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, 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.
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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By Florien M. Kruse, MPP; Stef Groenewoud, PhD; Femke Atsma, PhD; Onno P. van der Galiën, MSc; Eddy M. M. Adang, PhD; Patrick P. T.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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