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Schedule a PNHP speaker for your student group

Please fill out the form below and we will work with you to schedule a speaker for a lunchtime or evening seminar on health care reform. Possible topics include: the medical consequences of the health care crisis; how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) falls short of universal coverage; the U.S. health care system in an international context; and an evidence-based approach to single payer national health insurance. Our presentations are widely heralded by medical students, residents, and faculty and can be tailored to your specific interests. PNHP will reimburse student groups up to $100 for food and beverages at a speaker event.

How to start a PNHP student chapter

1.   Look into your school’s guidelines for starting a student group. The best time of year to think about starting a group is several months ahead of the new school year. This will give you enough time to fill out necessary paperwork and start recruiting founding members.

2.   Contact PNHP at (312) 782-6006 or organizer@pnhp.org. The National Organizer will help you to identify PNHP members from the faculty of your medical school who might serve as a mentor or sponsor of your group, and connect you to other PNHP student leaders in your area.

3.   Have an initial meeting of interested medical students. Your group should discuss the following:

•    What does your chapter hope to accomplish? What kinds of leadership roles are needed to facilitate those actions?
•    How often will your chapter meet, and how?
•    How will your chapter be structured and how will your group make decisions?
•    How will your chapter grow? Who do you hope to recruit into your chapter?
•    What kinds of other student groups or civic organizations will your chapter partner with, if any? Is there a process for working with other like-minded groups?

4.   Create a “Chapter Charter.” A Chapter Charter is a statement of intent to the national headquarters of PNHP (see template here). The charter should be signed by at least five founding members. Send your signed charter to organizer@pnhp.org, fax to 312-782-6007, or send by mail to 29 E. Madison Street, Suite 1412, Chicago, IL 60602. Please indicate a primary contact for correspondence.

5.   All signatories of the Chapter Charter should be members of PNHP, or join PNHP upon signing. Student memberships are free! Join here.

6.   Begin planning a kick-off event, such as a film screening, panel discussion or speaker. The National Organizer at PNHP can help you with ideas, acquire the rights to show certain films, provide lists of members to invite, and help book speakers from PNHP.

7.   Most universities have an Activity Fair at the beginning of the school year in August or September. Contact your school about reserving a table, and email PNHP at organizer@pnhp.org to receive materials for your table (such as sign-up sheets, posters, handouts and buttons). Make sure to have a flyer for your kick-off event at the table!

8.   Join the PNHP monthly national conference calls. Email organizer@pnhp.org to make sure the announcement of your new chapter is on the agenda so we can recognize and welcome your group!

How to start a PNHP chapter

1.   Contact PNHP at (312) 782-6006 or organizer@pnhp.org. The National Organizer will help you to identify PNHP members in your area to send an invitation to help form a chapter, and provide a start-up guide for your group.

2.   Have an initial meeting of interested physicians or health professionals. Your group should discuss the following:

•     What does your chapter hope to accomplish? What kinds of leadership roles are needed to facilitate those actions?
•     How often will your chapter meet, and how?
•     What geographic area will your chapter cover?
•     How will your chapter be structured and how will your group make decisions?
•     How will your chapter grow? Who do you hope to recruit into your chapter?
•     What kinds of groups/civic organizations will your chapter partner with, if any? Is there a process for working with other like-minded groups?

3.   Create a “Chapter Charter.” A Chapter Charter is a statement of intent to the national headquarters of PNHP (see template here). The charter should be signed by at least five founding members, at least three of whom should be physicians. Send your signed charter to organizer@pnhp.org, fax to 312-782-6007, or send by mail to 29 E. Madison Street, Suite 1412, Chicago, IL 60602. Please indicate a primary contact for correspondence.

4.   All signatories of the Chapter Charter should be members of PNHP, or join PNHP upon signing. Become a member here.

5.   Begin planning a kick-off event, such as a film screening, panel discussion or speaker.
The National Organizer at PNHP can help you with ideas, acquire the rights to show certain films, provide lists of members to invite, and help book speakers from PNHP. Check out the Get Active section of the PNHP website for more inspiration:

6.   Join the PNHP monthly national conference calls. Email organizer@pnhp.org to make sure the announcement of your new chapter is on the agenda so we can recognize and welcome your group!

