By Munira Z. Gunja and Sara R. Collins
The Commonwealth Fund, August 28, 2019
In 2018, an estimated 30.4 million people were uninsured, up from a low
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.
The role of hospitals in high prices and administrative excesses
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
The New York Times, September 1, 2019
As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been targeting two well-deserved villains:
Ady Barkan: ‘Eyes to the Wind’
In nearly every congressional district, voters tell me that their top concern is health care. The high cost, the lack of access, the bureaucratic headaches
Are Americans begging to keep the administrative waste of the private insurers?
By Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D.
JAMA, June 13, 2017
We can think of the extraordinarily high overhead imposed on insured individuals and patients in the United States as
Beware! Private Medicare Advantage for All is gaining momentum
By Ken Janda and Vivian Ho
The Hill, August 27, 2019
The recent Democratic debates confirmed that universal access to health care insurance is a core issue
New Trump policy: Throw those sick kids outta here
By Philip Marcelo
Associated Press, August 26, 2019
The Trump administration has eliminated a protection that lets immigrants remain in the country and avoid deportation while they
Ambulatory surgery centers or general hospitals for cataract surgery?
By Florien M. Kruse, MPP; Stef Groenewoud, PhD; Femke Atsma, PhD; Onno P. van der Galiƫn, MSc; Eddy M. M. Adang, PhD; Patrick P. T.
When rural hospitals close, people die
By Kritee Gujral, Anirban Basu
National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2019
This paper examines the impact of California's hospital closures occurring from 1995-2011 on adjusted inpatient
Hospital visits increase under readmissions reduction program
By Rishi K Wadhera, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Dhruv S Kazi, Changyu Shen, Robert W Yeh
BMJ, August 12, 2019
Abstract
Objective: To determine any changes in total
Race as a barrier to universal health care
By Jeneen Interlandi
The New York Times Magazine, August 14, 2019
Smallpox was not the only health disparity facing the newly emancipated, who at the close of
New HRA rule: Converting employer-sponsored plans from a defined benefit to a defined contribution?
A Rule by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department
Federal Register, June 20, 2019
Action: Final rule.
Effective
Since 1978, CEO compensation up 940%; workers 12%
By Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe
Economic Policy Institute, August 14, 2019
What this report finds: The increased focus on growing inequality has led to an increased