As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks physical and financial havoc across the United States, PNHP members have been writing op-eds and letters to the editor demanding long overdue single-payer reform. Members have also been appearing on television programs, radio shows, online video segments, and podcasts.

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Television and radio segments

Coronavirus and Health Inequities
Interview with former APHA president Dr. Linda Rae Murray
JAMA Live, June 19, 2020

“We’re going to be dealing with Coronavirus for a while”
Interview with PNHP-MO chair Dr. Ed Weisbart
KTRS Radio, June 10, 2020

Millions of out-of-work Americans lose their health insurance
Featuring PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney and Dr. Victoria Dooley
CBC News, The National, May 15, 2020

How America’s Health Workers Lack Adequate Health Care
Interview with PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
Rising Up With Sonali, April 29, 2020

Coronavirus: One thing that makes job loss in U.S. so painful
Featuring PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
BBC News, April 28, 2020

13 Million will be added to the list of uninsured by June
Interview with PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
WORT Community Radio (Madison, Wisc.), April 15, 2020

Coronavirus Triggered Unemployment Leads to Massive Loss of Health Insurance Coverage
Interview with PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
Between the Lines, April 15, 2020

The Folly of Employer-based Health Insurance with 47 Million Unemployed
Interview with PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
Background Briefing with Ian Masters, April 9, 2020

The impact of Coronavirus on public health, and the need for Medicare for All
Interview with PNHP-MO chair Dr. Ed Weisbart
KTRS Radio, April 7, 2020

Meet This Moment With Medicare For All
Interview with PNHP national board member Dr. Paul Song and Business for Medicare for All president Wendell Potter
The Robust Opposition, April 6, 2020

Coronavirus could hit low-income, minority communities harder due to health care disparities
Interview with PNHP national coordinator Dr. Claudia Fegan and PNHP president-elect Dr. Susan Rogers
WGN News, April 1, 2020

‘Everyone is afraid’ as Illinois virus cases spike
Interview with PNHP national coordinator Dr. Claudia Fegan
PBS NewsHour, March 30, 2020

Behind the News Podcast: COVID-19
Featuring PNHP co-founder Dr. David Himmelstein (at 7:20)
Jacobin Radio, March 25, 2020

The Issue Is: Coronavirus
Interview with PNHP national board member Dr. Paul Song
The Issue Is, March 21, 2020

Biden Is Wrong—Single-Payer Healthcare Does Help Fight Pandemics
Interview with Dr. James Kahn
The Real News Network, March 19, 2020

Roundtable: Coronavirus Shows the Need for Medicare for All
Featuring PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
Democracy Now, March 5, 2020

Coronavirus Spread and the Urgent Need for Medicare for All
Interview with PNHP national board member Dr. Paul Song
Rising Up With Sonali, February 26

News and opinion pieces

U.S. health insurers doubled profits in second quarter amid pandemic
Quotes PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
The Guardian, August 14, 2020
The enormous medical response in America to the coronavirus pandemic has not put a drain on US health insurers, which doubled profits in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the same time last year. Continue reading…

US doctor in Canada: Medicare for All would have made America’s COVID response much better
By Dr. Khati Hendry
USA Today, August 5, 2020
I’m a family physician who moved to Canada from California 14 years ago, largely because of Canadian Medicare, the country’s national health insurance program. I’ve been much happier practicing medicine where my patients have universal coverage. Continue reading…

More people called out sick in April than at any time on record. Was it COVID-19?
Quotes PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney
McClatchy News Service, July 28, 2020
When the novel coronavirus planted its feet firmly in American soil around March, the amount of people calling out sick from work grew to the highest number since at least 1976, according to new research, suggesting the number of COVID-19 cases is far greater than reported. Continue reading…

Record-Breaking Number of Americans Called Out Sick From Work in April, Study Finds
Quotes PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney
Gizmodo, July 27, 2020
New research out Monday may provide more insight into how many Americans were sickened by covid-19 during the earliest days of the pandemic, when access to testing was extremely limited. Continue reading…

Pandemic reveals big need for universal health care
By Erica Heiman, M.D.; Jack Bernard; and Henry Kahn, M.D.
The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, July 14, 2020
COVID-19 has stolen the lives of over 130,000 Americans so far with many more to come. We think that universal health insurance coverage — such as expanded, improved Medicare for All — would have lessened the pandemic’s impact on our nation. Continue reading…

Our Health Care Is ‘Market Chaos’
Interview with PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney
Democracy, Voices of the Virus, June 26, 2020
There’s no question that the epidemic intensified the debate about health-care reform in this country. It clearly laid bare many of the dysfunctions and the injustices of the U.S. way of paying for health care. Continue reading…

Pandemic response shows glaring health care finance inequities
By PNHP board adviser Dr. Robert Stone
The (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Journal Gazette, June 25, 2020
Follow the money. The coronavirus spread like wildfire across the United States. New York City hospitals were quickly overwhelmed with sick and dying patients. Everywhere, hospitals scrambled to create more ICU beds and find more ventilators. Continue reading…

Millions at high risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes lack coverage to cover costs
Quotes PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney
Modern Healthcare, June 10, 2020
More than 18 million people who were most at risk of experiencing severe outcomes from COVID-19 at the start of the outbreak had the least access to healthcare because they were either uninsured or underinsured. Continue reading…

18 Million Americans Lack Adequate Health Insurance While Facing Greater Risk of Severe Coronavirus, Study Finds
Quotes PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney and PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
Newsweek, June 10, 2020
More than 18 million Americans, most of whom are minorities and low-income individuals, are uninsured or underinsured while also being at increased risk of developing severe cases of COVID-19. Continue reading…

The other epidemic: Lack of health insurance for all Americans
By Health Care Justice—NC chair Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe
The Charlotte Post, May 27, 2020
Rapidly and predictably following the onset of the pandemic, many Americans are victims of an epidemic of uninsurance, which will also predictably lead to suffering and death. Continue reading…

The Coronavirus Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic
By Dr. Augie Lindmark
The Nation, May 21, 2020
Lately my work in the hospital consists of two activities. Admit patients with Covid-19, and, if lucky, discharge patients with Covid-19. Continue reading…

COVID-19 and Medicare for All
By Drs. Ashley Duhon and Sara Robicheaux
The Lens, May 21, 2020
Last week, we officially began our careers as physicians in the middle of a global pandemic and public health crisis. Continue reading…

Best of times, worst of times
By Dr. Robert S. Kiefner
Concord (N.H.) Monitor, May 16, 2020
With the opening paragraph of “The Tale of Two Cities,” Charles Dickens provided an overview of our new reality; our lives in the time of COVID-19. Continue reading…

Inmates and Staff Fearful as Coronavirus Strikes Prisons, Jails
Quotes PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
MedPage Today, April 30, 2020
Coronavirus outbreaks in prisons and jails across the country have the potential to cripple any gains made by local communities in curbing the pandemic. “They’re not some isolated spot where you can just stick people.” Continue reading…

In U.S., more than 1 in 4 healthcare workers lack paid sick leave – study
Quotes PNHP co-founders Drs. David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler
Reuters, April 29, 2020
Many U.S. healthcare workers on the front lines in the COVID-19 pandemic lack basic health insurance and more than 1 in 4 have no paid sick leave, increasing the risk that they will show up for work even if they are infected with the coronavirus. Continue reading…

Coronavirus throws spotlight on American health care
By Dr. Mary Ganguli and Judith R. Lave
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 29, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has spread across the world. Watching the news shows us how this health care crisis is playing out in different countries with their different political systems and health care financing systems. Continue reading…

COVID-19 crisis bring light to insurance disparities
By Columbia (Mo.) health care providers
The Missourian, April 21, 2020
Millions of Americans rely on employment-based health insurance, but problems caused by the linkage of insurance to employment are increasingly evident. Continue reading…

Early pandemic health lessons
By Dr. James G. Fieseher
SeacoastOnline.com, April 17, 2020
Much will be written about the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are a few I have observed at this time in the process. Continue reading…

Profit over people, cost over care: America’s broken healthcare exposed by virus
Quotes PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney
The Guardian, April 16, 2020
With over 30,900 people dead and more than a 639,000 infected with the coronavirus in the US the last question on a person’s mind should be how they will pay for life-saving treatment. Continue reading…

U.S. for-profit health care sector cuts thousands of jobs as pandemic rages
Quotes PNHP co-founder Dr. David Himmelstein
The Guardian, April 14, 2020
Maureen Zeman was a registered nurse for 29 years at a hospital in San Jose, California, before she was laid off with dozens of other nurses despite the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading…

As economy sheds jobs, bring on Medicare for all the unemployed
By Dr. George Bohmfalk
The Charlotte Observer, April 13, 2020
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of U.S. workers who were satisfied with and didn’t want to give up their employer-provided health insurance are losing both their jobs and the associated insurance. Continue reading…

Employer-based insurance is a crumbling defense against a global pandemic
By Jordan Rook, Alec Feuerbach, and Jake Fox
The Colorado Sun, April 13, 2020
The losses inflicted by SARS-Cov-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, have been staggering. In the U.S., over 555,000 have fallen ill, more than 22,000 have perished, and even our most optimistic models suggest… Continue reading…

The health-care pandemic
By PNHP past president Dr. Johnathon Ross
The Toledo (Ohio) Blade, April 10, 2020
For centuries, public health experts have known that contagious, deadly diseases like measles, polio, hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, flu — and now coronavirus — are much more difficult and expensive to treat than to prevent. Continue reading…

“This Is A World-Changing Event”
Interview with PNHP past president Dr. Andy Coates
WAMC, The Roundtable, April 10, 2020
I guess I’m losing track of the weeks, two or three, four weeks. There has been an eerie calm with the command for social distancing. Continue reading…

In Chicago, 70% of COVID-19 Deaths Are Black
Quotes former APHA president Dr. Linda Rae Murray
WBEZ, April 5, 2020
The COVID-19 virus is killing black residents in Cook County at disproportionately high rates, according to early data analyzed by WBEZ. While black residents make up only 23% of the population in the county, they account for 58% of the COVID-19 deaths. Continue reading…

How a pandemic makes the most compelling case for ‘Medicare for All’
Quotes Drs. Marcia Angell and Donald Moore
Well + Good, April 3, 2020
Medicare for All has been shoved front and center as public support for universal health care surges amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last two weeks, millions of Americans have lost their jobs—and with them, their health insurance. Continue reading…

Hospitals Got $100 Billion in the Stimulus Package. But A Lot of That Could Go Toward Administrative Costs
Quotes PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
TIME, April 1, 2020
Hospitals have spent the past few weeks racing to respond to the growing COVID-19 crisis, supplementing shortages of equipment, calling back retired personnel, and transforming entire hospital wings to care for infected patients. Continue reading…

Universal health care would benefit state amid COVID-19
By Dr. Samuel Metz
Portland (Ore.) Tribune, April 1, 2020
Oregon’s Universal Health Care task force, charged by our Legislature to design a statewide health care insurance plan, canceled its first meeting when COVID-19 spread across the state. Continue reading…

ICU doctor: Coronavirus frightens me. It’s severe, unpredictable and it has no cure.
By PNHP national board member Dr. Phil Verhoef
USA Today, March 26, 2020
The shift from trying to contain the illness to treating those who have been infected, one at a time, is eye opening and heart rending. What do you do when there are vastly more sick patients than you can care for? Continue reading…

US private health insurance companies clog system amid Covid-19 pandemic
Quotes former SNaHP board member Dr. Augie Lindmark
The Guardian, March 26, 2020
As Augie Lindmark, a resident physician at Yale University prepared for an onslaught of Covid-19 patients last week, he noticed something at his hospital: there were still patients without the virus, completely stable, in the beds. Continue reading…

Why are we waiting for Medicare for All?
By F. Douglas Stephenson, LCSW, BCD
The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, March 23, 2020
An old social justice chant, “Why are We Waiting,” is sung to the tune of the beautiful and inspiring Christmas carol, “O Come All Ye Faithful.” The lyrics apply to the situation today. Continue reading…

America’s extreme neoliberal healthcare system is putting the country at risk
By PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney
The Guardian, March 21, 2020
At the final debate of the Democratic presidential primary on Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden clashed on the coronavirus. Sanders contended the pandemic laid bare “the incredible weakness and dysfunctionality” of the US healthcare system, and called for single-payer reform. Continue reading…

