Statement of Mark E. Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce July 25, 2006
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.
Affordability concerns are moving up the income ladder
The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System August 2006 Public Views on Shaping the Future of the U.S. Health System
By Cathy Schoen,
U.S. capacity for mammograms adequate, but…
United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) July 2006 Mammography Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations
Closures of certified mammography
Aetna's "Vital Savings on Health"
Aetna to offer discount cards, starting in Denver, New Jersey The insurer's move is part of a trend in which big health plans are looking
PacAdvantage failure a bad omen for small business coverage
Insurance-pool plug pulled
By Gilbert Chan
The Sacramento Bee
August 12, 2006
Citing the pullout of three major health plans, California's pioneering small-business health insurance pool is shutting down.
The
Blue Cross comingles professional fees and business referralfees
Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction In CHA Lawsuit
Medical News Today
August 4, 2006
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Carl J. West has rejected a request from the
HSA/HDHPs may actually reduce price sensitivity
How Much More Cost Sharing Will Health Savings Accounts Bring?
By Dahlia K. Remler and Sherry A. Glied
Health Affairs
July/August 2006
Proponents of health savings accounts (HSAs) contend
SCHIP's success, and failure
Number of Uninsured Kids Declines as Enrollees in State Health Insurance Programs Increase
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Aug 9, 2006
Even though the total number of Americans without
Private insurance better than public for Colorado children?
PEDIATRICS
August 2006
ABSTRACT. Increased Rates of Morbidity, Mortality, and Charges for Hospitalized Children With Public or No Health Insurance as Compared With Children With Private
Callahan and Wasunna's Medicine and the Market
Equity v. Choice
By Daniel Callahan and Angela A. Wasunna
Medicine and the Market
(2006 - The Johns Hopkins University Press)
Some Soft Conclusions (on competition)
Do we engage in
Milton Friedman on U.S. medical care
"Free to Choose: A Conversation with Milton Friedman"
Hillsdale College
Imprimis
July 2006
Question: Is there an area here in the United States in which we have not
Reduction in disparities requires both insurance and a medical home
Health Care Disconnect: Gaps in Coverage and Care for Minority Adults
By Michelle M. Doty and Alyssa L. Holmgren
The Commonwealth Fund
August 2006
A single payer national health