U.S. Uninsured Rate Steady at 12.2% in Fourth Quarter of 2017By Zac AuterGallup, January 16, 2018According to this Gallup/Sharecare survey, in the past year the
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.
Claudia Fegan’s message in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.
Beyond the flawed Obama health care reform. ‘The time is always right to do what’s right’: Dr. KingBy Claudia Fegan, M.D.January 15, 2011It is indeed
Health care is now the largest employment sector
Health Care Just Became the U.S.'s Largest EmployerBy Derek ThompsonThe Atlantic, January 9, 2018In the last quarter, for the first time in history, health care
Using Medicaid Section 1115 waivers to take away health care
State 1115 Proposals to Reduce Medicaid Eligibility: Assessing Their Scope and Projected ImpactBy Sara Rosenbaum, Vikki Wachino, Rachel Gunsalus, Maria Velasquez and Shyloe JonesThe Commonwealth
Mandating employment for Medicaid eligibility
Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid and WorkBy Rachel Garfield, Robin Rudowitz, and Anthony Damico Kaiser Family Foundation, January 5, 2018With encouragement oƒ CMS Administrator Seema
Update on California single payer bill
Assembly Speaker Says Single-Payer Remains ShelvedBy Ben BradfordCapital Public Radio, January 8, 2018“Absolutely nothing has happened with the bill,” Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, a Los
Political support for single payer still falls short of the threshold needed
On health care, Democrats are shifting to offenseBy Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarAssociated Press, January 8, 2018Democrats are shifting to offense on health care, emboldened by successes in
David Blumenthal on life expectancy and the American health care system
Drop in U.S. life expectancy is an ‘indictment of the American health care system’By David BlumenthalSTAT, January 4, 2018The economy may be growing and the
NHS strains under flu epidemic
PM sorry for NHS chaos as thousands queue in ambulancesBy Chris SmythThe Times, January 4, 2018Theresa May has apologised to patients hit by winter chaos
Another gimmick to overpay private Medicare Advantage plans
2019 Medicare Advantage Part I Advance Notice – Risk AdjustmentCMS.gov, December 27, 2017Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Part I of
It’s the prices, but why are they high?
Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health CareBy Austin Frakt and Aaron E. CarrollThe New York Times, January 2, 2018The
The most important qotd message this year
Whither 2018...and beyond?By Don McCanne, M.D.When Ronald Reagan became president the Dow Jones Industrial average was about 800. Now the Reagan era has brought it