Why the U.S. failed the coronavirus test
By former New England Journal of Medicine editor-in-chief Dr. Marcia Angell
Santa Fe New Mexican, March 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is the best argument for “Medicare for All.” As it stands, most Americans get health care only if we have insurance that will pay for it. If we don’t or we can’t afford the deductibles and copayments, too bad. Continue reading…

COVID-19 pandemic proves need for Medicare for all
By PNHP Cincinnati co-founder Dr. James Binder
The Cincinnati Inquirer, March 20, 2020
I am one of the 23,000 members of the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) who advocate for Medicare for all. Our current health crisis provides strong evidence that we indeed do need a Medicare for all system in this country. Continue reading…

Masks, Gowns, and Medicare For All
By Jonathan Michels
Piedmont Left Review, March 20, 2020
If patients want to support healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, they should join us in calling for a universal, single-payer healthcare system. Continue reading…

Coronavirus: A strong argument for Medicare for All
By Dr. Alice Rothchild
The Seattle Times, March 18, 2020
COVID-19 has laid bare the weaknesses in our system and the urgent need for Medicare for All. We cannot nationally isolate or personally buy our way out of this outbreak. Continue reading…

Public Health Experts: Single-Payer Systems Coping With Coronavirus More Effectively Than For-Profit Model
Quotes PNHP co-founder Dr. David Himmelstein
Common Dreams, March 16, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic places extraordinary strain on national health care systems around the world, public health experts are making the case that countries with universal single-payer systems have thus far responded more efficiently and effectively to the outbreak than nations like the United States. Continue reading…

Love in the time of coronavirus
By Dr. Dipesh Navsaria
Madison (Wisc.) State Journal, March 16, 2020
Universal health care is a form of love for others as well — not only does it speak to a societal belief that we all deserve to be healthy, but it ensures that a lack of health coverage doesn’t result in greater spread of disease due to delayed diagnosis. Continue reading…

Surprise medical bills, coronavirus and bad insurance: 3 arguments for Medicare for All
By PNHP national board member Dr. Phil Verhoef
USA Today, March 9, 2020
Working in various hospitals across the country, I have met so many patients who delay or avoid needed care for fear of surprise bills and financial catastrophe. That’s risky for them and, in the face of a threat like coronavirus, for all of us. Continue reading…

Letters to the editor

Covid-19 pandemic demands better health care coverage
By Dr. Robert Milch
The Buffalo News, August 4, 2020
While the pandemic rages, our President touts a questionable mortality rate under 2% as some perverse indicator, 136,000 deaths later, that “things are under control.” Continue reading…

Medicare for All amid a pandemic
By George Bohmfalk, M.D.
The Charlotte Observer, Letters, July 27, 2020
Until now, rationing has only been a scare tactic in criticisms of Medicare for All. Our free-market, capitalistic, for-profit health care system promised to spare us from socialist disasters like rationing. Continue reading…

What the C.D.C. Did Wrong, and Why
By Drs. Malini DeSilva, Philip Lederer, and Brian Yablon
New York Times, June 4, 2020
The C.D.C. is a leading international public health entity, its programs and projects drive health policy, and it responds to outbreaks of public health significance worldwide. Despite all of this, the agency, along with state and local health departments, has been underfunded and neglected for decades. Continue reading…

COVID-19 exposes flaws of employer-based health insurance
By Jack Bernard, former Director of Health Planning for the state of Georgia
Modern Healthcare, May 16, 2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. was the worst-performing developed nation regarding health insurance coverage, with 45% underinsured or uninsured despite the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading…

The coronavirus highlights Obamacare’s glaring shortcomings
By Dr. Jay D. Brock
Washington Post, May 12, 2020
Defending the ACA is ultimately an exercise in futility because the ACA will not fix the two glaring problems besetting health insurance today: lack of universal coverage and affordability. Continue reading…

Time for single-payer health care
By Sachin Jindal
The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade, May 9, 2020
To prepare for a future pandemic, it is clear that the United States must transition to a federally funded single-payer health-care system. Continue reading…

Crisis highlights need for universal health care
By Dr. Robert Blake
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 3, 2020
Millions of Americans depend on employment-based health insurance, but problems caused by the linkage of insurance to employment are increasingly evident. Continue reading…

COVID-19’s impact on health insurance
By Dr. Kathleen Healey
Napa Valley (Calif.) Register, April 28 2020
Millions in our nation have just lost their jobs and their family’s health insurance in the middle of a COVID-19 pandemic. These families not only face the prospect of illness, but enormous medical expenses. Continue reading…

Hospital cutbacks amid coronavirus accentuate the flaws in our health care system
By former SNaHP board member Jonathan Michels
Raleigh News & Observer, April 10, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic lays bare the ways in which our expensive, inefficient and profit-driven health care system has left our communities defenseless against public health crises. Continue reading…

Protect workers, provide health coverage
By Joyce Schlag, CCW
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letters, March 19, 2020
We are all connected, a community of people experiencing vulnerability in the face of the coronavirus which threatens us, our families, neighbors and friends. We are becoming aware of how the well being of one person can affect the well being of many. Continue reading…

Everyone must take this virus seriously
By Dr. George Bohmfalk
The Charlotte Observer, Letters, March 16, 2020
Fellow citizens, please take this seriously. Even young, healthy people can die from this. You can carry it to your elderly parents and grandparents. Stay home unless absolutely necessary. Keep your distance in public. Wash those hands, often. Use common sense for everyone’s sake. Continue reading…

Improved Medicare for All will keep us safer
By Bill Semple, board chair, Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care
Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.), Letters, March 13, 2020
Our current patchwork of health care coverage, with its gaps, bureaucratic obstacles, high deductibles, co-pays, surprise billings, prior authorizations, claims denials, stagnant wages and narrow networks of providers leave us vulnerable. Continue reading…

Americans need a fully funded health care program
By PNHP Western Pennsylvania co-founder Dr. Judy Albert
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letters, March 9, 2020
The coronavirus has arrived in the U.S. and it’s only a matter of time before it reaches Western Pennsylvania. The American public copes with fear of infection by stockpiling hand sanitizer, rather than considering how this epidemic demonstrates the unavoidable connection we have with one another and with all living things on the planet. Continue reading…

Support Medicare for All
By Dr. Kathleen Healey
San Francisco Chronicle, Letters, March 9, 2020
Americans are threatened by a COVID-19 pandemic and over 27 million of us have no health insurance. What could possibly go wrong? During an outbreak of a communicable disease we are all safer if everyone around us has access to health care. Continue reading…

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Americans want the option of a government-regulated and -subsidized health plan
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 23, 2020
Although most of the questions in this latest poll were about job loss and insurance coverage, plus some questions about public policies during the COVID pandemic, the question above stood out. Continue reading…

Hannity’s downplaying of COVID-19 threat increased deaths
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 22, 2020
Do television hosts have a responsibility when they disseminate misinformation that results in adverse consequences on the viewing audience? Continue reading…

V. Fuchs: We may now have the dynamic for political change in health reform
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 15, 2020
For decades, Victor Fuchs has been telling us, “National health insurance will probably come to the United States after a major change in the political climate — the kind of change that often accompanies a war, a depression, or large-scale civil unrest.” Continue reading…

COVID-19 crisis comes with financial toxicity
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 12, 2020
As Steffie Woolhandler states, “Medicare for All is the long-term answer.” Continue reading…

COVID-19 and Health Financing: Perils and Possibilities
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 10, 2020
Although we have the most expensive health care system in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic provides stark evidence that our health care financing system is highly dysfunctional, wasting tremendous resources while impairing health care access. Continue reading…

Hospital CEOs paid millions while many workers furloughed
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 8, 2020
Billions of dollars of taxpayer funds have been paid out to some of the nation’s largest and most successful hospital chains, supposedly to prevent job losses of health care workers, though tens of thousands have instead received pay cuts or have even been furloughed. Continue reading…

Challenging inequality through the ‘civil rights of health’
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 4, 2020
We have read much about the social determinants of health and the social and economic inequities that lead to unjust health disparities. As these authors state, “justice makes us healthy and injustice makes us ill.” Continue reading…

China’s delay, WHO’s frustration, and US’s abdication
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 2, 2020
President Trump has recently condemned both China and the World Health Organization for their alleged delays and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading…

AMA statement on Trump severing ties with WHO
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, June 1, 2020
President Trump’s effort to sever ties with the World Health Organization during this horrendous pandemic seems like it screams out for nonviolent resistance. Continue reading…

Bailout funds go to the wealthiest hospitals
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 26, 2020
Compared to our highly dysfunctional, fragmented system of financing health care, heavily dependent on private health insurance, a single payer model of an improved Medicare program that covered everyone would be vastly superior. Continue reading…

COVID-19 vaccine as a ‘global public good’
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 21, 2020
At the virtual meeting of the World Health Organization this week, China expressed its intent to produce a much needed COVID-19 vaccine as a “global public good.” Continue reading…

Balanced budget requirements threaten Medicaid program
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 19, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic combined with a major economic downturn, massive loss of employment, often with the loss of health insurance, has resulted in much greater demand for enrollment in the Medicaid program. Continue reading…

What should we do about the payer-provider disconnect?
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 15, 2020
The current pandemic certainly demonstrates the payer-provider disconnect in health care. The private insurers are doing spectacularly well whereas the players in the health care delivery system – many hospitals and especially physicians – are facing a financial crisis. Continue reading…

Rich hospitals get government handouts
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 14, 2020
Private insurers generally pay hospitals at twice the rate that Medicare pays and at an even greater multiple than what Medicaid pays. Continue reading…

Why would states deny retroactive eligibility for Medicaid?
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 13, 2020
In the absence of a universal health care financing program it is inevitable that many will remain uninsured because they do not qualify for whatever programs are available, or they simply cannot afford them. Continue reading…

Is it time to nationalize hospitals?
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 12, 2020
The combination of a health crisis plus an economic crisis that has disrupted the lives of everyone of us certainly lays fertile ground for reassessing our health care system and its financing. Continue reading…

Get sick now; Insurer fee waivers for COVID-19 treatment may expire by June 1
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 8, 2020
The nation’s private health insurers now have a chance to prove to us that they are worthy of controlling our health expenditures. During the worst pandemic in a century, combined with a catastrophic economic downturn, what are they offering us? Continue reading…

WFTU on business games related to the COVID-19 vaccine
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 7, 2020
Pretty strong statement. But, you know, we’ve been speaking for decades about the terrible deficiencies in our health care financing system. Continue reading…

Frank talk about the need for Medicare for All
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 5, 2020
Sometimes it just needs to be said. Continue reading…

Covid-19 and Hospital Inequality
By Richard N. Gottfried, author of the New York Health Act
Quote of the Day, May 4, 2020
This article on hospital inequality in the COVID-19 epidemic is an excellent analysis by Barbara Caress, a long-standing keen analyst of our health care system. Continue reading…

Our safety net is a sieve with large rents
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, May 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing home the reality that it is imperative that our government always be at the ready to provide safety net functions in times of need, whether individual or societal. Continue reading…

‘Alliance to Fight for Health Care’ plans to defeat Medicare for All
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 29, 2020
One of the painful lessons of the tragic Covid-19 pandemic is that we see how terrible the functioning of our health care financing system is, as if it weren’t already obvious before the pandemic arrived. Continue reading…

U.S. will not take part in WHO global drugs, vaccine initiative launch
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 27, 2020
Talk about a time that we need to join together in international cooperation; we have a pandemic that has already caused over 200,000 deaths and economic disruption throughout the world. Continue reading…

Austerity and the Americanization of health care was Italy’s problem
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 24, 2020
Italy’s lesson? Austerity kills. Continue reading…

Pandemic brings fallacy of insurance choice into focus
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 21, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly captured the attention of the media, and everyone else. How could it not, considering the dramatic adverse impact it has had on each of us? Continue reading…

What would Jonas Salk say?
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 20, 2020
Understandably, much is being written about the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on how important it would be to have had in place an efficient and effective universal health program such as single payer Medicare for All. Continue reading…

Private agent vs. social planner in COVID-19 mitigation
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 16, 2020
These two timely papers on the coronavirus pandemic should be of interest to single-payer supporters. Continue reading…

ACO wonks stumbling through the pandemic
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 15, 2020
Earlier this week the National Association of ACOs released the results of a survey indicating that “a large portion of risk-based ACOs are likely to quit over concerns about COVID-19.” Continue reading…

