Tethered to the EHR: Primary Care Physician Workload Assessment Using EHR Event Log Data and Time-Motion ObservationsBy Brian G. Arndt, M.D., John W. Beasley, M.D.,
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.
Canada’s Danielle Martin explains in a few words the rationale of single payer
Senator Sanders News Conference on Medicare for AllC-SPAN, September 13, 2017(Following is a transcript of Dr. Danielle Martin’s comments, but I would highly recommend viewing
PNHP welcomes Sen. Sanders’ Medicare-for-all bill
Single-payer legislation a major step forward to solving national health crisisPhysicians for a National Health Program, September 13, 2017Replacing America’s fractured, for-profit health system with
Pharmaceutical firms are using inflated development costs to gouge us
Research and Development Spending to Bring a Single Cancer Drug to Market and Revenues After ApprovalBy Vinay Prasad, MD; Sham Mailankody, MBBSJAMA Internal Medicine, September
Elizabeth Warren: Success is coming from grassroots efforts
Warren dismisses Dem divisions as lawmakers rally around single-payerBy John BowdenThe Hill, September 9, 2017Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) dismissed conflict inside the Democratic Party
New arrival in the single payer camp: Max Baucus!
This article includes videoBaucus backs single-payer health systemBy Gail SchontzlerBozeman Daily Chronicle, September 8, 2017It’s time for America to consider seriously a single-payer, government-run health system, says Max
Breakthrough editorial in The San Diego Union-Tribune
Medicare for all? Let's copy what works with health care in other nations insteadBy The Editorial BoardThe San Diego Union-Tribune, September 5, 2017It’s now clear
Which emergency department visits are avoidable?
Avoidable emergency department visits: a starting pointBy Renee Y. Hsia and Matthew NiedzwieckiInternational Journal for Quality in Health Care, August 31, 2017Abstract:ObjectiveTo better characterize and
Anthem drops ACA coverage in only 17 Missouri counties
Anthem cuts back Obamacare coverage in Missouri to 68 countiesBy Michael ErmanReuters, September 1, 2017U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc said on Friday that it will
Oregon expels half of Medicaid patients from their program
Oregon removes nearly 55,000 people from Medicaid after they failed eligibility checksBy Hillary BorrudThe Oregonian, September 1, 2017Oregon has kicked nearly 55,000 people off its
Iowa would slash retroactive Medicaid benefits
Proposed Iowa Medicaid change would eliminate months of retroactive benefitsBy Clark KauffmanThe Des Moines Register, August 30, 2017Currently, Medicaid has a retroactive-eligibility provision that provides
Our next health care debate
By Andy SlavittJAMA Forum, August 30, 2017This current debate isn’t over as long as the administration clings to talk of repealing the ACA. Still, the