These three online reports from Health Affairs give us an update on a decade of experience with private health plan options in the Medicare program.
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 Medicare Advantage lesson on what not to do
Medicare's Private Plans: A Report Card On Medicare Advantage
MA has brought much more choice but also added complexity, higher costs, no apparent quality gains, and
Uwe Reinhardt on indefensible administrative costs
Professor Reinhardt already said it: "More and more Americans are being priced out of health care as we know it. The question is how long
Uwe Reinhardt on indefensible administrative costs
Why Does U.S. Health Care Cost So Much? (Part II: Indefensible Administrative Costs)
By Uwe E. Reinhardt
The New York Times
November 21, 2008
In my previous blog post,
Is administrative savings a myth?
5 Myths on Our Sick Health Care System
By Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel
The Washington Post
November 23, 2008 (Web posting Nov. 21)
... we dispel a few
Is administrative savings a myth?
5 Myths on Our Sick Health Care System
By Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel
The Washington Post
November 23, 2008 (Web posting Nov. 21)
... we dispel a few
AHIP & BCBSA support guaranteed issue and individual mandate
If anyone has any remaining doubt that comprehensive reform is close at hand, just look at the response of the private insurance industry. AHIP, representing
AHIP & BCBSA support guaranteed issue and individual mandate
Health Plans Propose Guaranteed Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions and Individual Coverage Mandate
AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans)
November 19, 2008
Summary of AHIP's Proposal to Guarantee Coverage for
AHIP & BCBSA support guaranteed issue and individual mandate
Health Plans Propose Guaranteed Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions and Individual Coverage Mandate
AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans)
November 19, 2008
Summary of AHIP's Proposal to Guarantee Coverage for
HHS Secretary-elect Daschle's plan for reform
Today's quote leads to a question: Can Sen. Daschle's Federal Health Board do for the crisis in health care what the Federal Reserve Board has
HHS Secretary-elect Daschle’s plan for reform
Daschle Nominated to Human Services Cabinet Post
By Helene Cooper
The New York Times
November 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has offered the nomination of Secretary of Health and
HHS Secretary-elect Daschle's plan for reform
Daschle Nominated to Human Services Cabinet Post
By Helene Cooper
The New York Times
November 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has offered the nomination of Secretary of Health and