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PNHP – Western Washington
Website: http://www.pnhpwesternwashington.org/
E-mail: pnhp.westernwashington@comcast.net

PNHP – Inland Northwestern
Contacts: Jeremy Graham, MA, DO and Chris Anderson, MD (Co-Chairs)
E-mail: pnhpnw@gmail.com

Media Contacts

David McLanahan
206.963.6534
mcltan@comcast.net

Dr. Mclanahan is Surgeon Emeritus, Pacific Medical Centers, and Professor Emeritus, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. McLanahan is the co-founder and coordinator of the Washington Chapter of PNHP.


Don Mitchell MD | 206.722-6959 | dwmitchell@stanfordalumni.org
Dr. Mitchell was trained at Harvard and is a retired internist and former president of PNHP – Western Washington.


Hugh Foy | 206.963.0697 | hughfoy@u.washington.edu
Dr. Foy is a professor of Surgery, UW School of Medicine, and Director of the Surgical Specialties Clinic, Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Foy has extensive experience in emergency care and trauma surgery. He trained at UW, and completed a fellowship in Burn Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at Harborview. Dr. Foy is the co-founder of the Washington Chapter of PNHP.


Sara Weinberg
206.236.0668
weinbergsk@msn.com

Dr. Weinberg is a retired pediatrician, Mercer Island; the president of PNHP – Western Washington; and an expert on Washington state’s history of failed health reforms, going back to the 1989 Braddock initiative. Dr. Weinberg graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1977, and completed her pediatric residency in the University of Washington’s Children’s Orthopedic Hospital.

HB 1085

HB 1085 – Full text

HB 1085 – House bill analysis 2013

Local Unions Endorsing HR676

  • CWA Local 37083, Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, Seattle, WA
  • AFSCME Retired Public Employees Council of Washington, Chapter 10
  • Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans
  • Washington State Machinists Council, International Association of Machinists District #160 (IAM), Seattle, WA
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 17, Seattle, WA
  • Washington State Labor Council, representing 500 local unions with 400,000 members, endorsing resolution passed at State Convention, August 2006, Seattle, WA
  • North West Washington Central Labor Council, Bellingham, WA

Coronavirus: A good argument for Medicare for All

Posted March 18, 2020

 

A cure for our dysfunctional health-care system

Posted August 19, 2019

 

Let’s take health care off the bargaining table

Posted March 5, 2019

 

Single-payer health care is the only moral prescription for America

Posted February 19, 2019

 

‘I can’t afford that’: A viral tweet shows why we need Medicare for all

This article includes video

Posted July 5, 2018

 

Is this the year the AMA finally joins the single-payer movement?

Posted June 8, 2018

 

Trump’s plan won’t lower prescription drug prices. Ours would.

Posted May 23, 2018

 

Doctors in U.S. and Canada launch sweeping pharmaceutical reform proposal

Posted May 17, 2018

 

It Is Time to Liberate Hospitals from Profit-Centered Care

Posted April 30, 2018

 

Top Medical Schools Get Poor Marks for Racial Justice

Posted April 25, 2018

 

Top US medical schools failing to reflect minorities, social justice group says

Posted April 25, 2018

 

Why are Democratic party think tanks still not backing universal health care?

Posted February 25, 2018

 

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