By James G. Kahn
New Labor Forum, 2019, Vol. 28(2)
Public support for single-payer insurance is astoundingly high, with 68 percent in a recent poll placing high
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.
Gruber and Sommers tell us what we have learned from 10 years of ACA
By Jonathan Gruber and Benjamin D. Sommers
National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2019
Abstract
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care
Why health profession students are fighting the AMA
The AMA protects corporate interests, not doctors and patients – and now it’s trying to stop Medicare for All
By Jonathan Michels, Will Cox, Alankrita Siddula
John Geyman’s ‘Struggling and Dying Under Trumpcare’
By John Geyman, M.D.
Copernicus Healthcare
From the Preface
There are four key issues involved in the future of U.S. health care:
Who is the health care system
Care for America’s elderly and disabled people relies on immigrant labor
By Leah Zallman, Karen E. Finnegan, David U. Himmelstein, Sharon Touw, and Steffie Woolhandler
Health Affairs, June 2019
Abstract
As the US wrestles with immigration policy and caring
Mitchell Katz endorses single payer
By Mitchell Katz, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, New York City Health + Hospitals
New York State Hearing, Joint Senate and Assembly Committees on Health,
Voters do not have a sophisticated understanding of health policy
By Drew Altman
Axios, June 3, 2019
There's a big disconnect between the health care debates that dominate Washington, the campaigns and the politically active — where
JAMA – Woolhandler and Himmelstein explain single payer Medicare for All
By Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
JAMA, Viewpoint, Health Policy, Published Online May 31, 2019
The prospect of single-payer “Medicare-for-all” reform evokes enthusiasm and
The public’s views on health care costs
By Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., John M. Benson, M.A., and Caitlin L. McMurtry, S.M.
The New England Journal of Medicine, May 29, 2019
U.S. health care costs
State barriers to Medigap cause patients to re-enroll in Medicare Advantage
By David J. Meyers, Amal N. Trivedi, and Vincent Mor
Health Affairs, May 2019
In all but eight states, Medicare supplemental coverage (or Medigap) plans may deny
The insurers are rapidly becoming the health care delivery system
By Stephanie Goldberg
Modern Healthcare, May 21, 2019
If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em: It's a mantra health insurance giants like UnitedHealth Group and Humana have
A priceless answer to the question of physician pay reduction under Medicare for All
If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors.
By Mike Konczal
The Nation, May