H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2017CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce
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.
Ethics of equitable versus equal in health care
Health Insurance Benefits Should Be Equitable, Not Necessarily EqualBy Betsy Q. Cliff, Michael Rozier, and A. Mark FendrickHealth Affairs Blog, May 22, 2017The concepts of
Would California’s proposed single payer system bankrupt businesses?
California Senate Committee on Appropriations: SB 562 (Lara) - The Healthy California ActBy Brendan McCarthy (Consultant)May 22, 2017Bill Summary: SB 562 would create a universal,
What do leaders of the medical-industrial complex think about reform?
Healthcare Strategy in the Year of Uncertainty; Even amid significant legislative ambiguity, reform remains a market-driven issue.By Aamer Mumtaz, Alan London, MD, and David Fairchild,
America’s ranking on amenable mortality is an embarrassment
First-ever global study finds massive health care inequityBy the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)EurekAlert, May 18, 2017A first-ever global study finds massive inequity
2017 Milliman Medical Index: $27,000
By Chris Girod, Sue Hart, Scott WaltzMay 2017In 2017, the cost of healthcare for a typical American family of four covered by an average employer-sponsored
Health care legislation being shaped in secrecy
Secret Republican Senate Talks Are Shaping Health Care LegislationBy Susan DavisNPR, May 15, 2017The Senate is negotiating its own legislation to repeal and replace much
Expansion of the Mexico City Policy
Trump to Expand Funding Ban Tied to Abortion OverseasBy Gardiner Harris and Somini SenguptaThe New York Times, May 15, 2017The Trump administration said on Monday
CMS pushing Sec 1332 waivers for high risk pools/reinsurance
CMS Checklist For State 1332 Waivers Focuses On High-Risk Pools, ReinsuranceBy Timothy JostHealth Affairs Blog, May 12, 2017On May 11, 2017, the Centers for Medicare
Medicare’s high out-of-pocket costs
Cost Burdens by Income and Health StatusBy Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Amber WillinkThe Commonwealth Fund, May 12, 2017AbstractIssue: Fifty-six million people — 17 percent of
Political divide on AHCA
YouGov, May 6, 2017As you may know, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives recently passed a new health bill (AHCA). Do you generally favor
Medical debt and personal bankruptcy
How the Affordable Care Act Drove Down Personal BankruptcyBy Allen St. JohnConsumer Reports, May 2, 2017http://www.consumerreports.org...***It is reassuring to learn that personal bankruptcies are declining,