Trump's new insurance rules are panned by nearly every healthcare group that submitted formal commentsBy Noam LeveyLos Angeles Times, May 30, 2018More than 95% of
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.
The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative at four years
The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: Effects On Spending, Quality, Patients, And PhysiciansBy Deborah Peikes, Stacy Dale, et al (Mathematica Policy Research and Center for Medicare
Malleability of single payer support
Californians & Their GovernmentBy Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa DykmanPublic Policy Institute of California, May 2018Health Care PolicyA single payer, improved Medicare for all program
Gaming of Part D generic drugs passes more costs on to seniors
Seniors Pay More For Generics in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Despite Stable PricesBy Clara SonAvalere, May 22, 2018New research from Avalere finds that seniors with
Cost of health care for a typical family of four now over $28,000
2018 Milliman Medical IndexBy Christopher S. Girod, Susan K. Hart, Scott A. WeltzMilliman Research Report, May 21, 2018In 2018, the cost of healthcare for a
California’s success still leaves over 1 million eligible uninsured
Older Californians Struggle to Afford Lowest-Cost Plans on Covered CaliforniaCalifornia Health Care Foundation, May 14, 2018California has done a phenomenal job in implementing the Affordable
Providers representing patients as proxy consumers – What?
Beyond Utilization: Reimagining Providers As Consumers To Promote Hospital Price CompetitionBy Dhruv Khullar, Amitabh Chandra, Rahul RajkumarHealth Affairs Blog, May 18, 2018Spending on hospital care
Richard Painter on single payer Medicare for all
'I've been a pain in the rear for the Republican Party': A conversation with Richard PainterBy David M. PerryPacific Standard, May 17, 2018ExcerptsRichard Painter's lesson
Healing an ailing pharmaceutical system: prescription for reform for U.S. and Canada
Our pharmaceutical systems are broken, and only fundamental reform can ensure universal access to safer, more innovative, and more affordable drugsBy Adam Gaffney, instructor in
Medicare’s own actuary confirms the deleterious consequences of short-term health plans
Trumpās Plan for Cheaper Health Insurance Could Have Hidden CostsBy Robert PearThe New York Times, May 15, 2018President Trumpās plan to expand access to skimpy
Urban Institute’s ‘Healthy America Program’
The Healthy America Program: Building on the Best of Medicare and the Affordable Care ActBy Linda J. Blumberg, John Holahan, Stephen ZuckermanUrban Institute, May 14,
Framing health financing as wealth transfer ignores the moral imperative of social insurance
Health policy reform or wealth transfer?By Gary GallesThe Orange County Register, May 9, 2018Although it is usually not wise to repeat the deceptive rhetoric of