By John Conyers Jr.Detroit Free Press, April 3, 2017Congressman John Conyers is right on target. The time has come for an improved Medicare for all.
For more than 20 years, PNHPās 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. McCanneās listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
National Catholic Reporter endorses health care as a right
Editorial: Take the lead on health care as a rightNational Catholic Reporter, April 1, 2017The survival of the Affordable Care Act means that millions of
Two problems with a Medicaid work requirement
Don't expect Medicaid work requirements to make a big differenceBy Drew Altman, president and CEO of Kaiser Family FoundationAxios, April 3, 2017Medicaid "work requirements." But
Mississippi shows us why we need a national health program
In the state with the highest medical debt, itās the middle class who carries the burdenBy Max BlauSTAT, March 24, 2017Americans are no strangers to
Californiaās single payer bill – full text of bill released
SB-562, The Healthy California ActCalifornia Legislature, Amended in Senate March 29, 2017Now we have the full text of Californiaās new single payer bill - SB
Justice Department joins in Medicare fraud lawsuit against UnitedHealth
Justice Department Joins Lawsuit Alleging Massive Medicare Fraud By UnitedHealthBy Fred SchulteKaiser Health News, March 28, 2017The Justice Department has joined a California whistleblowerās lawsuit
Can more Republicans support single payer?
Republicans for Single-Payer Health CareBy David LeonhardtThe New York Times, March 28, 2017Without a viable health care agenda of their own, Republicans now face a
Krugman needs to study up on…Krugman and single payer
How to Build on ObamacareBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Times, March 27, 2017āNobody knew that health care could be so complicated.ā So declared Donald Trump
ACA and AHCA fall short, but so does the Commonwealth Fund solution
Where Both the ACA and AHCA Fall Short, and What the Health Insurance Market Really NeedsBy David Blumenthal and Sara CollinsHarvard Business Review, March 21,
Customized health insurance benefits do not pool risk
Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not ChemotherapyBy Margot Sanger-KatzThe New York Times, March 23, 2017Most Republicans in Congress prefer the
AJPH Editorial: āTrumpcare or Transformationā
By David U. Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.American Journal of Public Health, March 21, 2017There are at least three important concepts in this
Sticking points with multi-payer contracting in health care
Common-Agency Problems and Contracting in the U.S. Healthcare SystemBy Brigham Frandsen, Michael Powell, and James B. RebitzerNational Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No.
