By Susan L. Hayes, Sara R. Collins, and David C. Radley
The Commonwealth Fund, May 23, 2019
In this brief, we use findings from the Current Population
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.
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By Susan L. Hayes, Sara R. Collins, and David C. Radley
The Commonwealth Fund, May 23, 2019
In this brief, we use findings from the Current Population
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An Open Letter to the Congress and People of the United States
May 21, 2019
As economists, we understand that a single-payer “Medicare for All” health insurance
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press, May 21, 2019
Generous benefits. No copays. No need for private policies. The “Medicare for All” plan advocated by leading 2020 Democrats
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By Shelby Livingston
Modern Healthcare, May 17, 2019
The health insurance inflation rate hit a five-year peak in April, possibly because managed care is rising.
The Consumer Price
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Reform has a cost. But the point of a health care system is to treat patients, not to buttress the economy.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
The New York
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By Uwe E. Reinhardt
Princeton University Press
Introduction (excerpts)
Even twenty years ago, it should have been clear that the collision of two powerful, long-term trends in our
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By Dylan Scott
Vox, May 14, 2019
Reps. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Greg Walden (R-OR), the top Democrat and Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee,
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By Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D.
JAMA, May 9, 2019
In the United States, the interests of high-income individuals dominate decisions about what medical care is offered and
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Our goal shouldn’t be to lower hospitals’ prices, but to eliminate them entirely. Medicare for All is the way to achieve that.
By Adam Gaffney, M.D.,
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By Chapin White and Christopher Whaley
RAND, May 9, 2019
Large price discrepancies exist between what private health plans pay for hospital services and what Medicare pays.
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By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., Emily P. Terlizzi, M.P.H., and Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
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By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
Washington Post, May 8, 2019
The blood sugar rises, and nausea and vomiting follow. The blood acidifies, the breath hastens, dehydration and