By Kevin A. Schulman, M.D. and Arnold Milstein, M.D.
JAMA, April 4, 2019
Health care has already emerged as a major 2020 campaign topic for the Democrats,
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.
Ambulance diversion increases when patients are more likely indigent
By Charleen Hsuan, JD, PhD; Renee Y. Hsia, MD, MSc; Jill R. Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP; Ninez A. Ponce, MPP, PhD; Thomas Rice, PhD; Jack
CMS may be bypassing Congress to shift Medicaid to block grants
By Sam Baker
Axios, April 17, 2019
Red states are getting creative as they look for new ways to limit the growth of Medicaid. But in the
Workplace wellness program does not improve health and economic outcomes
By Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D. and Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.
JAMA, April 16, 2019
Key Points
Question: What is the effect of a multicomponent workplace wellness program on health
Employer coverage provides the least financial protection for lower-wage workers
By Drew Altman
Axios, April 15, 2019
There has been appropriate handwringing since 2010 about the affordability of Affordable Care Act plans in the marketplaces. But new
AMSA endorses the Medicare for All Acts of 2019
AMSA (American Medical Student Association), April 12, 2019
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) stands in strong support of Rep. Pramila Jayapalās Medicare for All Act
Medicare for All could have been on standby for the Paradise fire
By Paul O'Rourke-Babb
Enterprise-Record, April 7, 2019
New Medicare-for-All legislation (The Medicare for All Act of 2019, HR 1384) was just introduced in the U.S. House of
Can the 66 million people who leave their jobs keep their insurance?
Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 15, 2019
Separations
Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is referred to as turnover. Quits are
PNHP statement on Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All Act of 2019
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), April 10, 2019
Dear colleague,
Today is another important day in the movement towards improved Medicare for All. This morning,
Gerald Friedman explains the mixup in reasonable and unreasonable reform
I've spent decades studying US health care. Time to get real: Medicare for All is the only reasonable path to controlling costs and covering everyone.
By
CAP acknowledges administrative excesses, but…
By Emily Gee and Topher Spiro
Center for American Progress, April 8, 2019
Anyone interacting with the U.S. health care system is bound to encounter examples of
Do we base reform on ideology or on policies that get people the care they need?
By Joseph Antos and James C. Capretta
The New York Times, April 4, 2019
By backing a flimsy, state-initiated lawsuit to throw out the entirety of the