Health systems for prosperity and solidarity: Tallinn 2018The Lancet, Editorial, June 23, 2018Ten years ago the Tallinn Charter established principles for building sustainable people-centered European
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.
Health care spending in late life is usually appropriate
Predictive modeling of U.S. health care spending in late lifeBy Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Sendhil Mullainathan, Ziad ObermeyerScience, June 29, 2018AbstractWhen our very high national
Indiana’s impending health care crisis calls for action throughout the entire U.S.
Rob Stone, M.D. of Bloomington, Indiana has provided us with the following background information on the effort by twenty state attorneys general to invalidate the
Iowa shows the nation how not to finance health care
The Road Not Traveled: How Policy, Business Decisions in Iowa Led to Higher PremiumsBy Sabrina Corlette and Kevin LuciaThe Commonwealth Fund, June 28, 2018We know
The role of health policy in presidential elections
Getting Ready for Health Reform 2020: What Past Presidential Campaigns Can Teach UsBy Jeanne M. LambrewThe Commonwealth Fund, June 26, 2018AbstractIssue: The candidates for the
John Arensmeyer on association health plans
Association Health Plans Will Destabilize Small Group MarketBy John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority Founder & CEOSmall Business Majority, June 19, 2018John Arensmeyer is one of
The fraud behind the expanded Medicare benefits for people with multiple chronic illnesses
Medicare Allows More Benefits for Chronically Ill, Aiming to Improve Care for MillionsBy Robert PearThe New York Times, June 24, 2018Congress and the Trump administration
Don’t wait for Atul Gawande
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase appoint Dr. Atul Gawande as Chief Executive Officer of their newly-formed company to address U.S. employee healthcareBusiness Wire, June
Work requirements and health savings accounts in Medicaid
New Approaches In Medicaid: Work Requirements, Health Savings Accounts, And Health Care AccessBy Benjamin D. Sommers, Carrie E. Fry, Robert J. Blendon, and Arnold M.
Insurance costs and benefits are top concerns of Americans
Soaring costs, loss of benefits top Americans' healthcare worries: Reuters/Ipsos pollBy Maria CaspaniReuters, June 15, 2018For over a year now, Americans have listed healthcare as
Patients not above gaming private insurers
NBER Working Paper 24668; Take-Up, Drop-Out, and Spending in ACA MarketplacesBy Rebecca Diamond, Michael J. Dickstein, Timothy McQuade, and Petra PerssonNational Bureau of Economic Research,
Paying for low-value care
2018 Report to the CongressMedPAC - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, June 2018When concerns are expressed about the high costs of health care, frequently the excess