PNHP’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Boston drew physicians, students, health professionals, and advocates from across the country for our first in-person conference in three years. Please see below to access a selection of archival recordings, slideshows, and handouts from the meeting. To view photos from the meeting, visit our Flickr page.
During the conference, we encouraged PNHP members and supporters to post to social media using the hashtag #PNHP2022. Click here to read member tweets, and be sure to follow PNHP on Twitter and Facebook so you can continue sharing single-payer content in the future.
SNaHP Summit (Nov. 4)
Agenda & schedule for the SNaHP Summit
Pre-Summit Single-Payer 101: Why we need Medicare for All, presented by Susan Rogers, M.D., President, Physicians for a National Health Program
You are the next generation of single-payer organizers, presented by Sanjeev Sriram, M.D., M.P.H., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Welcome to the 2022 SNaHP Summit, presented by Robertha Barnes, Inclusivity & Outreach Co-Chair, Students for a National Health Program; and Ryan Parnell, Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Communication & Messaging small group discussion, led by Edward Si, Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program; and Dixon Galvez-Searle, Communications Specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here and worksheet here; see below for video of NEOMED SNaHP student Emily Huff testifying before the Kent, Ohio City Council in support of Medicare for All)
Research small group discussion, led by Meghan Swyryn, Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program; Robertha Barnes, Inclusivity & Outreach Co-Chair, Students for a National Health Program; and Gaurav Kalwani, Communications Specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Direct Action & Allies small group discussion, led by Samuel Lee and Ryan Parnell, Executive Board Members, Students for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Resolutions small group discussion, led by Donald Bourne, M.P.H., Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program; and Kaytlin Gilbert, National Organizer, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download discussion outline here)
Union organizing—Residency and beyond, presented by Andy Hyatt, M.D., Board Adviser, Physicians for a National Health Program; and Meghan Swyryn, Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Committee and Interns and Residents stands with SNaHP, including messages of support from Michael Zingman, M.D., M.P.H., Secretary-Treasurer, CIR/SEIU and former Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program; and Lorenzo A. González, M.D., M.P.L., President, CIR/SEIU
🎵 Solidarity Forever 🎵
But the best thing about labor….union songs! @cirseiu #PNHP2022 pic.twitter.com/BzFTmAo0x0
— Students for a National Health Program (@snahp_national) November 4, 2022
Leadership Training (Nov. 4)
Agenda & schedule for the Leadership Training
Where PNHP has come from, presented by Susan Rogers, M.D., President, Physicians for a National Health Program
Answering difficult questions, discussion led by Sanjeev Sriram, M.D., M.P.H., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program; and Winnie Lin, M.D., Co-Organizer, Physicians for a National Health Program—Illinois Chapter
Annual Meeting (Nov. 5)
Agenda & schedule for the Annual Meeting
Health Policy Update, presented by Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., Immediate Past President, Physicians for a National Health Program; and Donald Bourne, M.P.H,, Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program, (Dr. Gaffney slideshow—with alternate visuals by Dr. Ed Weisbart—here; Donald Bourne slideshow here)
Keynote: The Privatization of Everything, presented by Donald Cohen, Executive Director of In the Public Interest and co-author of The Privatization of Everything
#StopREACH and all attempts to privatize Medicare, presented by Oli Fein, M.D., Chair, Executive Committee, Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter
Opportunities for federal action, presented by Rachel Madley, Ph.D., Legislative Assistant to Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Alex Lawson, M.P.P., Executive Director, Social Security Works, (ask your rep. to co-sponsor Medicare for All here)
Lessons from Covid-19 in caring for the underserved, presented by Nicte Mejia, M.D., M.P.H.; and Claudia Fegan, M.D., National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Building business support for single payer, presented by Wendell Potter, Health insurance industry whistleblower and former VP, Cigna, (download slideshow here)
Saving the VA from privatization, presented by Suzanne Gordon, health care journalist and author of Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs, (download slideshow here)
Building alliances: Lessons from the New York Health Act, presented by Judith Esterquest, Ph.D., Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter; Morgan Moore, Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter; and Mandy Strenz, Chapter Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter, (download slideshow here)
Medicare Advantage: What single payer advocates need to know, presented by Ed Weisbart, M.D., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
Reproductive rights in a post-Roe era, presented by Diljeet Singh, M.D., Dr.P.H., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program; Judith Albert, M.D., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program; and Ashley Duhon, M.D., Board Adviser, Physicians for a National Health Program, (download slideshow here)
PNHP’s resolutions campaign, presented by Donald Bourne, M.P.H., Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program; Max Brockwell, NEOMED SNaHP; and Michael Kaplan, M.D., Chair, AAFP Single Payer Member Interest Group, (download slideshow here)
Ensuring vaccine equity, presented by Aparna Nair-Kanneganti, (download slideshow here)
Organizing physicians through unionization presented by Andy Hyatt, M.D., Board Adviser, Physicians for a National Health Program; and A. Taylor Walker, M.D., M.P.H., Regional VP, Committee of Interns and Residents, (download slideshow here)
Keynote: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, presented by Linda Villarosa, contributor to The New York Times’ 1619 Project and author of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and the Health of Our Nation, (download slideshow here; alternate video recording here)
Health activist awards
Dr. Quentin Young Health Activist Award, presented to Henry Kahn, M.D., Founding Member, Physicians for a National Health Program by Karen Hochman, M.D., Co-Chair, Physicians for a National Health Program—Georgia Chapter
Dr. Quentin Young Health Activist Award, presented to Eve Shapiro, M.D., M.P.H., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program by Claudia Fegan, M.D., National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program
Nicholas Skala Student Activist Award, presented to Edward Si, Executive Board Member, Students for a National Health Program by Ed Weisbart, M.D., National Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program
🎵 Roll, Justice, Roll 🎵
Next steps for PNHP
PNHP president-elect Phil Verhoef, M.D., Ph.D., concluded the conference by leading a discussion on the four pillars of activism that our Board of Directors has identified for the coming year. Please fill out our Call to Action form to signal your commitment to one of these pillars in 2023. You may also:
- Contact Ed Weisbart, M.D. at edweisbart@gmail.com to get involved with “legislative advocacy and chapter development”
- Contact Sanjeev Sriram, M.D., M.P.H. at jeevs25@gmail.com to get involved with “building a narrative against the health care profiteers”
- Contact Mary O’Brien, M.D. at maryeobrien318@gmail.com to get involved with “building alliances”
- Contact Donald Bourne, M.P.H. at Bourne.Donald@medstudent.pitt.edu to get involved with “organizing doctors in medical societies”
Give us your feedback
If you attended the 2022 Annual Meeting, Leadership Training, and/or SNaHP Summit, please fill out your evaluation(s) if you have not already done so. Your feedback will help us make next year’s conference even better for our members, our supporters, and our movement.
- SNaHP Summit evaluation HERE
- Leadership Training evaluation HERE
- Annual Meeting evaluation HERE
If you have additional feedback, please email organizer@pnhp.org.