āThe Presidential Candidates: Their Health PlansāBy Dr. Gerald KominskiDirector, UCLA Center for Health Policy ResearchProfessor, UCLA Fielding School of Public HealthThe UCLA Center for Health
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.
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield placing greater squeeze on patients
Wellmark announces individual ACA market changes in Iowa and South DakotaWellmark, September 28, 2016Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced today it will make changes
Employee health deteriorated under award-winning wellness program
Top wellness award goes to workplace where many health measures got worseBy Sharon BegleySTAT, September 27, 2016When Idahoās Boise School District receives the workplace wellness
What should the candidates tell us about controlling costs?
Editorial: Thank you for that question, LesterBy Merrill GooznerModern Healthcare, September 24, 2016(Question for candidates, proposed by the New York Times): āHealth insurance premiums and
Valeantās 9.9% price increase doesnāt fool anyone
Valeant avoids double-digit price hikes with 9.9 percent increasesBy Ed SilvermanSTAT, September 22, 2016In response to intensifying criticism over drug prices, Allergan chief executive Brent
Doubling down by insuring against losses from insurance gaps
Would You Like Some Insurance With Your Insurance?By Bram Sable-SmithKaiser Health News, September 21, 2016Gap plans, used to cover out-of-pocket expenses like high deductibles, are
Who benefits from direct primary care?
Is Direct Primary Care the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis?By Edmond S. Weisbart, MD, CPE, FAAFPFamily Practice Management, Sep-Oct 2016Direct primary care (DPC), a
Are exchange premiums really that high?
Are Nongroup Marketplace Premiums Really High? Not in Comparison with Employer InsuranceBy Linda J. Blumberg, John Holahan, and Erik WengleUrban Institute, September 2016AbstractMuch has been
Australians concerned about āAmericanizationā of their health insurance
Crisis looms as Australians look to ditch private health insuranceBy Adam GartrellThe Sydney Morning Herald, September 17, 2016Almost 70 per cent of Australians with private
The public option is back
Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Health Care Public OptionU.S. Senate, Committee on Health, Education, Labor & PensionsSeptember 15, 2016Today, Oregonās Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators
Out-of-pocket expenses drag 11 million people into poverty
The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2015By Trudi Renwick and Liana FoxUnited Census Bureau, September 2016This is the sixth report describing the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released
Deductibles soar in employer health plans
Studies: Employer Costs Slow As Consumers Use Less Care, Deductibles SoarBy Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News, September 14, 2016Employer health insurance expenses