By Natalie ShureJacobin, December 8, 2017Feminists, male and female, should be leading the way on single payer reform.
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.
Urgent call for action on Paul Ryan’s attack on Medicare
Ryan eyes push for 'entitlement reform' in 2018By Nathaniel WeixelThe Hill, December 6, 2017House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said House Republicans will aim
National Health Expenditures for 2016
National Health Care Spending In 2016: Spending And Enrollment Growth Slow After Initial Coverage ExpansionsBy Micah Hartman, Anne B. Martin, Nathan Espinosa, Aaron Catlin, and
Key Questions When Considering a State-Based, Single-Payer System
Introductory letter: Asking the important questionsBy Sandra Hernandez, M.D., President and CEOCalifornia Health Care Foundation, November 2017Californiaās health care system has made great strides under
Gallup: ‘Support for Government-Run Health System Edges Up’
By Frank NewportGallup News, December 1, 2017Americans' preferences for a government-run healthcare system versus a system based on private insurance are now divided. This marks
CVS purchase of Aetna may be even more ominous than it seems
CVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health IndustryBy Michael J. de la Merced and Reed AbelsonThe New
Sen. Rubio explicitly confirms strategy to cut Medicare and Social Security
Playbook Interview: Sen. Marco RubioPolitico, November 29, 2017Jake Sherman: Let's circle back to taxes for a second 'cause that's what you guys in the Senate
Value-Based Payment Modifier worsens health care disparities
The Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for DisparitiesBy Eric T. Roberts, PhD; Alan M. Zaslavsky, PhD; J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhDAnnals of Internal
Finkelstein and Einav on moral hazard
NBER Working Paper No. 24055; Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: What We Know and How We Know ItBy Liran Einav and Amy FinkelsteinNational Bureau of
What would Uwe Reinhardt say about Walmart’s company-sponsored health coverage?
As Walmart Buys Online Retailers, Their Health Benefits SufferBy Noam Scheiber and Michael CorkeryThe New York Times, November 27, 2017The steady growth of e-commerce has
An economist supports pragmatic reform
Replace Obamacare with single payer health systemBy William W. DornburghTimes Union, November 26, 2017I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican, neither a conservative nor
A ‘Grand Bargain’ in health reform that we should support
The smart path to single-payer: Combine universal access to health care with an overhaul of punishing bureaucratic rulesBy Dr. Matthew HahnNew York Daily News, October