The Case For Eliminating Obsolete Private Health Insurance
By Leonard Rodberg & Don McCanne
Common Dreams, July 13, 2007
Private health insurance was an idea that worked during
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.
A Medicare for All monopsony would get the prices right
By Jillian Chown, David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite, and Jordan Keener
National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2019
Abstract
Perhaps more than any other sector of the economy, healthcare
The challenges of a Medicare public option for the private insurance market
By Reed Abelson
The New York Times, July 29, 2019
It seems a simple enough proposition: Give people the choice to buy into Medicare, the popular federal
What can we learn from Kamala Harris’ position on private insurance?
KAMALA HARRIS' PLAN FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL
KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE, July 29, 2019
(excerpts)
Medicare for All will provide every individual in America with access to
Ed Weisbart: Managed care is a model that’s had its day.
By Ed Weisbart, M.D., C.P.E., F.A.A.F.P.
American Association for Physician Leadership, July 25, 2019
In the nearly ten years since I retired as chief medical officer for
Do not sacrifice policy for the sake of political expediency
By Jack Meyer
Health Affairs Blog, July 24, 2019
The debate over the future of the US health care system has entered a fact-free, extremist zone that
Cruel results of state Medicaid policy – 15,600 lives lost
By Sarah Miller, Sean Altekruse, Norman Johnson, and Laura R. Wherry
National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2019
Abstract
We use large-scale federal survey data linked to administrative
Controlling hospital capacity under single payer Medicare for All
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; Danny McCormick, M.D.; David H. Bor, M.D.; Anna Goldman, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
Annals of Internal
The private insurers are shifting the costs of fraud to us
By Marshall Allen
ProPublica, July 19, 2019
Health insurers are regarded as fierce defenders of health care dollars. But the case of David Williams shows one reason
Launch of ‘Business for Medicare for All’
We are business owners who believe our health insurance costs should not increase every year by double digits. Our payments to profiteering health insurers have
We cannot ignore the nuances of Medicare for All
By Drs. James G. Kahn and Elliot Marseille
The Hill, July 17, 2019
The discussion of "Medicare for all" in Juneās two Democratic primary debates was both
Medicare Advantage plans are ripping off taxpayers by the billions
By Fred Schulte and Lauren Weber
Kaiser Health News, July 16, 2019
Health insurers that treat millions of seniors have overcharged Medicare by nearly $30 billion the