What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About ItBy Benjamin I. Page and Martin GilensThe University of Chicago Press, November 2017From the IntroductionIt
For more than 20 years, PNHPās 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. McCanneās listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Obamacare sells well in Trump states
More than 4 in 5 enrolled in Obamacare are in Trump statesCBS News, December 26, 2017An Associated Press analysis of new figures from the government
US citizens worry most about health care
By Emily Swanson and Ricardo Alsonso-Zaldivar, Associated PressThe Christian Science Monitor, December 21, 2017As President Trump completes his first year in office, Americans are increasingly
Medicare Advantage plans using benchmarks and rebates to further game the system
Do Medicare Advantage Plans Minimize Costs? Investigating the Relationship Between Benchmarks, Costs, and RebatesBy Stephen Zuckerman, Laura Skopec, Stuart GutermanThe Commonwealth Fund, December 21, 2017AbstractThis
Baicker and Chandra on evidence-based health policy
Evidence-Based Health PolicyBy Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., and Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, December 21, 2017What role should evidence-based health policy play in
When you really need health care, how is our system working?
Is Healthcare a Right or an Entitlement?By Michelle Chaffee, Founder & CEO, alskaLinkedIn Pulse, December 12, 2017When President Obama rejected the single payer model of
U.S. and European lessons on health care reform
Rethinking Health Care Delivery: What European And United States Health Care Systems Can Learn From One AnotherBy Katharina Janus and Etienne MinvielleHealth Affairs Blog, December
My message to Darrell Issa
December 18, 2017H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, not only increases inequality, it further expands the deficit in the face of an austere
Drug pricing a symptom of our sick health care financing system
Prescription Drugs May Cost More With Insurance Than Without ItBy Charles Ornstein and Katie ThomasThe New York Times, December 9, 2017You know that there is
Trade-off of Medicaid vs. exchange plans for low-income adults
Medicaid Expansion And Marketplace Eligibility Both Increased Coverage, With Trade-Offs In Access, AffordabilityBy Thomas M. Selden, Brandy J. Lipton, and Sandra L. DeckerHealth Affairs, December
It’s not just health care
1 in 4 at Risk for Hunger in Silicon ValleyBy Ellen CoppinsSecond Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, December 12, 2017Although
About that actuarial value
Marketplace Plans Provide Risk Protection, But Actuarial Values Overstate Realized Coverage For Most EnrolleesBy Maria Polyakova, Lynn Mei Hua, and M. Kate BoundaryHealth Affairs, December