Single-Payer System Is the Solution for Mental Health Care, Panelists SayBy Kelly DavioAJMC, May 7, 2018In a discussion during the American Psychiatric Association 2018 Annual
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.
A more accessible video on the BUSPH symposium on Trump and public health
Yesterday's message was on the symposium presented at the Boston University School of Public Health on "The Trump Administration and the Health of the Public."A
Symposium on public policy and health in the Trump era
Dean's Symposium: The Trump Administration and the Health of the PublicCosponsored with The Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump EraBoston University
Michael Marmot: Childhood poverty and health inequity
Achieving health equity in the AmericasBy Michael MarmotHarvard Chan School of Public Health, May 3, 2018But poverty – what are health people doing talking about
Merging insurers with the health care delivery system
Partners HealthCare, Harvard Pilgrim discussing possible mergerBy Priyanka Dayal McCluskeyThe Boston Globe, May 4, 2018Hospital giant Partners HealthCare, looking to fortify its position in the
Beware the disruptors and their wellness-industrial complex!
The New Health Economy in the age of disruption: Novel combinations attempt to remake the health systemPwC Health Research Institute, April 2018Arnold Relman warned us
ACOs are likely to leave the Medicare Shared Savings Program
National Association of ACOs, Press Release, May 2, 2018Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are the mainstay of CMS's strategy to move health care financing away from
Making Medicare prices universal as an isolated policy for reform
The Case for Single-Price Health CareBy Paul S. Hewitt and Phillip LongmanWashington Monthly, April/May/June 2018ExcerptsThere is broad agreement that the two most important factors that
Four million working-age people have lost insurance coverage since 2016
First Look at Health Insurance Coverage in 2018 Finds ACA Gains Beginning to ReverseBy Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, Michelle M. Doty and Herman
We all need health care for royalty, though not necessarily with the posh suite
The Royal Baby Is Lucky He Wasn’t Born in AmericaBy Laurie GarrettFP, April 24, 2018On April 23, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to her
Angus Deaton: Self-assessment of well-being and policy ethics
NBER Working Paper No. 24369; What do Self-Reports of Wellbeing Say about Life-Cycle Theory and Policy?By Angus DeatonNational Bureau of Economic Research, March 2018AbstractAlthough this
The deficiencies of Trump’s short-term health insurance plans
Understanding Short-Term Limited Duration Health InsuranceBy Karen Pollitz, Michelle Long, Ashley Semanskee, and Rabah KamalKaiser Family Foundation, April 23, 2018Although there is a general recognition