GOP’s proposed Medicare voucher program would lead to demise of the systemBy Max RichtmanThe Hill, March 5, 2018A request for public comment from the Centers
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.
CMS fails to verify benefits of waivered Medicaid demonstration projects
As Trump Pushes Medicaid Testing, the Grading Falls ShortBy Robert PearThe New York Times, March 4, 2018The Trump administration is hoping to transform Medicaid by
Americans already believe that everyone should have the right to affordable health care
Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent YearBy Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, Michelle M. Doty, Herman K. BhupalThe Commonwealth
The Kerner Commission 50 years later
The Unmet Promise of EqualityBy Fred Harris and Alan CurtisThe New York Times, February 28, 2018“Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one
Expect more fragmentation of our dysfunctional health care system
A Big Divergence Is Coming in Health Care Among StatesBy Margot Sanger-KatzThe New York Times, February 28, 2018Little by little, the Trump administration is dismantling
ACA exchange plans are under attack
The Potential Impact of Short-Term Limited- Duration Policies on Insurance Coverage, Premiums, and Federal SpendingBy Linda J. Blumberg, Matthew Buettgens, and Robin WangUrban Institute, February
Important lessons from Canada
Canada's universal health-care system: achieving its potentialBy Danielle Martin, M.D., Ashley P. Miller, M.D., Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Ph.D., Nadine R. Caron, M.D., Bilkis Vissandjée, Ph.D., Gregory
QOTD Extra: Frank Ticheli’s “An American Elegy”
This article includes videoAn American ElegyBy Frank TicheliGusman Concert Hall, University of Miami, Coral Gables, March 12, 2013Performed by the Greater Miami Symphonic BandConducted by Gary GreenOff-stage trumpet
Exposing the value-based payment meme
How Value-Based Medicare Payments Exacerbate Health Care DisparitiesBy Rita Rubin, M.A.JAMA, February 21, 2018Paying physicians on the basis of the quality of their care, not
CAP’s ‘Medicare Extra for All’ – What it really is
Beyond ‘Obamacare’: New liberal plan on health care overhaulBy Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarAssociated Press, February 22, 2018A major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the
Billing and insurance-related waste in an academic medical center
Administrative Costs Associated With Physician Billing and Insurance-Related Activities at an Academic Health Care SystemBy Phillip Tseng, MEd; Robert S. Kaplan, PhD; Barak D. Richman,
New federal rule expanding short-term, limited-duration pauper plans
Trump Administration works to give relief to Americans facing high premiums, fewer choicesU.S. Department of Health & Human Services, February 20, 2018The Trump administration has