Letter: The 3 Giants’ Health PlanBy Elizabeth R. Rosenthal, M.D.The New York Times, January 31, 2018To the Editor:Re: “3 Giants Form Health Alliance, Rocking Insurers”
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.
P4P should incite the policy community
Pay for performance: a dangerous health policy fad that won’t dieBy Kip Sullivan and Stephen SoumeraiSTAT, January 30, 2018Pay for performance, the catchall term for
What will Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase do for health care?
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare; Goal is to improve U.S. employee satisfaction while reducing overall costsBusiness
Medicare’s out-of-pocket costs eroding Social Security payments
Medicare Beneficiaries’ Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending as a Share of Income Now and Projections for the FutureBy Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman and Karen E. SmithKaiser
Cacophony on drug pricing
Among those who want to lower drug prices, there’s cacophony, not consensusBy Erin MershonSTAT, January 26, 2018Of all his campaign promises, President Trump’s vow to
Medicaid ensures earlier access and more timely management for urgent surgical conditions
Association of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion With Access to and Quality of Care for Surgical ConditionsBy Andrew P. Loehrer, M.D., M.P.H.; David C.
Employer-sponsored plans have not controlled price inflation
2016 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportHealth Care Cost Institute, January 2018The Health Care Cost Institute’s (HCCI) 2016 annual report on U.S. health care cost
Lower out-of-pocket spending after ACA, but much more needed
Out-of-pocket Spending and Premium Contributions After Implementation of the Affordable Care ActBy Anna L. Goldman, MD, MPA; Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH; David U. Himmelstein, MD;
Is Seema Verma violating her ethics pledge?
Excerpts of letter to the Honorable Robert Charrow, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesFrom: Senator Ron Wyden, Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee
Massachusetts lesson on instability of coverage
Major Mass. Insurers Dropped From State Employee Health SystemBy Martha BebingerWBUR, January 18, 2018A decision about health coverage for state employees and retirees is shaking
Household medical expenditures worsen income inequality
The Effects of Household Medical Expenditures on Income Inequality in the United StatesBy Andrea S. Christopher, MD, MPH, David U. Himmelstein, MD, Steffie Woolhandler, MD,
Is Maryland’s all-payer/global budget program an incremental step toward single payer?
Changes in Health Care Use Associated With the Introduction of Hospital Global Budgets in MarylandBy Eric T. Roberts, PhD; J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD; Laura