Effects of Health Care Payment Models on Physician Practice in the United StatesBy Mark W. Friedberg, et al.RAND, October 24, 2018The search for value-based payment
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.
California Nurses Association calls for national Medicare for all
California nurses move their ‘Medicare-for-all’ fight to the national stageBy Angela HartThe Sacramento Bee, October 26, 2018The union representing 100,000 nurses across California has shifted
Enhancing the benefits of traditional Medicare
Medicare Benefit Redesign: Enhancing Affordability for Beneficiaries While Promoting Choice and CompetitionBy Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Christine Buttorff, and Amber WillinkThe Commonwealth Fund, October 24,
Council of Economic Advisers brings out the socialist scarecrow
What Could Kill Booming U.S. Economy? ‘Socialists,’ White House WarnsBy Binyamin Appelbaum and Jim TankersleyThe New York Times, October 23, 2018Karl Marx. Vladimir Lenin. Mao
Half of registered Republicans now support providing Medicare to every American
Majority of Republicans supports 'Medicare for all,' poll findsBy Julia ManchesterThe Hill, October 22, 2018More than half of Republicans in a new American Barometer poll
Transforming Section 1332 waivers into ‘State Relief and Empowerment Waivers’
Trump Administration announces State Relief and Empowerment Waivers to give states the flexibility to lower premiums and increase choices for their health insurance marketsThe Centers
What does ‘Medicare for All’ mean?
Does Anyone Really Know What ‘Medicare for All’ Means?By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Shefali LuthraThe New York Times, October 19, 2018After decades in the political wilderness,
Medicare Advantage plans profit by wholesale denial of legitimate claims
Medicare Advantage Appeal Outcomes and Audit Findings Raise Concerns About Service and Payment DenialsU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, September
When you’re really sick, you may find your insurance is not so great after all
1,495 Americans Describe the Financial Reality of Being Really Sick: ‘Do you pay the hospital bill or do you pay the utility bill?’ Don’t count
Guess who is the new director of Medicaid and CHIP
Controversial former aide to Maine’s LePage to run MedicaidBy Dan Diamond and Brianna EhleyPOLITICO, October 15, 2018The Trump administration has tapped Mary Mayhew — the
Frakt on Medicare for All as the answer to sky-high administrative costs
Is Medicare for All the Answer to Sky-High Administrative Costs?By Austin FraktThe New York Times, October 15, 2018Calls for a Medicare for All system are
Medicare-for-All versus public plan buy-in proposals
Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key IssuesBy Tricia Neuman, Karen Pollitz, and Jennifer TolbertKFF, October 2018The enthusiasm for Medicare for All continues