7 Tips To Help Avoid Costly Health Plan Enrollment HeadachesBy Michelle AndrewsKaiser Health News, November 1, 2016With the annual sign-up period for plans on the
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.
High-risk pools and the public option
Sounds Like A Good Idea? High-Risk PoolsBy Julie Rovner and Francis YingKaiser Health News, October 31, 2016One way Republicans say the system could be fixed
The public option in perspective
The Best Way to Save ObamacareBy Jacob S. HackerThe New York Times, October 27, 2016Jacob Hacker deeply believes in a better America for all of
Medical students want to treat not trick patients
Let’s Treat Our Patients, Not Trick Them with Private InsuranceBy Emily KirchnerCommon Dreams, October 27, 2016This Halloween, medical students are refusing to endorse the horrifying
More workers’ income going to health care
The Slowdown in Employer Insurance Cost Growth: Why Many Workers Still Feel the PinchBy Sara R. Collins, David Radley, Munira Z. Gunja, Sophie BeutelThe Commonwealth
Impaired access to health care
Why the U.S. Still Trails Many Wealthy Nations in Access to CareBy Aaron E. CarrollThe New York Times, October 24, 2016Many are still unhappy with
Harvard’s health policy professors ignoring needs of their dining hall workers
Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest UniversityBy Rosa Ines RiveraThe New York Times, October 24, 2016I’ve been at Harvard University for 17 years, but
Why the Affordable Care Act is beyond repair
Affordable Care Act: imploding and beyond repairBy John GeymanThe Hill, October 21, 2016Our experience with the first six and a half years of the Affordable
Slavitt says insurers didn’t charge enough
Regulators approve higher health premiums to strengthen Obamacare insurersBy Jacquie Lee and Jayne O'DonnellUSA TODAY, October 19, 2016State insurance regulators across the country have approved
Slavitt says insurers didn’t charge enough
Regulators approve higher health premiums to strengthen Obamacare insurersBy Jacquie Lee and Jayne O'DonnellUSA TODAY, October 19, 2016State insurance regulators across the country have approved
Kip Sullivan on the final MACRA rule
The Final RuleBy Kip Sullivan, JDThe Health Care Blog, October 19, 2016I have read a substantial portion of CMS’s final rule, published last Friday. It
GAO: Misalignment of health care quality measures
By United States Government Accountability OfficeReport to Congressional Committees, October 2016Health Care QualityHHS Should Set Priorities and Comprehensively Plan Its Efforts to Better Align Health