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, 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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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AMSA (American Medical Student Association), April 12, 2019
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) stands in strong support of Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Medicare for All Act
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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