The Financial Burdens Of High-Deductible PlansBy Salam Abdus, Thomas M. Selden and Patricia Keenan, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityHealth Affairs, December 2016AbstractThe
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.
Another reason to dump Medicare Advantage plans
NBER Working Paper No. 22876; Insurers' Response to Selection Risk: Evidence from Medicare Enrollment ReformsBy Francesco Decarolis, Andrea GuglielmoNational Bureau of Economic Research, December 2016AbstractThis
Faster growth of national health spending
National Health Spending: Faster Growth In 2015 As Coverage Expands And Utilization IncreasesBy Anne B. Martin, Micah Hartman, Benjamin Washington, Aaron Catlin, the National Health
America’s health care mandate for President Trump
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: November 2016By Ashley Kirzinger, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann BrodieKaiser Family Foundation, December 1, 2016America divided on ACA next stepsWhat would you
Will CMS push Seema Verma’s POWER accounts?
Trump's CMS pick is viewed as both patient advocate and foeBy Virgil DicksonModern Healthcare, November 29, 2016President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday announced that Seema Verma, the
Price to HHS, Verma to CMS, patients to purgatory
By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows he’s absolutely serious about dismantling ObamacareBy Sarah KliffVox, November 28, 2016Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), President-elect Donald
Emergency department closures can be lethal
Geographical Distribution of Emergency Department Closures and Consequences on Heart Attack PatientsBy Yu-Chu Shen Renee Y. HsiaNational Bureau of Economic Research, November 2016NBER Working Paper
Republicans fear winning their lawsuit against ACA subsidies
House Republicans seek delay in case to end ACA cost-sharing subsidiesBy Harris MeyerModern Healthcare, November 21, 2016To buy President-elect Donald Trump time to craft an
What do hospital star ratings tell us about paying for quality?
CMS’ Hospital Quality Star Ratings Fail To Pass The Common Sense TestBy Susan Xu and Atul GroverHealth Affairs Blog, November 14, 2016The Centers for Medicare
Gerald Kominski tells us how we can survive Trumpcare
How California can survive TrumpcareBy Gerald F. KominskiLos Angeles Times, November 18, 2016No one knows exactly what Donald Trump’s pledge to “repeal and replace” the
20 million children lack sufficient access to health care
Unfinished Business: More than 20 Million Children in U.S. Still Lack Sufficient Access to Essential Health CareChildren’s Health Fund, November 2016In designing the Affordable Care
Bernie Sanders: “Our Revolution”
Our Revolution: A Future To Believe InBy Bernie SandersIt has never made sense to me that the quality of care a person receives - indeed,