Public Health Advocacy in the Tumultuous Times of the Trump AdministrationBy David N. Sundwall M.D.AJPH, April 2018 (published online March 7, 2018)ExcerptsPublic health funding in
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.
Transaction prices under hospital and health insurance market concentration
Hospital and Health Insurance Markets Concentration and Inpatient Hospital Transaction Prices in the U.S. Health Care MarketBy Seidu Dauda, Ph.D.HSR, April 2018 (first published May
CMS is giving unfair competitive advantage to private Medicare Advantage plans
Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even GroceriesBy Susan JaffeKaiser Health News, April 3, 2018Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy
Getting Martin Luther King’s words right
Getting King's Words RightBy Charlene Galarneau, PhD, MAR, Associate Professor, Wellesley CollegeJohns Hopkins University Press, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, February
Rampant health plan payment abuses
CMA survey finds rampant health plan payment abusesCalifornia Medical Association, April 2, 2018Despite a California law passed in 2000 to address widespread payment abuses by
Medicare Shared Savings Program has increased federal spending instead of producing savings
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Have Increased Federal Spending Contrary to Projections That They Would Produce Net SavingsBy Josh Seidman, John Feore, Neil RosackerAvalere, March 29,
Howard Waitzkin and his colleagues explain capitalism’s barriers to health care reform
Health Care Under the Knife: Moving Beyond Capitalism for Our HealthBy Howard Waitzkin and the Working Group on Health beyond CapitalismMonthly Review Press, March 2018ContentsIntroduction:
Shulkin: Privatizing the V.A. will hurt veterans
Embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin fired in latest White House shake-upBy David S. CloudLos Angeles Times, March 28, 2018President Trump on Wednesday fired David
California’s lesson on consolidation of health care markets, but can we learn?
Consolidation in California’s Health Care Market 2010-2016: Impact on Prices and ACA PremiumsBy Richard Scheffler, Ph.D., Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets
NORC poll shows affording health care remains a serious problem
Americans' Views of Healthcare Costs, Coverage, and PolicyWest Health Institute, NORC at the University of Chicago, March 2018Five Things You Should Know1) Three quarters of
Documentation of why ‘volume to value’ is failing us
Transformation of the Health Care Industry: Curb Your Enthusiasm?By Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. PaulyThe Milbank Quarterly, March 5, 2018Policy Points* Policymakers seek to
When competition isn’t working, FDA’s Gottlieb recommends more competition
Capturing the Benefits of Competition for PatientsSpeech by Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Commissioner of Food and DrugsAmerica’s Health Insurance Plans’ (AHIP) National Health Policy Conference, March