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, 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.
Economists’ open letter in support of single payer Medicare for All
An Open Letter to the Congress and People of the United States
May 21, 2019
As economists, we understand that a single-payer āMedicare for Allā health insurance
Blockbuster benefits of single payer Medicare for All
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press, May 21, 2019
Generous benefits. No copays. No need for private policies. The āMedicare for Allā plan advocated by leading 2020 Democrats
Health inflation is now in insurance rather than health care
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
Transitional job loss is an essential feature of single payer Medicare for All
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
Uwe Reinhardt’s final message to us
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
Wrong answer to surprise medical bills
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,
Victor Fuchs questions ethics of employer-sponsored plans
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
Adam Gaffney explains hospital financing under Medicare for All
Our goal shouldnāt be to lower hospitalsā prices, but to eliminate them entirely. Medicare for All is the way to achieve that.
By Adam Gaffney, M.D.,
RAND: Private insurers pay hospitals excessive prices (but they left out why)
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.
Uninsured have plateaued; underinsured are increasing
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
Preventing diabetic ketoacidosis through health financing system design
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