An increase in subsidies could drive millions to enroll in Obamacare marketplaces, experts say.
By Sarah Kliff
The New York Times, January 16, 2021
Tucked into President-elect Biden’s
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.
MLK Jr.: Do we have the will to end poverty?
If he saw the issues of poverty and income inequality that exist today, he would be greatly disappointed.
By Martin Luther King III
The New York Times,
Are There Trade-offs in Public Health Insurance Design?
By Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.
JAMA Health Forum, January 14, 2021
The importance of access to health care and the financial protections that insurance should provide have never
Structural Racism in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, January 12, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the deep fissures in our nation’s health care system, accentuating tragic disparities largely
Providing vaccine to detained immigrants
By Nishant Uppal, Parsa Erfani, and Raquel Sofia Sandoval
STAT, January 12, 2021
Targeted vaccination efforts are essential in prisons and jails, where 90 of the 100
Eric Foner on American exceptionalism
George Yancy interviews Eric Foner, history professor at Columbia
Truthout, January 12, 2021
What will history make of the horror and disbelief experienced by the world on
U.S. ranks near last in equity, affordability and access to primary care
By Michelle M. Doty, Roosa S. Tikkanen, Molly FitzGerald, Katharine Fields, and Reginald D. Williams
Health Affairs, December 9, 2020
Abstract
A high-performing health care system strives to
Misrepresenting race in medical schools
By Christina Amutah, B.A., Kaliya Greenidge, Adjoa Mante, A.B., Michelle Munyikwa, Ph.D., Sanjna L. Surya, B.A., Eve Higginbotham, M.D., David S. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., Risa
So, where does health care reform fit in all of this?
Senate control opens up new possibilities, but the party will still need to contend with arcane rules and the challenges of a narrow majority.
By Sarah
The pandemic did not stop some hospitals from suing patients for unpaid bills
By Brian M. Rosenthal
The New York Times, January 5, 2021
When the coronavirus began spreading through New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered state-run hospitals to
We can easily afford to include everyone in Medicare for All
By Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, and James G. Kahn
Health Affairs, January 2021
Abstract
The return of a Democratic administration to the White House, coupled
Health insurance brokers manipulate commissions and bonuses
By Katy Talento, Sc.M., and Ge Bai, Ph.D.
MedPage Today, January 2, 2021
Health insurance brokers market themselves to employers as a buyer's agent, promising to use