In New Survey of 11 Countries, U.S. Adults Still Struggle with Access to and Affordability of Health CareBy Robin Osborn, David Squires, Michelle M. Doty,
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.
We can shape health care reform in the Trump era
Health Reform in the Trump EraA Big Step Back, But Possibilities for Bigger Steps ForwardBy Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.Physicians for
Lancet interview of David Himmelstein on the election
US Election reactionThe Lancet, November 11, 2016Dr. David U. Himmelstein, co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program, was interviewed by Richard Lane, web editor
A call to action from PNHP President Robert Zarr
A call to actionNovember 14, 2016There is hope for the future of our health care system, and we can be the source of that.
Arthur Caplan: Bioethics Faces a Rocky but Navigable Road
Bioethics Faces a Rocky but Navigable RoadBy Arthur CaplanBioethics Today, November 9, 2016Academic bioethics has never been popular with Republicans. Libertarians dislike academic bioethics because
A brief note on the defeat of ColoradoCare
2016 U.S. election resultsBy Associated PressUpdated Nov. 10, 2016Amendment 69: ColoradoCare100% reportingYes: 509,629 (20.6%)No: 1,964,755 (79.4%)***Amendment 69 - ColoradoCare - is a Colorado ballot measure
Election places Medicare at greater risk
“Don’t Touch My Medicare!”By Trudy LiebermanHarper’s Magazine, November 2016Given the monumental sums Medicare has been paying out, it’s hardly surprising that for years the annual
MedPAC to examine Medicare premium support
MedPAC Examines How Medicare Premium Support Might WorkBy Kerry Young, CQ Roll CallThe Commonwealth Fund, November 7, 2016Congress's advisers on Medicare are studying what steps
High deductibles less effective than previous interpretations of RAND HIE
NBER Working Paper 22802Intertemporal Substitution in Health Care Demand: Evidence from the RAND Health Insurance ExperimentBy Haizhen Lin and Daniel W. SacksNational Bureau of Economic
Fix our system? Listen to Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders
The U.S. Is Standing in the Way of Cheaper Drugs for the PoorBy Jason Cone and Raymond C. OffenheiserThe New York Times, October 27, 2016Those
CDC: Reducing the rate of uninsured may have plateaued
Progress reducing uninsured rate threatens to stallBy Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarAssociated Press, November 3, 2016President Barack Obama's legacy health care law has reduced the number of Americans
Anthem Blue Cross forcing PPO patients into EPOs
Anthem is cutting out-of-network health coverage in a 'bait and switch,' lawsuit saysBy Melody PetersenLos Angeles Times, November 1, 2016On the first day of Obamacare