Financial Times on the social contract
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 14, 2020
It has become obvious to many of us that the government must play a greater role in establishing policies that allow us to advance a social contract that benefits everyone. Continue reading…

COVID-19: The swan song of ACOs
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 13, 2020
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were established on the theory that by making providers accountable for the health care they were providing, you could improve quality while lowering costs. Continue reading…

Malcolm Gladwell: The lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 10, 2020
“You know who should be leading the conversation about the health of our population? The public health people. They’re the ones. They have the most important lessons to teach us.” Continue reading…

COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of health insurance
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 7, 2020
“National health insurance will probably come to the United States after a major change in the political climate — the kind of change that often accompanies a war, a depression, or large-scale civil unrest.” Continue reading…

Fate of commercial insurance under the COVID-19 pandemic
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 6, 2020
Although we already have an inequitable, fragmented, dysfunctional health care financing system, in spite of the highest per capita health care spending of all nations, the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis is revealing the severe instability in our health care financing infrastructure. Continue reading…

Another gift of COVID-19: Medical bankruptcy
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, April 1, 2020
As of 2020, our national health expenditures are $4 trillion, or $12,118 per capita. Considering that we are already spending that much, you would think that everyone could receive health care without experiencing financial hardship. Continue reading…

Saez and Zucman explain how we can protect our health and save our economy
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 31, 2020
Much has been written about how having an equitable, efficient, comprehensive national health program (i.e., single payer Medicare for All) would have been extremely helpful combating illnesses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading…

You don’t need a pandemic to lose your health plan at work
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 27, 2020
A well designed single payer model of an improved Medicare for All would meet the health care financing needs of everyone forever while being affordable for each of us based on our ability to pay. Continue reading…

Emergency coronavirus funds for American Indians languish in bureaucratic limbo
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 20, 2020
The Trump administration has held up $40 million in emergency aid Congress approved earlier this month to help American Indians combat the coronavirus. Continue reading…

GOP-led states diverge on easing Medicaid access during COVID-19
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 19, 2020
You would think that the COVID-19 pandemic would provoke state administrators to look for ways of reducing barriers to health care. Expanding Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals would seem to be a logical step. Continue reading…

Can we put partisan politics aside during the pandemic?
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 18, 2020
Unfortunately, President Trump did not get off to a sterling start in his response to the coronavirus crisis. He first wanted to minimize it so as to not distract from his campaign for reelection, and then when it appeared to be a more serious problem, he seemed more concerned about its impact on the economy rather than the potentially disastrous consequences that it would have on the health of the people. Continue reading…

Pandemics and Medicare for All
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 17, 2020
Two issues were appropriately conflated during the Biden/Sanders debate. One is that nations must be prepared at all times to address current and future public health crises, and the other is that the United States needs to reform its health care financing infrastructure to make it work well for everyone. Continue reading…

Taiwan’s COVID-19 lesson for us
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 13, 2020
Taiwan has a single payer national health program. The United States does not. Both nations now face the COVID-19 pandemic. “Taiwan is an example of how a society can respond quickly to a crisis and protect the interests of its citizens. (JAMA)” Yet in the United States, “The federal response really has been a fiasco. (Jha)” Continue reading…

With Coronavirus, ‘Health Care for Some’ Is a Recipe for Disaster
Comment by Dr. Don McCanne
Quote of the Day, March 12, 2020
Why should we have “a safety net big enough, and strong enough, for everyone” only during an epidemic? Every day people face potential financial hardship, suffer from injury and illness and perhaps die prematurely. Continue reading…

The global COVID-19 pandemic has hit the United States especially hard, with the fractured and inequitable state of U.S. health care and a lack of urgency on the part of some policymakers making matters even worse. PNHP has developed an eight-point plan of steps needed to confront COVID-19, which was published April 3, 2020 in Boston Review, and is reproduced below.

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) Statement

COVID-19 cases have been identified in all 50 US states, a surge of hospitalizations is underway in some cities, and more than 5000 had died of the illness by early April. Meanwhile, unprecedented public health measures undertaken to slow the spread of the outbreak look certain to provoke a recession, with job losses for millions or tens of millions of workers. The nation is facing this outbreak and the looming recession with a dangerously fragmented and privatized health system. At the start of the crisis, 30 million people were uninsured¹ and 44 million more underinsured²; around one in three Americans went without needed medical care because of costs²; and medical bankruptcies were commonplace.³ These problems will worsen as the economy spirals downward and hospitalizations rise.

Since its founding in the late 1980s, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) has called for a single-payer, expanded and improved “Medicare for All” reform to ensure that everyone in the nation has health insurance that would: eliminate cost barriers that keep our patients from needed care; improve health outcomes; and free physicians to focus on patient care, not wasteful billing and clerical activities that sap needed time and resources.^4-6 The COVID-19 crisis intensifies the urgency of such reform. It also calls for additional measures to fully protect all of our patients, including the most disadvantaged. We present, below, recommendations for measures needed to minimize hardship and loss of life during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

– Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., PNHP President

1. Immediately protect patients from medical costs due to COVID-19

Recently-passed legislation eliminated cost-sharing for COVID-19-related diagnostic testing, and provided coverage of testing for the uninsured. However, it did not expand coverage of treatment, leaving tens of millions of Americans at risk of financial disaster in the face of illness. Even those with insurance who are treated at an in-network hospital are likely to be stuck with thousands of dollars in copays and deductibles. For the uninsured (or the insured who are treated “out-of-network”), costs are likely to rise to tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.^7-9

PNHP calls on Congress and the President to immediately enact legislation providing full coverage for all COVID-19-related care for everyone in the United States. Such a measure would protect patients who are infected, and ensure that those with symptoms do not delay seeking testing and care.

2. Implement universal coverage through a Medicare-for-All reform

Covering the costs of COVID-19 related care is not enough. In the impending recession, millions will lose jobs, income and health insurance, exacerbating the healthcare cost crisis. Some, including those with severe COVID-19 infections, will require costly long-term care. Medicare for All reform would guarantee coverage for everyone in the United States; eliminate cost barriers for needed care, whether for COVID-19 or other conditions; and ensure that precious healthcare dollars are spent on care — not wasteful bureaucracy¹⁰, corporate profits, or unnecessary, but lucrative interventions. Such reform is needed now more than ever.

3. Restore our public health infrastructure

Public health agencies are our first line of defense against novel epidemics. However, chronic underfunding of our federal, state, and local public health agencies impeded the response to this outbreak, exemplified by the ongoing diagnostic testing fiasco.^11,12 Funding cuts have forced state and local public health agencies to eliminate 50,000 positions, a 20% decrease in the frontline workforce for fighting epidemics.¹³ The shortfall in resources has led some local public health authorities to give up¹⁴ on the case identification and contact tracing efforts that other nations have successfully employed to control spread of the epidemic.¹⁵

PNHP calls for increased federal funding to raise the share of national health expenditures devoted to public health and prevention from 2.5% to 5.0%. Bolstering the public health infrastructure is vital to combat the current pandemic, and to address other public health needs.

4. Protect incarcerated patients

Our nation’s densely crowded jails and prisons, which house the largest incarcerated population in the world, put inmates, staff and communities at grave risk of COVID-19. Outbreaks are already being reported among this uniquely vulnerable population.¹⁶

In addition to guaranteed healthcare access for the incarcerated population, PNHP joins other groups in calling for measures to reduce the at-risk population: the release of persons in pretrial detention or incarcerated for technical violations of parole or probation; stopping arrests for low-level offenses; early release where possible, especially for persons at increased health risk due to advanced age (a group known to have a low risk of re-offending) or co-morbidities.¹⁷

Universal coverage via Medicare for All would also ensure that individuals have adequate healthcare access in their communities after release from incarceration.

5. Protect immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s public charge rule, which imposes penalties on immigrant families for enrolling in social programs like Medicaid, will lead many to avoid needed testing or treatment for COVID-19,¹⁸ even though such care is technically exempt from the rule.¹⁹ Meanwhile, immigrants and asylum seekers in Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities are at serious risk from a COVID-19 outbreak; such facilities are crowded and are often in remote locations with limited accessibility to medical care.²⁰

PNHP urges the federal government to rescind the public charge rule, and joins other human rights organizations in calling for ICE to release asylum seekers and immigrants held in administrative detention, and to ensure secure travel and continuity of medical care for released individuals.²⁰ Additionally, PNHP calls for a universal Medicare-for-All coverage expansion to cover all US residents regardless of immigrant status.

6. Stabilize hospital financing while protecting patients from hospital costs

In the face of the coronavirus threat, hospitals across the country have cancelled elective procedures and stockpiled supplies, leading to falling revenue and rising costs.²¹ For some hospitals, particularly smaller rural hospitals, the coronavirus crisis could lead to closure.²¹ In response, recent legislation provided almost $100 billion in relief to the nation’s hospitals.²²

Our nation can ill afford hospital closures, particularly at this moment. However, reform is also needed in how hospitals are paid to ensure their stability in the face of future crises, and to protect patients, who have faced lawsuits, wage garnishment, and home foreclosures as a result of hospital efforts to recoup medical debt.²³ Hospital associations, meanwhile, continue to spend precious resources lobbying against public insurance expansions. PNHP hence calls for action from the nation’s community hospitals, the American Hospital Association, and the federal government.

Hospitals must end all lawsuits against patients for medical bills, including those hospitalized for COVID-19. The AHA should cease spending member hospitals’ funds on lobbying efforts against Medicare-for-All and other coverage expansions. In particular the AHA should withdraw from, and stop contributing to, the Partnership for America’s Healthcare Future, a dark-money lobbying group.

Finally, PNHP calls on the federal government to take action. It should replace hospitals’ current per-patient payment system with global budget funding similar to how fire departments are paid. This would free up substantial funds that hospitals currently spend on administration, which could be redirected to patient care — including for infectious disease-related surges.²⁴ Global budgets would also ensure that hospitals are not dependent on lucrative elective procedures for their financial stability, and that hospitals caring for disproportionate numbers of poor and poorly-insured individuals have adequate resources. Finally, such a reform of hospital financing should include separate and dedicated funding for new hospital infrastructure, to ensure that an adequate and equitable supply of infrastructure — including hospital beds, ICUs, and a reserve supply of emergency equipment and protective gear — are available throughout the nation. Until then, the federal government should take direct action and provide necessary funding to procure needed personal protective equipment for the nation’s hospital workers.

7. Ensure that pharmaceuticals and vaccines — including for COVID-19 — are affordable for the public

A recent bill signed into law by President Trump provided needed funds for the development of drugs and vaccines for COVID-19. However, the new law will not ensure that patients could afford the newly-developed therapeutics.²⁵

The current crisis underlines the need for the comprehensive pharmaceutical reform policy advocated by PNHP.²⁶ We call for increased public drug R&D, including publicly-financed clinical trials. However, publicly-developed therapeutics — including for COVID-19 — should remain in the public domain, and be available to patients without charge. Additionally, prescription drug supply chains are threatened by the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to shortages of essential medicines.²⁷ The US should establish public drug manufacturing capacity as one backup to address such shortfalls.²⁶

8. International considerations

Every nation faces major challenges fighting COVID-19. Some current US policies hinder other nations’ responses to the pandemic, and the global cooperation vital to containment. PNHP hence recommends easing or ending international sanctions that disrupt nations’ ability to respond to COVID-19. Additionally, the US should eliminate intellectual property constraints like patents and trade agreements that might restrict the low-cost production and distribution of essential drugs and vaccines, including those developed from publicly-funded research. Finally, we call for an end to the racist and xenophobic rhetoric that sows division and undermines cooperation.

The steps outlined above focus on public health and medical measures. With recession on the horizon, however, additional measures are needed to ameliorate impoverishment and social dislocation. Mass unemployment and economic privation will harm the nation’s health unless sweeping measures to strengthen the social safety-net are enacted. Such steps go beyond the scope of this document, but are critical for protecting the health and welfare of our patients.

There is much uncertainty in how severe the COVID-19 outbreak will ultimately prove to be in the United States. The rapid rise of cases and deaths, however, gives little reason for optimism. While no single policy could have prevented this outbreak, a robust, adequately-funded public health infrastructure and adherence to science-based policy — together with a universal publicly-funded national health program with unified financing and governance — would be powerful tools to control it. Change is sorely needed: to protect our patients during this pandemic, and other threats that will follow.

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Addendum: Protect residents and staff of long-term care facilities

Note: This important step does not appear in the original Boston Review piece; it was developed by the Illinois Single-Payer Coalition Working Group on Long-Term Care and added to PNHP’s proposal in early 2021.

