By William E. Bruhn, BS; Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH; Peiqi Wang, MD, MPH; Stephen E. Tinker, BS; Christine Fahim, PhD; Heidi N. Overton, MD;
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.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Out-of-pocket costs increased 14% in 2018
By Tara Bannow
Modern Healthcare, June 25, 2019
Patients' out-of-pocket costs for inpatient services increased by 14% on average between 2017 and 2018, according to a new
Beware of Medicare Advantage for All
By Paige Minemyer
Fierce Healthcare, June 19, 2019
Cigna chief David Cordani said it’s time to pump the brakes on calls for a healthcare system overhaul like
Single Payer addresses income inequity; public option does not
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times, June 22, 2019
No doubt many wealthy backers of tax cuts for themselves and benefit cuts for others manage to
Medicare works better when Medigap benefits are added
By Philip Armour and Claire O’Hanlon
National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2019
Abstract
A substantial portion of the costs associated with, and the value to beneficiaries of,
Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements proved to be detrimental
By Benjamin D. Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., Anna L. Goldman, M.D., M.P.A., M.P.H., Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., E. John Orav, Ph.D., and Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.
The
ACOs may not be associated with improvements in spending or quality
By Adam A. Markovitz, BS; John M. Hollingsworth, MD, MS; John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP; Edward C. Norton, PhD; Phyllis L. Yan, MS; Andrew M.
Confusion on Medicare for All
By Ashley Kirzinger, Cailey Muñana, Lunna Lopes, Liz Hamel, and Mollyann Brodie
Kaiser Family Foundation, June 18, 2019
The most recent KFF Health Tracking Poll finds majorities
Do you really ‘like’ your private health insurance plan?
By Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram
Common Dreams, June 12, 2019
When I talk to friends, family, and colleagues about Medicare for All, sometimes someone asks, “but don’t
New rule using HRAs to further destroy health equity for employees
By Harris Meyer
Modern Healthcare, June 13, 2019
Employers will be able to hand their workers a chunk of tax-sheltered health reimbursement money and send them off
Donald Berwick’s endorsement of Medicare for All
Testimony by Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P.
U.S. House of Representatives, Ways and Means Committee, June 12, 2019
Serving as CMS Administrator was the greatest privilege of
AMA narrowly defeats single payer amendment
By Steven Ross Johnson
Modern Healthcare, June 11, 2019
The American Medical Association will remain opposed to proposals for the U.S. to create a single-payer healthcare system.