Members of Congress are promising reform that will give us choices of coverage, just like they have in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).
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.
Will the insurance exchange be as effective as FEHBP?
Employees Face Big Hike in Health-Care Costs
By Steve Vogel
The Washington Post
Federal Diary
September 30, 2009
Employees enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will pay an
Are physicians fleeing Medicare?
In the debate on health care reform we hear that physicians are leaving the Medicare program because they cannot continue to accept the low fees
Are physicians fleeing Medicare?
Utilization Trends Indicate Sustained Beneficiary Access with High and Growing Levels of Service in Some Areas of the Nation
Medicare Physician Services
GAO
August 2009
In the debate on
Does the U.S. have the best health care?
This paper (14 pages) brings together numerous credible studies on the quality of health care in the United States, as compared with other nations. Anyone
Does the U.S. have the best health care?
How Does the Quality of U.S. Health Care Compare Internationally?
By Elizabeth Docteur and Robert A. Berenson
Urban Institute
August 2009
This brief brings together available evidence on how
Where are the price controls?
One of the more unique features of the health care system in the United States is that we spend far more on care even though
Where are the price controls?
Mandate minus price controls may increase healthcare costs
By Noam N. Levey and James Oliphant
Los Angeles Times
September 24, 2009
In the drive to bring health coverage to
Insurance and Equity in Primary Care and Specialist Office Visits
Much of the discussion on health care reform centers around financing reform, with goals of achieving universality and affordability. Effective reform that would actually accomplish
Insurance and Equity in Primary Care and Specialist Office Visits
Universal Health Insurance and Equity in Primary Care and Specialist Office Visits: A Population-Based Study
By Richard H. Glazier, MD, MPH, Mohammad M. Agha, PhD, Rahim
Lessons from California on the insurance mandate
The health care reform proposal before Congress would increase regulatory oversight of the private insurers, mandate individuals to purchase their plans, and penalize those who
Lessons from California on the insurance mandate
Insurance Mandates Don't Work
By Jamie Court
The Washington Post
September 21, 2009
A cornerstone of President Obama's health-care plan is, as he said in his speech to Congress,