Estimated Financial Effects of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” as AmendedBy Richard S. Foster, Chief ActuaryCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesOffice of the
CMS Actuary's report on financial effects of PPACA
Estimated Financial Effects of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” as AmendedBy Richard S. Foster, Chief ActuaryCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesOffice of the
CMS Actuary’s report on financial effects of PPACA
Although much attention was given to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) estimates of the financial impact of the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act),
CMS Actuary's report on financial effects of PPACA
Although much attention was given to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) estimates of the financial impact of the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act),