Looking to start a student chapter at your medical or health professional school? Click here for specific student chapter information.

Additional PNHP slideshows

Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health by Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, September 30, 2015

Single Payer 101 by Josh Faucher, April 12, 2014

The Affordable Care Act: Payment and Delivery System Reforms By Steve Kemble, MD, February 24, 2014

Single Payer: Health Care Reform Vermont Style By Leonard Rodberg, PhD, February 22, 2011

Presentation on health care as a human right by Anja Rudiger, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, 2010

Proposals for Health Care Reform by Len Rodberg, PhD, September 25, 2008

“Children’s Health Care Reform: Thinking Outside the CHIP Box” by Dr. Ana Malinow, June 27, 2008

Health Care Reform Post-Election: What is “Realistic”? by Len Rodberg, PhD, November 18, 2008

Single Payer Economics: Making Sense of Health Care Finance by Len Rodberg, PhD

Universal Health Care:  A Business Case for Single Payer National Health Insurance by Dr. Robert Zarr, April 12, 2008

“Health Policy 101: Why America Wants NHI” by Dr. Walter Tsou (April 2007 Congressional Forum)

“Prospects for Universal Health Insurance – a Regional Perspective | The case for Georgia SecureCare” by Dr. Henry S. Kahn, December 2006

Proposals for “Universal” Health Care or Back to the Health Care Future by Leonard Rodberg, PhD, February 27, 2007

The Business Case for Single-Payer by Len Rodberg, PhD, November 4, 2006

“Who Needs Insurance Companies Anyway?” by Leonard Rodberg, PhD

“A Single-Payer National Health Program: The Only Solution for Labor and Business” by Nick Skala, PNHP Research Associate

Dr. Oliver Fein’s 2005 Grand Rounds Presentation (PNHP Vision for National Health Insurance)

Dr. Rosana Pellizzari’s slides on the Canadian Supreme Court Decision and Waiting Lists (PDF Format)

Dr. Joel Lexchin’s Slides on Pharma Cost Control in Canada

Kip Sullivan, J.D.’s Slides on Disease Management, EMR’s and Report Cards

Dr. Richard Quint’s “Why We Need a National Health Program” Slides

PNHP 2003 Powerpoint Slideshow

CAPA (California Physicians’ Alliance) 2003 Powerpoint Slideshow

Medicare Prescription Drug Bill Powerpoint Slideshow

Lessons From the North; The Canadian Experience by Dr. Claudia Fegan

Wellstone Action Guide to Lobbying

2011 Annual Meeting Slideshows

Grand Rounds Morning Presentation
David Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.

Grand Rounds (Alternate Visuals)
Ed Weisbart, M.D.

Advocating for Single Payer in the South
Garrett Adams, M.D., M.P.H.

PNHP Chapter Organizing – “The Minnesota Experience”
Ann Settgast, M.D.

Act 48: Vermont’s New Health Care: How did we get here? What does it do? What needs to happen next?
Ellen Oxfeld, Ph.D.

OWS, Inequality & Why doctors and other health care workers support OWS
Steve Auerbach, M.D.

Organizing by medical specialty
Robert Zarr, M.D., Deborah Leiderman, M.D., and Richard Bruno, medical student

Divestment: A new campaign for single payer
Rob Stone, M.D.

PNHP Slideshows

PNHP’s slideshows allow you to present health care information to your colleagues, friends, and family with the click of a button. The slideshows are in Powerpoint format and require Microsoft Powerpoint to be viewed.

Note: To SAVE these files to your hard drive, right-click (option-click on the Mac) the link and select “Save Target As” or “Download to Disk.” Left-clicking these files will only open them in a temporary directory.


