The medical bill score: How the public judges health careBy Drew AltmanAxios, October 3, 2017We track a lot of numbers in health care: how much
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.
Multispecialty consolidation drives prices up
NBER Working Paper 23871: Does Multispecialty Practice Enhance Physician Market Power?By Laurence C. Baker, M. Kate Bundorf, and Daniel P. KesslerNational Bureau of Economic Research,
The policy community’s approach to narrow networks
A better approach to regulating provider network adequacyBy Mark Hall and Paul B. GinsburgUSC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, September 14, 2017Health care reforms, including
Atul Gawande: Is health care a right?
Is Health Care a Right?By Atul GawandeThe New Yorker, October 2, 2017Is health care a right? The United States remains the only developed country in
CaPA’s Tarzynski sets record straight on single payer
Americans have been fighting over government's role in medical care for decades. That fight will continue.By Steve TarzynskiLos Angeles Times, September 27, 2017Because of an
How Anthem and Medicare control MRI prices
Need An MRI? Anthem Directs Most Outpatients To Independent CentersBy Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News, September 26, 2017Tightening the screws on pricey imaging exams, health insurer
USA TODAY: Obamacare or single payer?
Focus on Obamacare, not single-payer pipe dreamsBy The Editorial BoardUSA TODAY, September 25, 2017Our view: Bernie Sanders' Medicare for all is an unwieldy manifestoProviding a
Readmissions down; deaths up
While U.S. heart failure readmissions fall, deaths riseBy Mitchel L. ZolerInternal Medicine News, September 20, 2017U.S. hospitals have recently shown a consistent and disturbing disconnect
Single payer ‘concern trolls’
There are 3 types of single-payer 'concern trolls' — and they all want to undermine universal healthcareBy Adam H. JohnsonLos Angeles Times, September 21, 2017With
Shumlin explains what happened in Vermont
Shumlin reflects on single payer failureBy Neal P. GoswamiVermont Press Bureau, September 19, 2017Former Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said money, wary lawmakers and timing were
E.J. Dionne’s inadvertent lesson for us
The priority is still to save ObamacareBy E.J. Dionne, Jr.SouthCoastToday, September 16, 2017Before supporters of universal health coverage get all wrapped up debating a single-payer
Carroll, Frakt, Garthwaite, Reinhardt, and Jha help us choose the best health care system
The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick?By Aaron E. Carroll and Austin FraktThe New York Times, September 18, 2017To