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
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.
New Gallup and Pew surveys show concern and hope for health care
Cost of Healthcare Is Americans' Top Financial ConcernBy Andrew DuganGallup, June 23, 2017The cost of healthcare is now the top financial problem facing U.S. families.
New Gallup and Pew surveys show concern and hope for health care
Cost of Healthcare Is Americans' Top Financial ConcernBy Andrew DuganGallup, June 23, 2017The cost of healthcare is now the top financial problem facing U.S. families.
URGENT: Steffie Woolhandler’s message on California
Speaker Anthony Rendon Statement on Health CareCalifornia State Assembly, June 23, 2017Holding SB 562, California’s single payer bill, in the Assembly Rules Committee would mean
Medical loss ratio under the Senate ACA replacement proposal
H. R. 1628 - “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017”U.S. Senate, June 2017Title IISEC. 205. MEDICAL LOSS RATIO DETERMINED BY THE STATE.Section 2718(b) of the
The Senate’s ‘Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017’
Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to MedicaidBy Robert Pear and Thomas KaplanThe New York Times, June 22, 2017Senate Republicans, who have promised a
The cruelty of using Medicaid as a tool to reduce budget deficits
The Effects of Premiums and Cost Sharing on Low-Income Populations: Updated Review of Research FindingsBy Samantha Artiga, Petry Ubri, and Julia ZurKaiser Family Foundation, June
Burden of prior authorization getting worse
Payer prior authorization requirements on physicians continue rapid escalation: increasing practice overhead and delaying patient careMGMA Poll, May 16, 2017Medical practice leaders say that the
Even the insured line up for charity
Even the Insured Often Can't Afford Their Medical BillsBy Helaine OlenThe Atlantic, June 18, 2017You really don’t need a long article like this to understand
Single payer systems have lower drug spending than do multi-payer systems
Drivers of expenditure on primary care prescription drugs in 10 high-income countries with universal health coverageBy Steven G. Morgan, PhD, Christine Leopold, PhD, Anita K.
Using automatic enrollment to cover everyone
The Senate Should Build Automatic Enrollment Into Health Reform. Here’s How.By Lanhee Chen and James CaprettaHealth Affairs Blog, June 5, 2017As the discussion over the
Chicago physicians favor single payer over ACA by a 2 to 1 margin
Survey: Physician Attitudes Shift To Single PayerChicago Medical Society, June 13, 2017Nearly four in five Chicago area physicians are opposed to the American Health Care