Washington
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Contact Information
PNHP - Western Washington
Website: http://www.pnhpwesternwashington.org/
E-mail: pnhp.westernwashington@comcast.net
Media Contact
David McLanahan
206.937.7154
mcltan@comcast.net
Dr. Mclanahan is Surgeon Emeritus, Pacific Medical Centers, and Professor Emeritus, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. McLanahan is the co-founder of the Washington Chapter of PNHP.
Don Mitchell MD | 206.722-6959 | dwmitchell@stanfordalumni.org
Dr. Mitchell was trained at Harvard and is a retired internist and Chair, Western Washington chapter of PNHP.
Hugh Foy | 206.963.0697 | hughfoy@u.washington.edu
Dr. Foy is a professor of Surgery, UW School of Medicine, and Director of the Surgical Specialties Clinic, Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Foy has extensive experience in emergency care and trauma surgery. He trained at UW, and completed a fellowship in Burn Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at Harborview. Dr. Foy is the co-founder of the Washington Chapter of PNHP.
Lisa Plymate MD
206.579.7987
lisaplymate@comcast.net
Dr. Plymate is a staff internist, Yacoma Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Toppenish, Washington. Dr. Plymate is on the Board of Directors of Physicians for a National Health Program, Western Washington.
Sara Weinberg
206.236.0668
weinbergsk@msn.com
Dr. Weinberg is a rRetired pediatrician, Mercer Island, and an expert on Washington state’s history of failed health reforms, going back to the 1989 Braddock initiative. Dr. Weinberg graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1977, and completed her pediatric residency in the University of Washington’s Children’s Orthopedic Hospital.
Local Unions Endorsing HR676
- CWA Local 37083, Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, Seattle, WA
- AFSCME Retired Public Employees Council of Washington, Chapter 10
- Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans
- Washington State Machinists Council, International Association of Machinists District #160 (IAM), Seattle, WA
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 17, Seattle, WA
- Washington State Labor Council, representing 500 local unions with 400,000 members, endorsing resolution passed at State Convention, August 2006, Seattle, WA
- North West Washington Central Labor Council, Bellingham, WA
August 27, 2008
Health Care: It’s time to rock
Seattle Post-IntelligencerEditorial Board
The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007 to nearly 46 million people. This is a headline that looks great until you see that what’s declining is private insurance coverage and what’s increasing is the number of people eligible for government programs such as Medicaid.
August 8, 2008
Vital signs for national health insurance
By Lance Dickie | Editorial Columnist | Seattle Times
Searing headlines about local job cuts sharpen interest in universal health-insurance coverage. The topic grabs the attention of those vulnerable families and voters broadly defined as the middle class, the engine of change. Increasingly, the focus is on national single-payer health insurance. Acceptance of the concept is growing, especially among a key constituency: doctors.
August 1, 2008
Make original Medicare the foundation for health care reform
By JOHN GEYMAN and MALINDA MARKOWITZ | Guest Columnist | Seattle Post Intelligencer
Medicare today covers about 43 million American seniors and the disabled, paying about one-half of their health care expenses. Amidst an increasingly unaffordable health care market, Medicare recipients have a solid rock of coverage. The program is administered with an overhead of about 3 percent, less than one-fifth the overhead of competing private programs, while offering defined benefits with free choice of physician and hospital.
May 1, 2008
National health insurance best way to ensure care for all Americans
By DAVID MCLANAHAN and DONALD MITCHELL | GUEST COLUMNIST | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The need for meaningful health care reform remains one of the hottest topics in the public as we approach our national election. An important new study, in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine, reveals a growing consensus among practicing physicians that our broken health care system would be best fixed by legislation establishing national health insurance (NHI).