Residents of long-term care facilities, like residents of other congregate settings, have suffered disproportionate numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths.²⁸

Even before the pandemic, infection control, staffing ratios, and public health surveillance were inadequate, and injuries and deaths due to abuse and neglect were commonplace. All of these conditions have worsened during the pandemic.

Long-term care facility staff have also suffered illness and death.

Disability rights activists have fought for decades for the right to live in the community, with necessary services and supports, instead of in institutions.²⁹ The pandemic proves the urgency of their demands.

PNHP’s 1991 proposal for a national long-term care program³⁰ supported the demand for home and community-based services (HCBS), as has national improved Medicare for all legislation.

PNHP urges Congress to continue to include support for HCBS in the federal response to the pandemic; and urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to issue guidance that explicitly enables local agencies to use appropriate HCBS funding for emergency relocation of residents of long-term care facilities and other congregate settings into safer housing, with needed supports.

Universal coverage of long-term care under Medicare for all would assure equitable funding of HCBS throughout the country.

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Throughout 2020, PNHP will focus on a specific, concrete “kitchen table” issue that requires fundamental reform (like single payer), not minor tweaks (like a public option). See below for materials related to our spring topic, pandemics and public health emergencies, and scroll to the bottom for a list of additional topics.

Public health emergencies (Spring 2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the glaring inadequacies of U.S. health care, as the threat of medical bills deters low-income patients from seeking treatment, our profit-driven delivery system strains to accommodate a surge in demand, and millions stand to lose their employer-provided health coverage. It also shows how badly we need fundamental reform.

We encourage you to share the materials below with your colleagues, family members, friends, and neighbors during the spring of 2020 to remind them that public health emergencies like COVID-19 are a kitchen table issue…and that Medicare for All is a necessary part of the solution.

Complete public health emergencies toolkit

• One-page handout: Medicare for All and public health emergencies
• Comparison chart: Medicare for All vs. the status quo
• PowerPoint slides: Now more than ever we need single-payer Medicare for All (by PNHP-MO chair Dr. Ed Weisbart)
• PowerPoint slides: COVID capitalism and the fight for health care justice
  and societal transformation (by PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler)
• PowerPoint slides: A case for improved and expanded Medicare for All (by PNHP NY Metro fellow and SNaHP leader Rachel Madley)
  
• Webinar: Dr. Phil Verhoef on public health emergencies
• Webinar: Dr. Steffie Woolhandler on COVID capitalism and the fight for health care justice and societal transformation
• Webinar: Dr. Alan Meyers on Medicare for All in the context of COVID-19
• Webinar: Dr. Kenneth Engelhart on pandemics throughout history
• Webinar: Pandemics and single payer (organized by the UC Berkeley-UCSF joint medical program chapter of Students for a National Health Program)
• Webinar: COVID-19 and the problems with employer-based health care (organized by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health chapter of Students for a National Health Program)
• Virtual Panel: Prof. Karen Palmer and Dr. Sanjeev Sriram on COVID-19 and the case for Medicare for All (organized by the Medicare for All Congressional Caucus)
• Organizing toolkit: Telling your story
• Analysis: “Unprepared for COVID-19: How the Pandemic Makes the Case for Medicare for All,” by Eagan Kemp, Health Care Policy Advocate, Public Citizen
• Newspaper outreach: Sample letters to the editor
• Radio outreach: Talk radio call-in scripts
• Video: Dr. Phil Verhoef on COVID-19 and Medicare for All
• Podcast: Dr. David Himmelstein on our response to COVID-19
• Social media: Share on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram

If you need assistance with events or actions, contact the PNHP organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org. For help with messaging materials, contact PNHP communications specialist Clare Fauke at clare@pnhp.org.

If you would like to provide expertise or help develop materials for future Kitchen Table topics, please contact PNHP president-elect Dr. Susan Rogers at s.rogers@pnhp.org.

Video: Dr. Phil Verhoef on COVID-19

Podcast: Dr. David Himmelstein on COVID-19

Webinar: Dr. Phil Verhoef on COVID-19

Webinar: Dr. Steffie Woolhandler on COVID capitalism and the fight for health care justice and societal transformation

Webinar: Dr. Alan Meyers on Medicare for All in the context of COVID-19

Webinar: Overcoming COVID-19: A historical perspective

Webinar: Pandemics and single payer

Webinar: COVID-19 and the problems with employer-based health care

Virtual Panel: Prof. Karen Palmer and Dr. Sanjeev Sriram on COVID-19 and the case for Medicare for All

Twitter discussion forum

PNHP hosted a one-hour COVID-19 Twitter discussion on April 9, 2020, featuring PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney, PNHP president-elect Dr. Susan Rogers, and other notable physician and health professional leaders. All questions and responses are all included in the thread below.

Join us TONIGHT at 8pm Eastern as we talk #COVID19 and #MedicareForAll.

(And be sure to follow @awgaffney, @SusanRogersMD1, @DrSriram, @DrDooleyMD, @AugieLindmark, @karenpalmeryvr, and @ThomasJxnMPH if you aren’t already.)#COVID19Response #SinglePayerSavesLives pic.twitter.com/dpfKMv0bDL

— Physicians for a National Health Program (@PNHP) April 9, 2020

Additional topics

Review previous installments of the Kitchen Table Campaign, and stay tuned for additional topics throughout 2020:

• • Surprise billing (January)
  • Racial health inequities (February)
  • Rural health (March)
  • Pandemics and public health emergencies (Spring)
  • COVID-19 and racial health inequities (Spring)
  • COVID-19 endangers health care workers (July)
  • COVID-19 and delays for non-COVID care (future)
  • COVID-19 and unmet mental health needs (future)
  • High drug prices (future)
  • Substance abuse and opioids (future)
  • Maternal and reproductive health (future)

As health professionals, policymakers, and patients continue to grapple with COVID-19, you may be asking, “What can I do right now to help advance the cause of health care justice?”

In addition to following CDC guidelines on social distancing, we encourage you to take the following 10 steps to address the current crisis, and to build a system that will make us healthier, more just, and better prepared for future public health crises.

1. Contact lapsed PNHP members and urge them to renew their membership. Email admin@pnhp.org for a list of lapsed members in your community.
2. Maintain your Medicare for All advocacy using tools such as videoconferencing and phone trees. See PNHP’s Digital Organizing Swaps guide for detailed suggestions.
3. Share information from reliable sources, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and PNHP’s dedicated coronavirus page, on social media.
4. Call attention to the needs of marginalized communities, including undocumented immigrants, tribal populations, and people with disabilities. Go HERE for a list of resources.
5. Share your story as someone on the front lines of this pandemic. Americans are scared and frustrated, and they want to hear from medical professionals who are fighting COVID-19. Use THIS organizing toolkit to get started.
6. Read, sign, and share THIS important letter from the Committee to Protect Medicare demanding widespread COVID-19 testing, a national shelter-in-place order, and increased production of personal protective equipment.
7. Write an op-ed or letter to the editor of your local news outlet explaining how Medicare for All would improve our response to public health emergencies. Go HERE for letter and op-ed guidelines.
8. Call your congressional representatives at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to fight for free testing and treatment for COVID-19 patients. Also, urge them to co-sponsor single-payer legislation, such as H.R. 1384 in the House and S. 1129 in the Senate.
9. Support the future of our movement by encouraging a medical or health professional student to join Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) for FREE. You can also encourage active SNaHP members to apply for a leadership position.
10. Help sustain the cause of health care justice by pledging a generous monthly contribution. Visit pnhp.org/donate TODAY!

Together, we will strive to contain the spread of this virus, treat patients in need of medical intervention, and win the single-payer system that all Americans need and deserve.

Wash your hands. Practice social distancing. And fight for a single-payer national health program that can address public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Our fractured and inefficient collection of private and public health programs leaves millions of Americans out in the cold. A well-designed national health program would cover every U.S. resident and would ensure timely care for those who need it most.

Protecting public health during the immediate crisis

For the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic, including recommended mitigation techniques, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

Read, sign, and share this important letter from the Committee to Protect Medicare demanding widespread COVID-19 testing, a national shelter-in-place order, and increased production of personal protective equipment.

For a continuously updated list of resources available to undocumented immigrants, see this Google Sheet compiled by the Betancourt Macias Family Scholarship Foundation.

For a continuously updated list of resources available to people with disabilities, see this dedicated webpage compiled by Access Living.

Coronavirus-related policy proposals and research

Physicians for a National Health Program has developed an eight-point plan of needed steps to fight COVID-19 including, but not limited to, single-payer Medicare for All. Our proposal was published in Boston Review, and can also be found at pnhp.org/COVID19Response.

PNHP leaders and allies have also published several studies detailing how job loss, chronic health conditions, mass incarceration, and other inequities put millions at risk of contracting, and dying from, COVID-19:

• “We Are All in This Together: COVID-19 and the Case for Medicare for All,” by Hebah Kassem, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, March 2021.
• “Unprepared for COVID-19: How the Pandemic Makes the Case for Medicare for All,” by Eagan Kemp, Public Citizen, March 16, 2021. (Public Citizen press release here.)
• “Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Teachers and Adults Living With School-Aged Children,” by Adam W. Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Annals of Internal Medicine, August 21, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)
• “Illness-Related Work Absence in Mid-April Was Highest on Record,” by Adam W. Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., JAMA Internal Medicine, published online July 27, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)
• “Feasibility of Separate Rooms for Home Isolation and Quarantine for COVID-19 in the United States,” by Ashwini R. Sehgal, M.D.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Annals of Internal Medicine, published online July 21, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)
• “18.2 Million Individuals at Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness Are Un- or Underinsured,” by Adam W. Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; Laura Hawks, M.D.; David H. Bor, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; and Danny McCormick, M.D., Journal of General Internal Medicine, published online June 10, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)
• “COVID-19 and US Health Financing: Perils and Possibilities,” by Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., International Journal of Health Services, published online June 9, 2020. (Full study on the PNHP website here.)
• “Insurers’ Offers of Free Care for Coronavirus Are Often Confusing and Limited,” by Eagan Kemp, Melinda St. Louis, Taylor Lincoln, and Mike Tanglis, Public Citizen, May 7, 2020.
• “Health Insurance Status and Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes with COVID-19 Among U.S. Health Care Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study,” by David U. Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Annals of Internal Medicine, April 28, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)
  
• “COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails in the United States,” by Laura Hawks, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; and Danny McCormick, M.D., M.P.H., JAMA Internal Medicine, published online April 28, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)
• “Intersecting U.S. Epidemics: COVID-19 and Lack of Health Insurance,” by Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P. and David U. Himmelstein, M.D., F.A.C.P., Annals of Internal Medicine, published online April 7, 2020. (PNHP press release here.)

In response to the current crisis, PNHP recommends enrolling all currently uninsured U.S. residents in traditional Medicare, a time-tested program that already covers tens of millions of Americans.

Why we need improved Medicare for All

Whatever public health measures we can put in place to address COVID-19 are sadly limited by the awful state of our health care financing apparatus, and by the threadbare nature of our social safety net.

Congress can have a positive immediate impact by passing protections for workers, creating medical “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants, and eliminating out-of-pocket expenses for patients undergoing testing and treatment for COVID-19. But the only permanent solution is to enact a single-payer national health program that would:

• Cover all U.S. residents for all medically necessary care;
• Totally eliminate out-of-pocket spending;
• Guarantee appropriate health resources in all communities based on medical need;
• Increase public health spending and invest in research to improve population health; and
• Maintain the capacity to respond to nationwide crises in a unified manner.

COVID-19 is just one dramatic example of our failure to care for vulnerable patients and marginalized populations. To the extent that Congress passes laudable reforms, those reforms should not be allowed to expire, but should act as a catalyst in our push for single-payer reform.

If a concerted focus on public health is required to address the current crisis, then it is also required to address the ongoing crisis.

Organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic

As large public gatherings are cancelled across the country, PNHP activists are no doubt wondering how to safely maintain their vital single-payer advocacy in the age of “social distancing.” Our organizing team has developed two important guides for members to continue their work remotely:

• “Digital Organizing Swaps: An action plan for activists during COVID-19” details digital alternatives to planned in-person activities such as chapter meetings and canvassing events.
• “How to run a large conference call” provides tips for members to help make upcoming conference calls a success, including steps to take before, during, and after your call.
• “Zoom tips and tricks” will help members make the most of the Zoom video conferencing platform. Developed by Shannon Rotolo, PharmD.

