By Physicians for a National Health Program
August 25, 2022
Medicare Advantage is a program offering private health insurance plans as options to replace traditional Medicare. Medicare
Hospitals That Serve Many Black Patients Have Lower Revenues and Profits: Structural Racism in Hospital Financing
By Gracie Himmelstein, M.D., Ph.D.; Joniqua N. Ceasar, M.D.; and Kathryn E.W. Himmelstein, M.D., M.S.Ed.
Journal of General Internal Medicine, August 5, 2022
Abstract
Background: Care for Black
Health Care Debt In The U.S.
By Lunna Lopes, Audrey Kearney, Alex Montero, Liz Hamel, and Mollyann Brodie
Kaiser Family Foundation, June 16, 2022
Overview
TheĀ KFF Health Care Debt SurveyĀ is part of a broader
Universal healthcare as pandemic preparedness
By Alison P. Galvani, Abhishek Pandey, Pratha Sah, Kenneth ColĆ³n, Gerald Friedman, Travis Campbell, James G. Kahn, Burton H. Singer, and Meagan C. Fitzpatrick
Healthcare and Racial Justice
Developed by the Campaign for NY Health and the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, May 4, 2022
This report compiles national and New
The Policy Dominance of Universal Health Coverage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2022
(Boston)āWhat policy is the best approach for developing health systems in low- and middle-income countries?
Researchers at Boston University School of
The American Public Health Association Endorses Single-Payer Health System Reform
By Ben King, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Anthony Spadaro, M.D., M.P.H.; Gordon Schiff, M.D.; Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Ph.D., M.S.; Alison O. Jordan, L.C.S.W.; Lisa Flaherty, Pharm.D., M.P.H.; Wei-Chen
Inequity and the Interstitium: Pushing Back on Disparities in Fibrosing Lung Disease in the US and Canada
By Adam W. Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. and Anna J. Podolanczuk, M.D.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care, January 6, 2022
If two patients, one poor and
Racism, Chronic Disease, and Mental Health: Time to Change Our Racialized System of Second-Class Care
By Judith L. Albert, M.D.; Claire M. Cohen, M.D.; Thomas F. Brockmeyer, M.D., Ph.D.; and Ana M. Malinow, M.D.
Healthcare, September 27, 2021
Abstract
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24.4 million children ā including millions with serious illnesses ā had no or inadequate health coverage in 2019: Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 23, 2021
Contact: Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., agaffney@cha.harvard.eduĀ Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., swoolhan@hunter.cuny.edu
Clare Fauke, communications specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program,Ā clare@pnhp.org
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Diabetes patients in high-deductible health plans 28% more likely to skip their medications due to cost: Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2021
Contact: Vikas Gampa, M.D., vikasgampa@gmail.com
Danny McCormick, M.D., M.P.H., dmccormick@challiance.org
Clare Fauke, communications specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program,Ā clare@pnhp.org
July 29,
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) had limited effects in reducing uninsurance for Black, Hispanic and low-income Americans in many states: Harvard researchers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2021
Contact: Gregory Lines, M.D., M.P.H., glines@challiance.org
Danny McCormick, M.D., M.P.H., dmccormick@challiance.org
David Cecere, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Cambridge Health Alliance, dcecere@challiance.org
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