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PNHP Washington
Website: http://www.pnhpwashington.org
E-mail: pnhp.washington@gmail.com


Media Contacts

David McLanahan, MD | 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.


Dana Iorio, ARNP | 206.290.4916 | danacarmelo@outlook.com

Dana Iorio, current Vice-President of PNHP-WA, is a retired Family Nurse Practitioner who last worked at Harborview Medical Center, having previously worked at the King County Jail for the Seattle-King County Health Department. Dana graduated from University of Washington Family Nurse Practitioner program in 1987, and was an original member of PNHP-WA when it was founded in 2005-6. He has been involved in single-payer advocacy since the early 1970s.


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, MD | 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.


SB 5204

  • Bill information on legislation creating the Whole Washington Health Trust
  • Summary and background on Health Care for All – Washington‘s Health Security Trust

Local Unions Endorsing Single Payer

  • 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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