If you have questions about organizing amidst COVID-19, email our organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org.

Additional COVID-19 advocacy and analysis

• Emergency COVID-19 Legislation
• Kitchen Table Campaign: Public Health Emergencies
• Take action on COVID-19
• Telling your COVID-19 story
• PNHP members in the news

During each of the first six months of 2020, PNHP will focus on a specific, concrete “kitchen table” issue that requires fundamental reform (like single payer), not minor tweaks (like a public option). See below for materials related to this month’s issue, rural health care, and scroll to the bottom for a list of future topics.

Rural health care (March 2020)

The corporations that control U.S. health care are neglecting rural communities. Why? Because they are driven by profits, and seek to deliver expensive care to a large populations of privately insured patients. Rural hospitals are closing at an alarming rate, and residents of these communities are suffering greatly as a result.

We encourage you to share the materials below with your colleagues, family members, friends, and neighbors during the month of March to remind them that our rural health crisis is a kitchen table issue…and that Medicare for All is a necessary part of the solution.

Complete rural health crisis toolkit

• One-page handout: Overview of our rural health crisis
• Comparison chart: Medicare for All vs. public option
• PowerPoint slides: Medicare for All means far better rural health
• Newspaper outreach: Sample letters to the editor
• Radio outreach: Talk radio call-in scripts
• Organizing toolkit: Rural American Health Care
• Social media: Share on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
• Video: Dr. Carol Paris on our rural health crisis
• Facts and data sources: Resources on our rural health crisis (also available in PDF and MS Word)
• Podcast: Dr. Bob Devereaux on our rural health crisis
• Webinar: Dr. Bob Devereaux answers member questions
• News coverage: Dr. Robin Feierabend speaks to The Daily Yonder about rural hospital closures

If you need assistance with events or actions, contact the PNHP organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org. For help with messaging materials, contact PNHP communications specialist Clare Fauke at clare@pnhp.org.

If you would like to provide expertise or help develop materials for future Kitchen Table topics, please contact PNHP Strategy Committee co-coordinator Dr. Ed Weisbart at pnhpmo@gmail.com.

Video: Dr. Carol Paris on rural health care

Video: Dr. Anna Stratis on rural health care

Podcast: Dr. Bob Devereaux on our rural health crisis

Webinar: Dr. Bob Devereaux answers member questions

Additional topics

Stay tuned for these topics throughout the first half of 2020:

• Surprise billing (January)
• Racial health inequities (February)
• Rural health (March)
• COVID-19 and public health emergencies (April)
• High drug prices (May)
• Substance abuse and opiods (June)
• Maternal and reproductive health (July)

On February 15, 2020, medical and health professional students from across the U.S. gathered in Aurora, Colo. for the 9th annual Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) Summit. To access a selection of slideshows and handouts from the Summit, please see below. To view photos from the Summit, visit our Flickr page.

We also encouraged attendees to post to social media using the hashtag #SNaHPSummit2020. Click here to read member tweets, and be sure to follow SNaHP on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates.

Summit Agenda

Click here to access the full agenda.

Click here to access workshop descriptions.

Presentation Materials

Single Payer 101
By Alex Cabrera, Rachel Madley, Paul Glasheen, Ashley Duhon, and Michael Zingman
Download slideshow here

Welcome and Keynote
By Dr. Susan Rogers
Download slideshow here

Working with Media: Pitching Your Story and Conducting Interviews
By Clare Fauke
Download slideshow here

Single Payer & its Impacts on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
By Michael Zingman
Download slideshow here

Serving on & Creating a Panel Discussion: How to use your voice in a crowded room
By Stephanie Michael and Robertha Barnes
Download slideshow here

Rural Health Inequities and How it Applies to Single Payer
By Akul Munjal
Download slideshow here

The AMA Action & Medical Society Resolutions
By Alankrita Siddula and Rex Tai
Download slideshow here

Electoral & Political Advocacy in a Critical Election Year
By Keanan McGonigle, Paul Ehrlich, and John Kearney
Download slideshow here and here

Regional Breakout Sessions
Download student toolkit here, and access voter registration information here and here

Plenary Sessions

Single Payer 101
By Alex Cabrera, Rachel Madley, Paul Glasheen, Ashley Duhon, and Michael Zingman (the keynote address by Dr. Susan Rogers is also included, but there is an even better recording below)

Keynote Address: The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been about Civil Rights
By Dr. Susan Rogers

Panel: “What does ‘All Means All’ Mean?”
Featuring Alankrita Siddula, Helio Neves da Silva, and Thomas Jackson; Moderated by Robertha Barnes

Panel: With a Workers’ Conscious: Unionizing Now and Under Medicare for All 
Featuring Dr. Jessica Edwards, Ashley Duhon, and Clare Fauke; Moderated by Rosa Malloy-Post and Paul Glasheen

Super Tuesday Action

Check back soon for more details on our student-led Super Tuesday action. (Super Tuesday is March 3, 2020.)

During each of the first six months of 2020, PNHP will focus on a specific, concrete “kitchen table” issue that requires fundamental reform (like single payer), not minor tweaks (like a public option). See below for materials related to this month’s issue, racial health inequities, and scroll to the bottom for a list of future topics.

Racial health inequities (February 2020)

People of color face significant barriers accessing health care in the United States, and are much more likely than whites to be uninsured or under-insured. The results are tragic: higher rates of preventable illness resulting in physical suffering, bankruptcy, and even death. We have a long way to go to eliminate the racial inequities in U.S. health care, but a necessary first step is comprehensive coverage for everybody.

We encourage you to share the materials below with your colleagues, family members, friends, and neighbors during the month of February to remind them that racial health inequities are a kitchen table issue…and that Medicare for All is a necessary part of the solution.

Complete racial health inequities toolkit

• One-page handout: Overview of racial health inequities
• Comparison chart: Medicare for All vs. public option
• PowerPoint slides: Medicare for All means far fewer racial health disparities (click here to view video of Dr. Ed Weisbart presenting these slides at West Chestnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville)
• Newspaper outreach: Sample letters to the editor
• Radio outreach: Talk radio call-in scripts
• Organizing toolkit: Update your Grand Rounds or speaking presentation
• Organizing toolkit: Planning a virtual townhall on racial health inequities (developed by Students for a National Health Program)
• Social media: Share on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
• Video: Dr. Susan Rogers on racial health inequities
• Podcast: Dr. Susan Rogers on racial health inequities
• Webinar: Dr. Susan Rogers answers member questions

If you need assistance with events or actions, contact the PNHP organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org. For help with messaging materials, contact PNHP communications specialist Clare Fauke at clare@pnhp.org.

If you would like to provide expertise or help develop materials for future Kitchen Table topics, please contact PNHP Strategy Committee co-coordinator Dr. Ed Weisbart at pnhpmo@gmail.com.

Video: Dr. Susan Rogers on racial health inequities

Video: Dr. Ed Weisbart on racial health inequities

Podcast: Dr. Susan Rogers on racial health inequities

Webinar: Dr. Susan Rogers answers member questions

Webinar: Dr. Sanjeev Sriram on the All Means All campaign, plus SNaHP racial justice toolkit

Action: Power to Heal screening

PNHP chapters across the country have drawn large and engaged audiences by screening “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution.” Visit the Power to Heal website to purchase a license for the film, or contact Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe with PNHP’s Health Care Justice – North Carolina chapter (jessica.schorr.saxe@gmail.com) for suggestions on how to organize a successful screening.

Allied organizations fighting for racial justice

Our allies in the fight for single-payer Medicare for All have developed materials and campaigns focusing on racial justice, including the following:

• Social Security Works developed the All Means All campaign to center racial equity and the elimination of racial health disparities in the creation of Medicare for All. Visit the campaign website to join their efforts, view a webinar featuring Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram, and access racial justice fact sheets for all 50 states.
• Healthcare-NOW! produced a video detailing the role of racism and Jim Crow in defeating previous single-payer legislation. The organization is currently developing a racial equity training that will be free and open to the public.
• White Coats for Black Lives seeks to eliminate racial bias in the practice of medicine and recognize racism as a threat to the health and well-being of people of color. Their recent work includes a Racial Justice Report Card that evaluated medical schools across the U.S.

Additional topics

Stay tuned for these topics throughout the first half of 2020:

• Surprise billing (January)
• Racial health inequities (February)
• Rural health (March)
• Substance abuse and opiods (April)
• Maternal and reproductive health (May)
• High drug prices (June)

During each of the first six months of 2020, PNHP will focus on a specific, concrete “kitchen table” issue that requires fundamental reform (like single payer), not minor tweaks (like a public option). See below for materials related to January’s issue, surprise billing, and scroll to the bottom for a list of additional topics.

Surprise medical bills (January 2020)

More than half of Americans say they’ve been hit with a “surprise” medical bill that they thought would have been covered by insurance. These bills are more than just an inconvenience; they can stretch family budgets to the breaking point and the fear of surprise medical bills can cause patients to avoid seeking care in the first place.

We encourage you to share the materials below with your colleagues, family members, friends, and neighbors during the month of January to remind them that surprise billing is a kitchen table issue…and Medicare for All is the only real solution.

Complete surprise billing toolkit

• One-page handout: Overview of surprise billing
• Comparison chart: Medicare for All vs. public option
• PowerPoint slides: An end to surprise medical bills
• Newspaper outreach: Sample op-ed and letters-to-the-editor
• Radio outreach: Talk radio call-in scripts
• Organizing toolkit: Send a surprise bill to your member of Congress
• Social media: Share on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
• Video: Dr. Farzon Nahvi on surprise billing
• Podcast: Dr. Mark Krasnoff on surprise billing
• Webinar: Dr. Mark Krasnoff answers member questions

If you need assistance with events or actions, contact the PNHP organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org. For help with messaging materials, contact PNHP communications specialist Clare Fauke at clare@pnhp.org.

If you would like to provide expertise or help develop materials for future Kitchen Table topics, please contact PNHP Strategy Committee co-coordinator Dr. Ed Weisbart at pnhpmo@gmail.com.

Video: Dr. Farzon Nahvi on surprise billing

Podcast: Dr. Mark Krasnoff on surprise billing

Webinar: Dr. Mark Krasnoff answers member questions

Member writing

• “Protecting Americans from surprise medical costs” by Ed Weisbart, M.D., St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 8, 2020
• “We have a way to get rid of these surprise medical bills” by George Bohmfalk, M.D., The Aspen (Colo.) Times, March 3, 2020
• “Insurance networks have to go” by Valerie Domenici, Ph.D., The Sentinel (Carlisle, Penn.), Letters, January 8, 2020
• “Medicare for All plan would cover all Americans and is a way forward” by Kathleen Fagan, M.D., M.P.H., TCPalm (Stuart, Fla.), Letters, January 8, 2020
• “The answer to surprise medical billing is Medicare for All” by Johnathon Ross, M.D., M.P.H., The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Letters, January 15, 2020
• “This is why I prescribe Medicare for All” by Joan A. MacEachen, M.D., M.P.H., The Journal (Cortez, Colo.), Letters, January 16, 2020
• “Universal health care the cure for medical billing disorders” by Eric Naumburg, M.D., M.P.H., The Baltimore Sun, Letters, March 2, 2020

Future topics

Stay tuned for additional topics throughout the first half of 2020:

• Surprise billing (January)
• Racial health inequities (February)
• Rural health (March)
• Substance abuse and opiods (April)
• Maternal and reproductive health (May)
• High drug prices (June)

On January 21, 2020, more than two thousand physicians published an open letter to the public, prescribing single-payer Medicare for All in a full-page ad in The New York Times. Since it’s publication the letter has attracted many more supporters, a sign that physicians and other medical professionals are unhappy with the current state of U.S. health care and are embracing fundamental reform.

Here are a few things you can do to help advance the cause of single payer:

• Sign our open letter prescribing Medicare for All.
• Join, or renew your membership in, Physicians for a National Health Program.
• Visit our Take Action page for concrete advocacy suggestions.

Please also consider printing, sharing, and otherwise circulating the New York Times ad itself. And for continued updates on single-payer Medicare for All, be sure to follow PNHP on Facebook and Twitter.

