Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015By Jessica C. Barnett and Marina VornovitskyUnited States Census Bureau, September 2016Highlights (excerpts)The good news is that more
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.
Dartmouth devises ACO concept, but then abandons its own
Dropout by Dartmouth Raises Questions on Health Law Cost-Savings EffortBy Robert PearThe New York Times, September 10, 2016In its quest to remake the nationās health
Lower-income workers get less health care with HSA-eligible health plans
The Impact of an HSA-Eligible Health Plan on Health Care Services Use and Spending by Worker IncomeBy Paul Fronstin, Ph.D. and M. Christopher Roebuck, Ph.D.Employee
Is it true that 85% do not have to worry about premium increases?
Steve Davis & Robert Laszewski confirm what I've been saying all along: Appx. 40% of ACA indy market is OFF EXCHANGEBy Charles GabaACASignups.net, September 6,
Fewer are uninsured, but…
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, JanuaryāMarch 2016By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D.Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A.Emily P. Zammitti,
Physicians spend two hours on EHRs and desk work for every hour of direct patient care
Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 SpecialtiesBy Christine Sinsky, MD; Lacey Colligan, MD; Ling Li, PhD; Mirela
Labor Day message
Letter: Clovisā teachers benefit from union gainsBy Sandra McCanne, San Juan CapistranoThe Orange County Register, August 21, 2016Re: āOn teacher freedom, Clovis sets an example
AJPH editors define the two sides of the health care reform debate
Editors on the Campaign Trail: Why Bernie Sanders Is Wrong on Health Care (and Hillary Clinton Is Right)By Roy Grant, MA, Associate Editor, AJPHAmerican Journal
Californiaās answer to surprise, out-of-network medical bills
AB-72, Health care coverage: out-of-network coverageCalifornia State AssemblyCalifornia Legislative Information, Sept. 1, 2016Summary (as amended):Under private insurance, a person who is admitted to an in-network
Government pays for 71 percent of health care in California
Public Funds Account for Over 70 Percent of Health Care Spending in CaliforniaBy Andrea Sorensen, Narissa J. Nonzee, and Gerald F. KominskiUCLA Center for Health
Indianaās phony Medicaid health savings accounts
Healthy Indiana 2.0 Is Challenging Medicaid NormsBy Seema Verma and Brian NealeHealth Affairs Blog, August 29, 2016Last year, the State of Indiana launched the latest
Slow Medicine: Assessing ACA in the Political Fog
First in a new series on healthcare delivery reformBy Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPHAdam Gaffney, MDDavid U. Himmelstein MDMedPage Today / USC Gehr Family Center for
