Trump promised them better, cheaper health care. It’s not happening.By Adam CancrynPOLITICO, July 19, 2018President Donald Trump handed an influential business advocacy group what should
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.
Private insurers are not controlling spending growth
Growth In Spending On Privately Insured Drives Much Of U.S. Health Spending Growth In 2017 And Early 2018By Corwin N. RhyanAltarum, July 19, 2018A new
Health insurers are after your personal data
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your RatesBy Marshall AllenProPublica, July 17, 2018Excerpts:To an outsider, the fancy booths
NYT: Austin Frakt accurately describes administrative waste in health care
Hidden From View: The Astonishingly High Administrative Costs of U.S. Health CareBy Austin FraktThe New York Times, July 16, 2018It takes only a glance at
The health coach is ready to see you
Transforming Health Care from the Ground UpBy Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi RamamurtiHarvard Business Review, July-August 2018The U.S. health care system desperately needs reform to rein
Higher premiums, higher deductibles, and narrower networks in exchange markets
The High Cost of Healthcare: Patients See Greater Cost-Shifting and Reduced Coverage in Exchange Markets 2014-2018Physicians for Fair Coverage, Research by Avalere, July 2018Executive SummaryA
‘Medicare Advantage Premium Support For All’ – a terrible proposal
Creating Medicare Advantage Premium Support For All, Part 4: FinancingBy Billy WynneHealth Affairs Blog, July 9, 2018In this post, I will illustrate how current spending
Corporate medicine is about money – duh!
Is private equity helping or hurting healthcare?By Harry GambleModern Healthcare, July 10, 2018Some view third-party investment in physician practices as a vital trend that offers
Interruptions in private health insurance are routine, but hazardous
Interruptions In Private Health Insurance And Outcomes In Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Longitudinal StudyBy Mary A. M. Rogers, Joyce M. Lee, Renuka Tipirneni,
U.S. opposes WHO breast feeding resolution
U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health OfficialsBy Andrew JacobsThe New York Times, July 8, 2018A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be
The conservative case for universal health care
Why in five years, the American right will embrace socialized medicine.By Chase MadarThe American Conservative, July 25, 2017Don’t tell anyone, but American conservatives will soon
Krugman redefines ‘Medicare for all,’ but gets it wrong
Radical Democrats Are Pretty ReasonableBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Times, July 3, 2018"Medicare for all...would mean allowing individuals and employers to buy into Medicare –
