California Legislative InformationAssembly Bill No. 1810Approved by Governor June 27, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State June 27, 2018.PART 4. Council on Health Care Delivery
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.
People worry most about unexpected medical bills
Surprise medical bills could be a powerful campaign issueBy Drew AltmanAxios, September 24, 2018As the chart shows, unexpected medical bills are the number one health
For profit hospitals have higher readmission rates
Proprietary management and higher readmission rates: A correlationBy Manish Mittal, Chih-Hsiung E. Wang, Abigail H. Goben, Andrew D. BoydPLOS ONE, Abstract, September 18, 2018IntroductionIs the
Opening the Pandora’s Box of commercial insurance data
Health Care Spending Under Employer-Sponsored Insurance: A 10-Year RetrospectiveBy Amanda Frost, Eric Barrette, Kevin Kennedy, and Niall BrennanHealth Affairs, September 19, 2018AbstractPreviously much of our
What do Americans want done about our high prescription drug prices?
High Prices, Broken PromisesNORC at the University of Chicago, September 13, 2018Three-quarters of Americans consider the cost of prescription drugs in the United States to
Value-based care would improve under single payer
Payers and Providers Remain Far ApartBy Leemore Dafny, Ph.D. and Namita Seth Mohta, M.D.NEJM Catalyst, March 2018Health care stakeholders are not aligned in important goals
I just want my blood pressure pills, dammit! (and why it should matter to others)
By Don McCanne, M.D.September 17, 2018In the big picture of health care in America, the following anecdote is quite trivial, but, as I'll explain, the
The support for Medicare for all is solid
The Nationās Pulse: Year FourTexas Medical Center Health Policy InstituteSurvey completed June-July 2018 (4,020 national participants)Support for Medicare for All U.S. AdultsQ: Are you in
The coverage of the uninsured has plateaued
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2017By Edward R. Berchick, Emily Hood, and Jessica C. BarnettUnited States Census Bureau, Current Population Survey Annual Social
Without pharmaceutical price regulation, gouging is to be expected
Pharma chief defends 400% drug price rise as a āmoral requirementāBy David CrowFinancial Times, September 11, 2018A pharma executive has defended his decision to raise
Inequities of social spending
The Government-Citizen DisconnectBy Suzanne MettlerRussell Sage FoundationFrom Chapter 1 - A Time of ContradictionBecause much of our social spending is not transparent, most people do
Ask Medicaid-eligible individuals what a work requirement would do
Medicaid Recipientsā Early Experience With the Arkansas Medicaid Work RequirementBy Jessica GreeneHealth Affairs Blog, September 5, 2018In June, Arkansas became the first state to implement