By Tessa Stuart and Jann S. Wenner
Rolling Stone, February 27, 2019
Rolling Stone: There’s a lot of debate on the question of single-payer, Medicare for All
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.
The special interests behind the Medicare for All bill
By Ryan Grim
The Intercept, February 27, 2019
The Medicare for All legislation unveiled Wednesday by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, was written with
PNHP endorses the Medicare for All Act of 2019
Physicians for a National Health Program, February 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), a nonprofit research and education organization whose
Livestream launch of single payer bill Wed., Feb. 27, 11:15 a.m. EST, 8:15 PST
PNHP, Feb. 26, 2019
Dear colleague,
After months of dialogue with single-payer advocates, Rep. Pramila Jayapal will file the Medicare for All Act of 2019 in the
Did the Affordable Care Act reduce amenable mortality?
By Bernard Black, Alex Hollingsworth, Leticia Nunes, and Kosali Simon
National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2019
Abstract
A large literature examines the effect of health insurance on
Kansas demonstrates why we need a national health program
By Andy Marso
The Kansas City Star, February 21, 2019
Kansas Republicans and trade associations, empowered by changes President Donald Trump’s administration made to the Affordable Care
National Health Expenditure Projections
By Andrea M. Sisko, Sean P. Keehan, John A. Poisal, et al, Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Health Affairs, Published Ahead
Michael Chernew explains the health care world without single payer
By Harvard Health Care Policy Professor Michael Chernew
NEJM Catalyst
The basic goal: Build payment models like population-based payment, where the delivery system assumes accountability for the
Adam Gaffney explains why we don’t need private health insurance
New single-payer plans don’t need to worry about carving out roles for health-care profiteers.
By Adam Gaffney
The Nation, February 18, 2019
Does achieving “Medicare for All” mean
New York Times explains single payer Medicare for All, but lacks boldness
A battle is looming over universal health care. Politicians and voters will have to decide whether the trade-offs are worth it.
By The Editorial Board
The New
JAMA Editor: Rationing of Health Care in the United States
By Howard Bauchner, M.D., Editor in Chief, JAMA
JAMA, Editorial, February 13, 2019
The modern era of medicine began in the 1960s. Health care coverage expanded with
Single payer supporters, make way for the Medicare public option
By Yusra Murad
Morning Consult, February 13, 2019
While top Democrats prepare to release health reform bills offering different iterations of single-payer systems and public insurance options