Contact: Danny McCormick, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School, 617-548-7213 or danny_mccormick@hms.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006 or clare@pnhp.org
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the
The Incidence of Diabetic Ketoacidosis During “Emerging Adulthood” in the USA and Canada: a Population-Based Study
By Adam Gaffney, MD, MPH; Andrea Christopher, MD, MPH; Alan Katz, MBChB, MSc; Dan Chateau, PhD; Chelsey McDougall, MSc; David Bor, MD; David Himmelstein, MD;
Longtime health care researchers discover historical roots of Medicare for All, public option, and so-called “free market” approaches
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2019
Contact: Clare Fauke, PNHP communications specialist, clare@pnhp.org, 312-782-6006
As political leaders debate the future of the U.S. health care system, a
New medical bankruptcy study: Two-thirds of filers cite illness and medical bills as contributors to financial ruin
Researchers found no evidence that the ACA reduced the proportion of bankruptcies driven by medical problems; insurance offered little protection to middle-class Americans.
Researchers found no evidence that the ACA reduced the proportion of bankruptcies driven by medical problems; insurance offered little protection to middle-class Americans.
Immigrants paid $24.7 billion more into private insurance than was spent on their care: Harvard researchers
Study published today in Health Affairs finds that immigrants boost the profits of private insurers, heavily subsidize the benefits of U.S.-born enrolleesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October
Immigrants use little health care, may help subsidize care of non-immigrants: Harvard/Tufts researchers
New study finds that immigrants pay more money into both private and public health insurance programs than they take outFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2018Contacts:
Top Medical Schools Get Poor Marks for Racial Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 25, 2018
Contact: White Coats for Black Lives National Working Group
national@whitecoats4blacklives.org
White Coats for Black Lives, a national medical student and physician organization,
Lack of health insurance and U.S. mortality
CBS News
This article includes videoPNHP co-founders Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David Himmelstein, M.D., have published a landmark review of studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine that points to a
PNHP co-founders Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David Himmelstein, M.D., have published a landmark review of studies in the Annals of…read more
Families’ out-of-pocket medical costs fell after the Affordable Care Act, but not their premiums: Harvard researchers
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Contact: Clare Fauke, clare@pnhp.org, 312-782-6006
Families' out-of-pocket medical expenses decreased in the first two years after the
Health care financing system deepens poverty and income inequality: New study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2018
Contact: Clare Fauke, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org
Researchers from Harvard University and Hunter College find that paying for health care pushed millions below the
Health researchers: Graham-Cassidy bill would increase deaths by 41,600 annually
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 22, 2017
Contact: Clare Fauke, communications specialist, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org
Physicians and public health researchers Drs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein estimate that implementation of
Medicare ACOs Won’t Tell How They Pay Doctors: American Journal of Public Health Study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 12, 2017
Contact: Clare Fauke, PNHP communications specialist, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ninety-one percent of the accountable care organizations (ACOs) that provide care