Politico, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, January 2019
POLQ1. The new Congress could take action on health care. Here is a list of some
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.
House Budget Committee requests CBO report on design considerations for single payer
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget
January 8, 2019
Dr. Keith Hall
Director
Congressional Budget Office
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Dr. Hall:
The Affordable Care Act substantially increased the number
Gov. Newsom calls on the federal government to empower California to enact a single payer system
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, January 7, 2019
In his first act as California’s 40th Governor, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of major, first-in-the-nation executive
Ocasio-Cortez explains how we pay for Medicare for All
By Mark Moore
New York Post, January 6, 2019
Rookie Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shot back at critics who say her progressive agenda is too radical and expensive,
Pelosi supports holding hearings on ‘Medicare for all’
By Peter Sullivan
The Hill, January 3, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports holding hearings on "Medicare for all," her spokesman said Thursday, marking a major step
Coverage Denied: Medicaid Patients Suffer As Layers Of Private Companies Profit
By Chad Terhune
Kaiser Health News, January 3, 2019
Marcela Villa isn’t a big name in health care — but she played a crucial role in the
Interview of Robert Pollin, lead author of PERI analysis of Medicare for All
By Doug Henwood
Jacobin, December 26, 2018
How much will universal health coverage cost? The Mercatus Institute, a Koch-funded free-market think tank at George Mason University, recently
Is ‘Medicare Advantage for All’ just around the corner?
By Robert Pear
The New York Times, December 29, 2018
More and more Democrats, fed up with private health insurance companies, are endorsing the goal of a
Social Insurance, Our Neglected Heritage
By Theodore R. Marmor
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, December 2018
Abstract
Social insurance, like commercial insurance, is about protection against financial risk. In the United
Ralph Nader explains why Canadian Medicare is better than Obamacare
By Ralph Nader
Common Dreams, December 26, 2018
Costly complexity is baked into Obamacare. No health insurance system is without problems but Canadian-style single-payer— full Medicare for
Do we waste resources on end-of-life care?
By Austin Frakt
The New York Times, December 24, 2018
One of the original justifications for Medicare — which kicks in at age 65 — is that
Economic vulnerability among US female health care workers
By Kathryn Elena Woolhandler Himmelstein, M.D., M.S.Ed. and Atheendar S. Venkataramani, M.D., Ph.D.
American Journal of Public Health, December 20, 2018 (published online ahead of print)
Abstract
Objectives: