Jimmy Carter Believes U.S. Will Eventually Go to Single-Payer Health SystemBy Louise RadnofskyThe Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2017Former President Jimmy Carter said he believed
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.
Should PNHP postpone single payer and advocate for incremental reform?
Single payer can't happen in California. At least, not right awayBy Steve TarzynskiLos Angeles Times, July 25, 2017Given the dismal state of healthcare reform in
What does the health policy literature tell us about consumer shopping?
From The Archives: Prices And Consumer ShoppingBy Rachel DolanHealth Affairs Blog, July 19, 2017The politicians would have us believe that the health care battle is
Americans say that health care coverage is the responsibility of the federal government
Views on Replacing the ACAThe Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, July 13-17, 2017Q44. Is it the responsibility of the federal government to make
Carol Paris: We have to take the lead, and they will follow
We Must Make It Toxic for Politicians to Not Get on Board with Single PayerDemocracy Now!, July 19, 2017AMY GOODMAN: Proponents of a single-payer healthcare
Single payer in Harvard Business Review
Is the U.S. Ready for a Single-Payer Health Care System?By Sandro GaleaHarvard Business Review, July 18, 2017This article is of significance not only because it
Where now on health care reform?
By Sen. Mitch McConnellPress Release, July 17, 2017U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following statement regarding a vote to repeal Obamacare: “Regretfully,
Importance of Medicaid in public health emergencies
U.S. Senate, July 2017H.R. 1628AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTEThis Act may be cited as the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.”SEC. 1903A. PER
Importance of Medicaid in public health emergencies
U.S. Senate, July 2017H.R. 1628AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTEThis Act may be cited as the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.”SEC. 1903A. PER
The who and how of improving the U.S. health care system
From Last to First — Could the U.S. Health Care System Become the Best in the World?By Eric C. Schneider, M.D., and David Squires, M.A.The
Medicare ACOs Won’t Tell How They Pay Doctors
AJPH Study: Organizations contracting to care for millions of Medicare enrollees won't disclose whether they penalize doctors for ordering tests, referrals or other expensive carePublic
Benefiting pharmaceutical rent seekers
The Private Equity Firm That Quietly Profits on Top-Selling DrugsBy Randall SmithThe New York Times, July 8, 2017Cashing in on rising drug prices often unleashes