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Paul Ehrlich
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Lindsey Ellis
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Julianne Elofson MD
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Mahmoud Eltorai MD
Sherif Emil MD
Susan G. Emmerson MD
Ken Engelhart MD
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Michael Pellegrini MD
Sandra Penn MD
Max Pensack
Robert Pensack MD
Paul Pentel MD
Alan Penziner MD
Lewis Pepper MD
Emilio Perez-Jorge MD
Jennifer Perkins MD
Jim Perkins MD
David Perlman MD
Janet Perlman MD
Robert Perlmuter MD
Donald Perlo MD
Robert Pero MD
Ronald Perrone MD
John Perryman MD
Steven Pesce MD
Robert Petersen MD
Travis Petersen
Alan Peterson MD
Kent Peterson MD
Timothy Peterson MD
Janine Petito MD
Antonio Petkov
Helen Petroff MD
Carol-Lynn Petronaci MD
Roger Pezzuti MD
Daniel Pham
Kenneth Phelps MD
Shannon Phibbs MD
Prince Philip MD
Charlotte Phillips MD
James Phillips MD
Lindsay Phillips MD
Ryan Phillips MD
Sarah Phillips MD
William J. Phillips MD
Lauren Phinney
Ellen Pierce MD
Surya Pierce MD
Donna Pierre MD
Simon Piller MD
Jonathan Pincus MD
Keen Piper
Matthew Pius MD
Naomi Pless MD
Dennis Pocekay MD
Rian Podein MD
Scott Podolsky MD
Harry Pollock MD
Daniel Pomerantz MD
Edward Pontius MD
Nivedita Poola
William Pope MD
Trevor Poplewko
Jenna Port
Jon Kevin Porter MD
Diana Post MD
Kendall Post
David Potter MD
Patricia Potter MD
Robert Powel MD
Tanya Powel MD
Dan Powell MD
Jonathan Powell MD
David Power MB
James S. Powers MD
Kriti Prasad
Genevieve Preer MD
Barry Press MD
Judith Pretell MD
Thomas Pretlow MD
Richard Price MD
Linda Prine MD
Stephanie Prior MD
Raphael Pristoop MD
Claudia Prose MD
Neil Prose MD
Alec Pruchnicki MD
Douglas Pryce MD
Michael Puisis DO
Ronald E. Pust MD
Denise Puthuff MD
Robert Putsch MD
David Puzycki MD
Andrew Quint MD
David Rabin MD
Tracy Rabin MD
Stephanie Radke MD
Alan Radoff MD
Zarin Rahman
Robert Raish MD
Sagar Raju MD
Mario Rako
Brendan Raleigh MD
Brian Ralston MD
Deepa Ramachandrqn MD
Hari Raman MD
Timothy Ramer MD
Alan H. Ramsey MD
Julia Randall MD
Vinay Rao
Rekha Rapaka MD
Jane Rapinchuk MD
Alan Rapoport MD
Jonathan Rapp MD
Naomi Rappaport MD
Micha Sam Raredon
John Ratmeyer MD
Adi Rattner MD
Angela Ray
Roona Ray MD
Terry Raymer MD
Bonnie Reagan MD
Peter Reagan MD
Lawrence Real MD
Robin Reams MD
Mark Reber MD
Jim Recht MD
Neel Reddy
Glenn Rediger MD
Diana Reed MD
Emily Regier
William Reichel MD
Ann Reichsman MD
Hadley Reid
William Reid MD
Christopher Reif MD
Michael Reiff MD
William King Reilly MD
Alexander Reisner MD
Alexandra Reitz MD
Ashley Rekem
Mark Remington MD
Janet Reuter MD
Andrea Reyes Vega MD
Jim Reynolds MD
Michael Reynolds
Sara-Grace Reynolds MD
Gabriel Rice MD
Tahshann Richards DO
James Richmond MD
Deborah Richter MD
Sarah Ricketts MD
Elmore Rigamer MD
Susan RIghi MD
Hannah Rinehardt
Andrew Ripecky MD
Martina Rippon MD
Jeffrey Ritterman MD
Danielle Rivera
Jason Rivera
Barbara H. Roberts MD
Eugene Roberts MD
Margaret Roberts MD
Michele Roberts MD
Suzanne Roberts MD
Tom Roberts MD
Jack Robertson MD
Keith Robinson MD
Lauren Robinson MD
Mary Robinson MD
Susan Robinson MD
Roger Rochat MD
Nathan Rockey
Richard Rodgers MD
Eve Rodler MD
Rachel Rodriguez MD
Marisa Rogers MD
Susan Rogers MD
Benjamin Rohrer MD
Aaron Roland MD
John Rolland MD
Tim Roos MD
Cecile Rose MD
Henry Rose MD
Nicole Roselli MD
David Rosenberg DO
Henry Rosenberg MD
Kenneth Rosenberg MD
Hannah Rosenblum MD
Elizabeth Rosenthal MD
Lila Rosenthal MD
Samuwl Rosenthal MD
Alan Ross MD
Johnathon Ross MD
Jonathan Ross MD
Ronald Ross MD
Brad Roter MD
Alan Roth MD
Craig S. Roth MD
Robert Roth MD
Steven Rothschild MD
Johann Rothwangl MD
Giulio Rottaro Castejon MD
Lipi Roy MD
Victor Roy MD
John Rozehnal MD
Rachel Rubin MD
Susan Rubin MD
Jay Ruby MD
Mark Rudolf
Colin D. Rudolph MD
Eric Runte MD
Patricia Rush MD
Elizabeth Russell MD
Margaret Russell MD
Rob Rutherford MD
Robert Rutherford MD
Dave Ruud MD
Emma Ryan
J. Mark Ryan MD
Janis Rygwelski MD
Mary Rysavy MD
Altaf Saadi MD
Mallika Sabharwal MD
Sabina Sabharwal MD
Richard Sachs MD
David Sacks MD
Mordechai Sadowsky MD
Patricia Safavi MD
Daniel Safer MD
Jeff Saffer MD
Kenneth Saffier MD
Todd Sagin MD
Prantik Saha MD
Irene Saikevych MD
Kaaren Sailer MD
Vikas Saini MD
Marguerite Saith MD
Katherine A. Sakmar MD
Robert Salinger MD
Eric Salk MD
Thaddeus Salmon MD
William Salot MD
Sonali Saluja MD
Ramon Sanchez MD
Robert Sanchez MD
Robert Sander MD
Jay Sanders MD
Teresa Sandoval-Phillips MD
Bev Sansone MD
Marcosa J. Santiago MD
Marc Sapir MD
Paul Sarvasy MD
Milan Satcher MD
Shirley Saucerman MD
Barry Saver MD
Wendy Saville MD
Jessica Saxe MD
Andrew Saxon MD
Sadath Sayeed MD
Barbara Sayres MD
Giulia Scarantino MD
Jeffrey Scavron MD
Lawrence R. Schacht MD
Daniel Schaffer MD
Jonathan Schatz MD
Steven Schechterman MD
Claire Scheele MD
Anne Scheetz MD
Aaron Scheinman MD
Jon Scheinman MD
Cathy Schen MD
Diane Schetky MD
James Scheuer MD
Abigail Schiff PhD
Gordon Schiff MD
Anthony Schlaff MD
Peter Schlesinger MD
Louis Schlickman MD
Gregory Schmidt MD
Maria Schmidt MD
Ed Schmitt MD
Peter Schnall MD
Todd Schneberk MD
Carol Schneebaum MD
Katherine Schneebaum MD
Amy Schneider MD
Robert Schneider DO
Alan Schocket MD
Timothy Scholes MD
Diana Schott MD
Michael Schroering MD
Kelly Schuering MD
Curtis Schultz MD
Harley Schultz MD
Linda Schultz MD
Deborah Schumann MD
John Schuster MD
Jonathan Schwartz MD
Leah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz MD
Deborah Scott MD
Ewell Scott MD
Martha Scott MD
William Scott MD
Martina Sczesny MD
Stephen Seagren MD
Ashwini Sehgal MD
Janice Seidman MD
Tymberly Seim MD
Kathryn Seitz MD
Tseganesh Selameab MD
Lea Selitsky MD
MacLean Sellars MD
Martin Seltman MD
Michael Selzer MD
Houshang Semino MD
Harry Senekjian MD
Dan Sengenberger DO
Balim Senman MD
Michael Senter-Zapata MD
Kaitlin Seryak MD
Ann Settgast MD
Colin Sevareid
Robert Shadel MD
Prutha Shah
Shemal Shah DO
Arman Shahriar
Chandra Shaker MD
Ruhama Shakhawat
Janet Shalwitz MD
Eve Shapiro MD
Jed Shapiro MD
Martin Shapiro MD
Kathleen Shapley-Quinn MD
Todd Shapley-Quinn MD
David Share MD
Catherine Sharkness MD
Annu Sharma MD
Prithvi Sharma MD
Timothy Shaw MD
Elizabeth Shea MD
Talia Shear MD
Gregory Sheehy MD
Brian Shelley MD
Samuel Shem MD
Ann Sheng
Angela Shepard MD
John Shepherd MD
Michael Sherer MD
Hanna Sherman MD
Steven Sherman MD
Saba Shevidi
Marc Shi MD
Marie Shieh MD
Cullen Shipman MD
Miriam Shipp MD
Maziar Shirazi MD
Eugene Shively MD
Ross Shockley MD
Ronald Shorr MD
James Shropshire MD
Bryant Shuey MD
Mark Sicherman MD
Feroze Sidhwa MD
Stanley Siefer MD
Diane Siegel MD
Jenny Siegel MD
Michael Siegel MD
Gerald Sielaff MD
Karlynn Sievers MD
Peter Sigmann MD
Jenny Silberger MD
Julie Silberman MD
Ann Silk MD
Alejandro Silva MD
Dana Silver MD
Elaine Silver MD
Marcia Silver MD
Richard Silvera MD
Alice Silverman MD
Joseph Silverman MD
Gabriel Silversmith MD
Joel Silverstein MD
Michael Silverstein MD
Alexander Simao DO
Jack Simon MD
Mark Simon MD
Mary Simon MD
William Simpson MD
Robert Sims MD
Donald Singer MD
Diljeet Singh MD
Rashmi Singh MD
Anoop Sinha MD
Arjun Sinha MD
Matthew Siow MD
Norman J. Sissman MD
Duane Skar MD
Victoria Skellcerf MD
Kelsey Sklar
Ilana Slaff-Galatan MD
Samuel Slavin MD
Linda Sloan MD
Jonathan Slutzman MD
Naomi Smidt-Afek MD
Ben Smith MD
Carolyn S. Smith MD
Clayton Smith DO
Darvin Smith MD
Elizabeth Smith MD
Geoffrey Smith DO
Gordon Smith MD
Luke Smith
Peter Smith MD
Phoebe Smith MD
Richard Smith MD
Richard W. Smith MD
Stephen Smith MD
Daniel Smithers
Michael Snavely MD
Margaret Snowden MD
Jeremy Snyder MD
Susan Soboroff MD
Natacha Sochat MD
Robert Soderstrom MD
Vanessa Soetanto MD
Marc Sokolow MD
Caren Solomon MD
David Solosko MD
Lucia Somberg MD
Bonnie Song
Paul Song MD
Martha Sonnenberg MD
Richard Soper MD
David Sorg MD
Paul Sorum MD
Jacob Sosna MD
Tony Spadaro MD
Becca Spain MD
H. Todd Spencer MD
Natalie Spicyn MD
Paul Spilseth MD
Michael Spinner MD
James Squire MD
Shilpa Sridhar MD
Roshini Srinivasan
Sanjeev Sriram MD
Sarah Stadler MD
Rick Staggenborg MD
Susan Standfast MD
David Staub MD
William Stauffer MD
Danae Steele MD
Hendrik Stegall
Charles Stegman MD
Susan Steigerwalt MD
Adam Stein MD
Gerald Stein MD
Jeffrey Stein MD
Alan Steinbach MD
Peter Steinglass MD
Jackson Steinkamp
Alice Stek MD
Michael Stellini MD
Joseph Stenger MD
Charles Stephens MD
Joseph Stephens MB
Richard Stephenson MD
Andrew Stergachis MD
Michael Stevens MD
Holly Stewart MD
John Stewart MD
Leslie Stewart MD
Madeline Stewart
Melissa Stiles MD
Audrey Stillerman MD
Andrew Stone MD
Daniel Stone
Robert Stone MD
Armide Storey
David Stornelli MD
Cosimo Storniolo MD
Jeffrey G. Stovall MD
John W. Stover MD
Joshua Strait DO
Jehu Strange MD
Fred Strauss MD
Joseph Stricker DDS
Wayne Strouse MD
Joyce Su
Javier Suarez MD
Kimberly Sue MD
Leslie Suen MD
Kate Sugarman MD
Rebekah Sugarman
Naseem Sulayman MD
John Sullivan MD
John J. Sullivan MD
Robert Sullivan MD
Marguerite Summers MD
Robert Sumner MD
Stephen Supoyo MD
Jan Swaney MD
David Swanson MD
Karen Swanson MD
Scott Swartz
Heather Sweeney
Leighton Sweet MD
Sandra Sweetnam MD
Howard Swidler MD
Mary Elizabeth Swift-Taylor MD
Meghan Swyryn
Roman Szkopiec MD
Allan Tachauer MD
Uma Tadepalli MD
Heinrich Taegtmeyer MD
Usman Tahir MD
Rex Tai
Nicholas Taintor MD
Joe Talarico DO
Pamela Talley MD
Derek Tam MD
Lisa Tan
Matthew Tan
Radhika Tandon
Amy Tang MD
Robert Tarnas MD
Sarah Tarnowsky DO
Gloria Tavera
Ann Taylor MD
Frederick Taylor MD
Geraldine Rita Taylor MD
Muriel King Taylor MD
Susan Taylor MD
Tyler Taylor MD
Yakira Teitel MD
Daniel Teixeira da Silva MD
Gordon Telford MD
Andrew Telzak MD
Laura Tenner MD
Martin Terplan MD
Mishka Terplan MD
Jonathan Terry DO
Toby Terwilliger MD
Lello Tesema MD
Kinna Thakarar DO
Ashish Thakrar MD
Simone Thibault
Michael Thibodeau MD
Beth Thielen MD
Christie Thomas MB
Elaine Thomas MD
Joseph Thomas MD
Paul Thomas
E. Donnall Thomas Jr. MD
Alice Thompson
Eliza Thompson
Emily Thompson MD
Kenneth Thompson MD
Sara Thompson MD
Claire Thomson MD
Annette Thorn MD
Helena Thornley MD
Frank K. Thorp MD
Sul Ross Thorward MD
Penelope Thron-Weber MD
Emilia Thurber MD
Kathleen Thurmond MD
David Tiersten MD
Diane M. Timberlake MD
Eugene Tinelli MD
Ivie Tokunboh
Maralyn Toman MD
Mitsuo Tomita MD
Margaret Tompsett MD
Robert Toon MD
Jose R. Torregrosa DMD
Jaime Torres DPM
Marcella Torres MD
Blanca Toso DO
Danny Toub MD
Gerald Tovatt DO
Barbara Towner MD
Colleen Townsend MD
Christopher Trabue MD
Jennifer Tran MD
Michael Treece MD
Indi Trehan MD
Annika Treyball
Bruce Trigg MD
Jeff Triska
Margret Trotzky MD
Ann Troy MD
Nathan Seth Trueger MD
Noah Trump
Carol Tsao MD
Asiya Tschannerl MD
Jeanie Tse MD
Christie Tsimoyianis MD
Walter Tsou MD
Byron Tucker MD
Anuradha Tummala MD
Charles Turk MD
Elizabeth Turnage MD
Sandra Turner MD
Mark Turpen MD
Scott Tyson MD
Nathaniel Uchtmann MD
Laura Ucik MD
Mikdat Ulas
Audrey Unrau MD
Eugene Uphoff MD
Marguerite Uphoff MD
Letitia Upton MD
Nadia Urato MD
Stuart Urbach MD
Richard U’Ren MD
Viola Vaccarino MD
Marilyn Vache MD
Hernan Valdez MD
Cornelia van der Ziel MD
Vanessa Van Doren MD
Carin Van Gelder MD
Chris Van Hemelrijck MD
Christopher Van Hise MD
Shary Vang MD
Peter Varga MB
Robert Varipapa MD
Grigor Varlakov MD
Eduardo Vazquez MD
Jaime Vazquez MD
Ruben Vega Perez
Natan Vega Potler
David Velasquez
Tatianne Velo MD
Phil Verhoef MD
Louis Vernacchio MD
Colleen Vessell MD
Mark Vietti MD
Patricia Villamena MD
Robert Vinetz MD
Irving Vinger MD
Rebecca Vitale MD
Susan Vogel MD
Laurel Vogt MD
Joseph Volpi MD
Dorothea von Goeler MD
Beverly VonDer Pool MD
Mary Vorachek MD
Arno Vosk MD
John Vuchetich MD
Margaret Wacker MD
Margaret Wacks MD
Dawn Wadle MD
Joshua Wadlin MD
Jessica Wagener MD
Elizabeth Waldron MD
Jenny Walker MD
Jonathan Walker MD
Ruth Walker MD
Herschel Wallen MD
Kathlene Waller MD
Stephen Waller MD
John Walsh MD
Mary Beth Walsh MD
Edward Walworth MD
Emily Wang MD
Li-hsia Wang MD
Thomas Wang MD
Yueh-Ming Wang MD
Anne Ward MD
Jane Ward MD
Jonathan Ward MD
Thomas Warne MD
Rebecca Warner MD
Barbara Warren MD
William H. Warrick III MD
Krishnan Warrior MD
Fatima Warsame
Thomas Washburn MD
William Waterfield MD
Sara Waterman MD
Colin Waters
Richard Waters MD
William Watson MD
Clifford Watts MD
Richard Waugaman MD
Charles Webb MD
Bradley Weber DO
Jennifer Weber DO
Jonathan Weber MD
James Webster MD
James Wedell MD
Thomas Weed MD
Charles Weems MD
Julie Wegener MD
Martin Wegman MD
Theresa Weiland DO
Lauren Weinand MD
Sarah Weinberg MD
Miles Weinberger MD
Don Weinreich MD
Cheryl Weinstein MD
Harvey Weinstein MD
Michael Weinstein MD
Ed Weisbart MD
David Weises MD
Richard Weiskopf MD
Richard Weiss MD
Marshall Weissberger MD
Jonathan Weker MD
Thomas E. Welsh MD
Larissa Wenren MD
Camilo Werlin MD
Andrea Westby MD
Michael Westerhaus MD
Mary Anne Whelan MD
Harry White MD
Peter White MD
Lacey Whitmire MD
John Widness MD
David Wiebe MD
Zuzanna Wieckowska MD
Sarah Wiegand DO
Mark Wieland MD
James Wild MD
Bruce Wilder MD
Gila Wildfire MD
Susan Wildin MD
Allan Wilke MD
Michael Wilkins MD
Mark Wille MD
Martha Willi MD
Anne Marie Williams MD
Joseph Williams MD
John Williamson MD
Stephen Williamson MD
Eric Wilson MD
Locke Wilson MD
Abigail Winkel MD
Timothy Winn
Mary M. Winnett MD
Glenn Winter MD
Anne Wise MD
Barton Wise MD
Barbara Wismer MD
Stephen M. Wittenberg MD
Geoffrey Wittig MD
Heather Wobbe DO
Sarah Woerner MD
Charles Wohl MD
Valerie Wojna MD
Daniel Wolk MD
Kathy Wollner MD
Donald Wolochow MD
Christopher Wong MD
Danny Wong MD
Donovan Wong MD
John Wong MD
Siew-Jyu Wong MB
William Wood MD
Tyler Woodard MD
Elliot Woods MD
Emily Woods
Eric Woods MD
Nealy Wooldridge
Sara Woolf MD
Steffie Woolhandler MD
Lawren Wooten
Devin Worster MD
Naomi Wortis MD
Cary Wright
Kenyon Wright
Lara Wright MD
Florence Wu MD
Ronald Wyatt MB
Shijun Cindy Xi MD
Brian Yablon MD
Takahiro Yamaguchi MD
Jay Yasen MD
Edward Yellig MD
Chesley Yellott MD
Mimi Yen Li
Laxmi Yerram MD
Anthony Yeung
Abraham Young MD
Janine Young MD
Karen Young MD
Michelle Young MD
Polly Young MD
Raina Young MD
Alice Yu
Nathan Yung MD
Ken Zafren MD
Geraldine Zagarella MD
Leah Zallman MD
Robert Zarr MD
Kenneth Zegart MD
Brad Zehr MD
David Zehring MD
Steven Zekowski MD
Paul Zenker MD
James Zents MD
Pablo Zertuche MD
Anteneh Zewde MD
Jenny Zhang MD
Max Zhu
Paul Zimmer MD
Michael Zingman
Ronnie Zipkin
Evany Zirul DO
Paul Zislis MD
Susan Zlotnick-Hale MD
Becky Zon MD
Marek Zorawski
Edward Zuroweste MD
Michael D. Zwank MD
Andrew Zweifler MD

