Medicare Advantage; CMS Should Use Data on Disenrollment and Beneficiary Health Status to Strengthen OversightUnited States Government Accountability Office (GAO), April 2017This GAO analysis shows
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.
Patients in poor health leave Medicare Advantage plans
Medicare Advantage; CMS Should Use Data on Disenrollment and Beneficiary Health Status to Strengthen OversightUnited States Government Accountability Office (GAO), April 2017This GAO analysis shows
Private Medicare Advantage plans associated with greater racial disparity
Medicare Advantage Associated With More Racial Disparity Than Traditional Medicare For Hospital ReadmissionsBy Yue Li, Xi Cen, Xueya Cai, Caroline P. Thirukumaran, Jie Zhou and
Michael Lighty explains the waiver process proposed for a California single payer system
Policy Rant: CA SB 562 and Federal WaiversBy Michael LightyMedium, July 6, 2017What legislative process on the state level is there that would allow a
Single payer support growing but malleable
Data Note: Modestly Strong but Malleable Support for Single-Payer Health CareBy Liz Hamel, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann BrodieKaiser Family Foundation, July 5, 2017This highly credible
CMS halts release of Medicare Advantage data
Medicare Halts Release of Much-Anticipated DataBy Charles OrnsteinProPublica, June 29, 2017In the past few years, many seniors and disabled people have eschewed traditional Medicare coverage
AHCA or BCRA: “Murder for hire”
A Health Care War On The PoorBy Kathleen Sebelius and Ron PollackHealth Affairs Blog, June 27, 2017Many criticisms have been leveled against the House-passed American
Polling: How you discuss single payer matters
The Economist/YouGov PollApril 2-4, 201781. Do you favor or oppose expanding Medicare to provide health insurance to every American?60% - Favor strongly or favor somewhat23%
Do members of Congress deserve government subsidized health insurance?
Tie Congress’s Paychecks to Our Good HealthBy Nicholas KristofThe New York Times, June 29, 2017Members of Congress are paid $174,000 a year, while members of
The real debate: Single payer vs. ACA/AHCA/BCRA
The Senate’s Secretly Bipartisan Health BillBy Avik RoyThe New York Times, June 26, 2017In 2010, when Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans complained that
The real debate: Single payer vs. ACA/AHCA/BCRA
The Senate’s Secretly Bipartisan Health BillBy Avik RoyThe New York Times, June 26, 2017In 2010, when Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans complained that
Insurance rescinded: People will die
H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2017CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017