PNHP Main Slide Sets

PNHP 2016 Short Slide Set (NEW: November 2016)
(short version: model talk)

PNHP 2016 Long Slide Set (NEW: November 2016)
(all slides)

Alternate visual of 2016 slides from Dr. Ed Weisbart
PNHP 2016 Long Slide Set (NEW: November 2016)
PNHP 2016 Short Slide Set (NEW: November 2016)

Video version, recorded at USC’s Keek School of Medicine
PNHP 2016 Long Slide Set (NEW: November 2016)

Sample Grand Rounds Presentation

Video: Separate and Unequal: How Universal Health Care Would Mitigate Disparities
Slides: Separate and Unequal: How Universal Health Care Would Mitigate Disparities
By Ed Weisbart, MD
Presented July 10, 2014 at the University of Missouri Hospital

PNHP Annual Meeting Slide Sets

For slides from the 2016 Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.), click here.
For slides from the 2015 Annual Meeting (Chicago), click here.
For slides from the 2014 Annual Meeting (New Orleans), click here.
For slides from the 2013 Annual Meeting (Boston), click here.
For slides from the 2012 Annual Meeting (San Francisco), click here.
For slides from the 2011 Annual Meeting (Washington DC), click here.
For slides from the 2007 Annual Meeting (Washington DC), click here.
For slides from the 2006 Annual Meeting (Boston), click here.

Impact of Health Reform
From Drs. David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler

Health Reform Slides – Original
Health Reform Slides (MS Office 2007), (MS Office 2003) – Alternate visual of same slides from Dr. Ed Weisbart

Health Reform 2.0 – Original
Health Reform 2.0 (MS Office 2007) – Alternate visual of same slides from Dr. Ed Weisbart

Annual SNaHP Summit Slide Sets

For slides from the 2017 SNaHP Summit (Philadelphia), click here.
For slides from the 2016 SNaHP Summit (Nashville), click here.

Other Presentations

Health Care Reform in 2017: What Should ICU Physicians Support? by Philip A. Verhoef, M.D., Ph.D., May 11, 2017 (video version here)

Single Payer Health Care: A Solution for Health Care Disparities in Critical Care? by Philip A. Verhoef, M.D., Ph.D., May 11, 2017 (video version here)

More Coverage, Better Benefits, Lower Costs by Ed Weisbart, M.D., February 27, 2017 (based on a Feb. 2017 Annals of Internal Medicine article by Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David Himmelstein, M.D.)

Post-Election Grand Rounds by Ed Weisbart, M.D., December 20, 2016 (video version here)

Progressive Persuasions: Speaking Beyond the Choir b
y Ed Weisbart, M.D., May 12, 2016 (video version here)

Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health by Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, September 30, 2015

The ACA, Single Payer, and Mental Health by Steve Kemble, M.D., May 14, 2014

The Business Case for Single Payer by Steve Kemble, M.D., March 11, 2014

Women’s Access to Health Care: How the fight for national health insurance is a feminist issue by Claudia Fegan, M.D., July 6, 2013

Organizing for Health Care Reform at the State Level: The Vermont Way by Deb Richter, M.D.

Healthcare in the US: Why We Still Need A Single Payer System by Paul Song, M.D., March 12, 2012

Health Care Reform? P-PACA vs Single Payer by Oliver Fein, M.D., February 3, 2012

Occupy Healthcare: Changing the American Agenda for the 99 by Steve Auerbach, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, December, 2011

ACOs: They won’t work for the same reason HMOs didn’t work by Kip Sullivan, JD, March, 2011

The New Health Reform Law: What Does It Mean? Will It Work? by Len Rodberg, Ph.D., December 2010

Health Care Reform: We’re Still Waiting for It by Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, August 2010

Universal Health Care: The Only Solution by Diljeet Singh, MD, DrPH

National Health Insurance (Facts, not rhetoric) by Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS, September 17, 2008

Why Mandate Reform Models Fail (Baucus/Kennedy/Obama), by David Himmelstein, MD, November 11, 2008

Why Incremental Health Plans Fail: Lessons From Six States by Ben Day of Mass-Care

Reforming Health Care Law and Policy: Achieving Universal Health Care in 2008 by Nick Skala

Please click here for additional presentations.


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