Other health professionals
253 signers as of February 26, 2020

Kimberly Abbey ARNP
Lila Abello PsyD
Faisal Aboul-Enein DrPH RN
Brian Abrahamson
Karen Arcel
Barbara Battista PA-C
Barbara Bayer
Laurie Beckel LPC
Maria Bell RN
Ellen Bierhorst PhD
Catherine Blake LPC
Ruth Blizard PhD
Karla Boemig
Luis Bonilla Soto
Savanna Borne FNP
Elizabeth Brady MSW LICSW
Susan Bram PhD
Denaye Brown RN
Janice Brown RN
Marcia Brubeck MSW
Kathryn Brush PsyD
Jennifer Buhay PhD
Amanda Burgdorf RN
Mary Busch
Marta M. Bustillo Hernandez
Denver Byron
Kari Carlson MPH
Theresa Chalich RN
Ann Chen
Rocco Cirigliano PhD
Carolyn Clark RN
Thomas Clark DC
William Cleveland
Michael Cohen
Barbara Cooper RN
Kay Coulter RN
Cris Currie RN
Pamela Dalan RN
Richard Daly LCSW
Jane Danforth RN
Judy Danielson
Mira Dermendjieva PharmD
Jennifer Dever
Alexandra Devin LCAT RDT
Darcie Dibasio PMHNP
Ana Djordjevic
Elizabeth Dokken GNP
Valerie Domenici PhD
Susan Doughty NP
Dawn Drennen RN
Jackie Duba PA-C
Katherine Ann Durso PhD
Sandra Eagle LCSW
Christopher Edmundson
Morry Edwards PhD
Jonathon Egan DC
Richard Ellerbrake MHA
Kerri Ellis FNP-C
Carol Engelhart RN
America Facundo
Sue Fisher PhD
Kenneth Freedland PhD
Kenneth Fried RN
Jamie Gates
Bev Gavenda RN
Virginia Gebhart
Rosann Geiser RN
Darcy Gentner RN
Barbara George RN
Katie Gibson FNP
Barbara Gicking PA-C
Mark Gifford OD
Laura Gilland PA-C
Janet Goldberg CRNP
Janet Goldmark LCSW
Nancy Goldner PhD LICSW
Roxane Gorbach NP
Nancy Graber RN
Jonathan Grace
Brittany Griffin DACM
Shirley Brook Gumm APRN
Elene Gusch DOM
Stefanie Haima
Michelle Henry RN MSN CNP
Deirdre Hensen VMD
William Higa PhD
Margaret Houlehan PA-C
Gladys Igbo
Dana Iorio ARNP
Timothy Isdahl PharmD
Ellen Israel CNM MPH
Briana Jackowski
Susan Jacobs RN
Whakeela James RN
Humberto Jimenez PharmD
Ann Johnson MSW
Anne Jones RN
Kimberly Kaiser LPN
Wendy Kaiser LCSW
Emily Kane ND
Patricia Kanzler RN
Miriam Kaplan RN
Mamta Karani PharmD
Rea Katz PhD PA-C
Rod Kaufman OD
Carolyn Kennedy RN
Mark Ketterer PhD
Adil Khan MHA
Jeniffer Kim PhD
Ray Knutson
Richard Kraus PA-C
Kathleen M. Kreitzer RN CNP
Margaret Krusch PA
Mark Kuebel
Esther Kukielka DVM
Rich Lague
Nina Laing
Lynda Lancharic RN
Kiesha Landingham RN
Anni Lanigan ARNP
Stephanie Laverty RN
Judith Lelchook-Lohman MHA
Emily Leslie CNM
Judith Lienhard RN
Ruth Lindeman PA-C
Kourtny Long PA-C
Maryann Long CNM MPH
David Lotto PhD
Rebecca Lowen PA-C
Pamela Lubker
Yuven Lukong DNP
Sally Lyons RN
Carol Mack
William Magliolo RN
Alissa Maier MPH
Kathyrn Maistros CNM
Ana Maldonado RN
Musarrat Malik PA-C
Ron Malzer
Angela Manes RN
Jack David Marcus MPH MSW
Jane Margaretten-Ohring RN
Richard Martin PA-C
William Martin PA-C
Claudia Martin-Williams PA-C
Joe Masanz RN
Syed Muzzammil Masaud
Erica Mauldin
Michael McCarthy PA-C
Melachai McCullough RN
Sherri McDonald RN
Kelsey McFarlane PA-C
Mary McLaughlin PA-C
Karen McNair RN
Sally McNamara
Steven Meyer RN
Jonathan Michels
Ivan Miller PhD
Robin Mills RNP
Susan Moellering
Eileen Monyok PA-C
James Moody PharmD
Hugh Moore RN
Perri Morgan PA-C
Bonnie Morris RN
Fred Morrison LMFT
Kate Morrissey
Alyssa Murtagh PA
Alice Neff RN
Jeanne Nicholson RN
Nancy Nixon RN
William Noack LCSW
James O’Halloran RN
Brianna Olson
Paul O’Rourke-Babb FNP-C
Quinn Painter
Karen Palmer MPH
Stephen Pasquini PA-C
Susanna Patterson
Carla Pena RN
Lawrence Perlman PhD
Carron Perry DC
Darlene Peterson RN
Caitlin Podsiadlo RN
Donna Poole ARNP
Theresa Pretlow PhD
Barbara Qualley RN
Cherryl Quick
Alejandro Ramirez
Peggy Ramsey
Thue Rasmussen
Ann Raynolds PsyD
Nancy Reed PA
Thomas Reed MPA
Katie Robbins MPH
Dorene Robinson
Penny Rosen MSW
LaDonna Ross APRN
Laura Ross
Shannon Rotolo PharmD
Jim Ruetenik
Barb Ryan RN
Colleen Ryan RN
Fiorella Saavedra PA-C
Denise Salisbury ARNP
Jack Warren Salmon PhD
Alexsandra Samata
Salvador Santiago PhD
Lisa Schamus
Sharon Schmidt
Steve Scuderi RN
Bill Semple LCSW
Michael Shaw PA-C
Josephine Shim
Beth Sirr APRN FNP-BC
Judith Skala PhD
Joshua Slater
Beth Smilkstein
Jeremiah Smith PharmD
Michael Smith LPC
Beatriz Sosa-Prado MS
Lee Spencer
Jeannie Sperry PhD
Rebecca Sposato RN
F. Douglas Stephenson LCSW
Colby Stevens
Connie Stomper PhD
Griffin Strom
Valerie Swenson CPC
Julia Symborski RN
Janet Thomas FNP
Christine Thompson DC
Julie Trager
W. Tsup
Lynn Unruh PhD RN
Stephen Updyke
Janice Valder RN
Carrie Van Epps RN
Julie Walsh OD, PhD
Walt Watman PhD
Jan Weber LICSW
William Whitaker PhD
John Whitbeck PA-C
Thomas White PA-C
Bonnie Whitney RN
Alexandra Williams APRN
Colleen Williams DNP
Karen Woodbury MPH
Zachary Woodby LMSW
Margaret Yard PhD
Cindy Young
Donald Zeigler PhD
Jennifer Zirul FNP-C

Other allies
110 signers as of February 26, 2020

Sam Abrams
Sandra Ahlstrom
Meriam Ahmad
Beverly Alves
Elizabeth Angyal
Seth Armstrong
Carla Arthur
Hilary Beste
Peg Box
Noah Bray-Ali
Audrey Britton
David Brodsky
Craig Brooks
Emily Bujold
Jane Burnett
Thomas Carllon
Steven Cecchini
Maria Davis
William Davis
Donata DeBruyckere
Roxanne Dmytruk
Zachary Eagle
Temma Ehrenfeld
Susan Eidenschink
Laurie Evans
Lisa Filippi
Joe Galan-Kaiser
Roseanna Garibaldi
Ted Gleckner
Suzanne C. Gordon
Mark Grenard
Gregg Gridley
Linda S. Gridley
Kristin Guyot
Chris Hanson
Jean Hegberg
William Heier
Tom Heikkenen
Theodore Herman
James Hillegas
Debra Hoffman
Patrick Hurley
Carlos Manuel Indacochea
Anita Jackson
Sue Jantz
Steve Janusz
Danielle Johansson
John Jonik
Ashly Jordan PhD
Aaron Katz
Robert Kemp
Kathleen King
Pamela Kirton
Robert Krasen
Paul Ksiser LCSW
Dan La Vigne
Tom Larsen
Daniel Lee
Kenneth Lefkowitz
Stephen Lendman
Ophra Leyser-Whalen
Susan Linden
Roberta Springer Loewy PhD
Karen Lozow Cleary
Will Lozow Cleary
Judith Luebke
Alan Lunceford-Stevens JD
Thomas Mainor
Gerri Matusewitch
Ellen Mee
Michael Meo
Tracy Mott
Prashanth Mundkur
Michael Myhra
Fernando Navarro
Kathie Noga
Phyllis Ohlemacher
Charlton Price
Erin Quinn PhD
Dorli Rainey
Margot Richardson
Rosemarie Roach
William Rood
Karen Rose
Nathan H. Ruggles
Robert Schmitz
Elizabeth Sheppard
Dianne Smith
Joan Sobel
Charles Stander
Vicky Standley
Andrea Stern
Harry Strunc
Edward Sullivan
Louise Sundin
Gary Thompson
Leon Thurman
Ruth Traver
Sandra Trudeau
Dawn Tuveson
Robert Wages
Krista Walsh
Matthew Weaver
Kim Wilczyk
Robert Wilfong
David Williams
Berishia Wilson-Chamberlain
Teresa Wood
Yavuz Yasar
David Zeller

PNHP is committed to focusing on a specific “Kitchen Table” issues, to show how single-payer Medicare for All would address Americans’ most pressing health care problems. See below for a list of topics, in reverse chronological order.

For each topic, we’ll provide members with a toolkit of messaging and organizing materials to distribute within your own communities and networks. Together, we can spark a national conversation on how Medicare for All would address the problems everyday Americans care most about.

Medicare Disadvantage (Summer 2023)

Click HERE to access the full Medicare Disadvantage toolkit.

America’s maternal mortality crisis (Summer 2021)

Click HERE to access the full maternal mortality toolkit.

Mental health care (Spring 2021)

Click HERE to access the full mental health care toolkit.

Health care voters guide (Fall 2020)

Click HERE to access the full measuring health plans toolkit.

COVID-19 endangers frontline health workers (Summer 2020)

Click HERE to access the full health care workers toolkit.

COVID-19 exacerbates racial inequities (Spring 2020)

Click HERE to access the full COVID-19 racial inequities toolkit.

Public health emergencies (Spring 2020)

Click HERE to access the full pandemics and public health emergencies toolkit.

Rural health care (March 2020)

Click HERE to access the full rural health care toolkit.

Racial health inequities (February 2020)

Click HERE to access the full racial health inequities toolkit.

Surprise medical bills (January 2020)

Click HERE to access the full racial health inequities toolkit.

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Organizing around the Kitchen Table Campaign

If you need assistance with events or actions, contact the PNHP organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org. For help with messaging materials, contact PNHP communications specialist Dixon Galvez-Searle at dixon@pnhp.org.

If you would like to provide expertise or help develop materials for future Kitchen Table topics, please contact PNHP president Dr. Phil Verhoef at p.verhoef@pnhp.org.

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Full list of topics

Review previous installments of the Kitchen Table Campaign, and stay tuned for additional topics:

• Surprise billing (January 2020)
• Racial health inequities (February 2020)
• Rural health (March 2020)
• Pandemics and public health emergencies (Spring 2020)
• COVID-19 and racial health inequities (Spring 2020)
• COVID-19 endangers health care workers (Summer 2020)
• Health care voters guide (Fall 2020)
• Mental health care (Spring 2021)
• America’s maternal mortality crisis (Summer 2021)
• Medicare Disadvantage (Summer 2023)

Policymakers and pundits often claim that universal health coverage would cause utilization of care to spike to levels that the health system could not sustain. But recent studies of real world coverage expansions have found no overall increase in hospitalizations or doctor visits following the implementation of Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and even truly universal health systems in other nations.

Instead or patient pile-ups and intolerable queues, newly insured patients with significant medical needs were finally able to receive care while doctors cut back on unnecessary care for their wealthier and healthier patients. This shift in care was driven by doctors’ ability to prioritize patients based on medical need; previously over-served patients did not suffer from, or generally even notice, the difference.

“The Effects on Hospital Utilization of the 1966 and 2014 Health Insurance Coverage Expansions in the United States” was published July 23, 2019 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. It found that previous coverage expansions in the United States did not result in a net increase in hospital use, but did redistribute care to those with the most pressing medical needs. (PNHP press release here.)

“Coverage Expansions and Utilization of Physician Care: Evidence From the 2014 Affordable Care Act and 1966 Medicare/Medicaid Expansions” was published November 6, 2019 in the American Journal of Public Health. It found that the overall use of physician care did not change after the implementation of large-scale coverage expansions in the late 1960s and mid 2010s. (PNHP press release here.)

“The Effect of Large-scale Health Coverage Expansions in Wealthy Nations on Society-Wide Healthcare Utilization” was published November 20, 2019 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. It found that coverage expansions in other wealthy nations did not lead to an increase in utilization of care. This held true from New Zealand in 1938 to the U.S. in 2010. (PNHP press release here.)

“Pricing Universal Health Care: How Much Would The Use Of Medical Care Rise?” was published January 5, 2021 in Health Affairs. It estimated that a Medicare-for-All program offering first-dollar universal coverage would lead to a 7-10% increase in outpatient visits, and a 0-3% increase in hospital use, figures far lower than most previous analyses. (PNHP press release here.)

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Social media threads

PNHP president Dr. Adam Gaffney, lead author on these studies, posted a series of Twitter threads upon publication. Please click on the embedded tweets below for more details, and don’t forget to follow @awgaffney and @PNHP for regular updates on #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll.

Happy to see our long-underway study published today in the @AnnalsofIM! “The Effects on Hospital Utilization of the 1966 and 2014 Health Insurance Coverage Expansions in the United States.” 1/?https://t.co/ex6Xb9pVzd
— Adam W Gaffney (@awgaffney) July 23, 2019

Our new research was just published in the American Journal of Public Health. We examined the effects of the implementation of Medicare/Medicaid in 1966 & the Affordable Care Act 2014 on the use of physician services … https://t.co/v8UaO1TY6H pic.twitter.com/v1ZDqdM0jf
— Adam W Gaffney (@awgaffney) October 17, 2019

We have a new paper just published at @JournalGIM, co-authored with @swoolhandler and David Himmelstein. We believe it informs the ongoing debate over the cost of Medicare-for-All. https://t.co/XFkTuwPkQl pic.twitter.com/8CXAddNwZ7
— Adam W Gaffney (@awgaffney) November 20, 2019

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Media coverage

• “Can we afford Medicare for All?” by Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., David Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Boston Globe, July 23, 2019
  
• “Study: ACA, Medicaid/Medicare Expanded Insurance, Yet Hospital Use Didn’t Rise,” by Yusra Murad, Morning Consult, July 22, 2019
• “Medicare-for-all might not cause surge in hospital use,” by Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, July 23, 2019
• “Harvard researchers: ‘Medicare for All’ wouldn’t overwhelm hospitals,” by Jacqueline Renfrow, Fierce Healthcare, July 22, 2019
  
• “ACA, other coverage expansions not linked with rising hospital use, study shows,” by Shannon Muchmore, Healthcare Dive, July 22, 2019
  
• “Medicare for All unlikely to increase hospital use, study suggests,” by Morgan Haefner, Beckers’ Hospital Review, July 23, 2019
  
• “Study: Health care insurance expansions haven’t spiked hospital admissions,” by Kimberly Leonard and Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, July 23, 2019
• “‘Medicare for All’ likely to keep private payers, but erode margins: Moody’s,” by Ron Shinkman, Healthcare Dive, October 18, 2019
• “Study argues Medicare for All has lower price tag,” by Dan Goldberg, POLITICO Pulse, November 20, 2019
• “New Study Reveals Flawed Predictions of Runaway Costs and Usage Under Medicare for All,” by Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams, January 5, 2021