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Latest Research

Study: 3.7 million frontline health workers have medical problems that raise their risk of dying from COVID-19

Posted April 28, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
Contact: David Himmelstein, M.D., dhimmels@hunter.cuny.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu

More than a quarter (26.6%) of America’s nearly 14 million patient-contact health

COVID-19 and Mass Incarceration: Action Needed Now to Stem the Epidemic

Posted April 28, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
Contact: Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., swoolhan@hunter.cuny.edu

In prisons and jails around the country, COVID-19 infections and deaths are occurring at lightning

Nearly 5 Million Lost Health Coverage in Past Three Weeks; 13.5 Million Likely to Become Uninsured by June 30

Posted April 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2020
Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org
4,805,894 American workers and their dependents have lost health insurance

New Study: 1,553,000 Workers Became Uninsured in Past Two Weeks; 5.7 Million More Likely to Lose Coverage by June 30

Posted April 7, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2020

Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org

In a new study published today in the Annals of

Americans now more likely to have unmet health needs than twenty years ago: Harvard study

Posted January 27, 2020

Contact: Dr. Laura Hawks, primary care physician and research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, lhawks@challiance.org

Jan., 27, 2020 -- More Americans have unmet

Doctors prescribe Medicare-for-All: Single payer reform endorsed by America’s largest medical specialty society and recommended in open letter from thousands of physicians

Posted January 20, 2020

Contact: Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)

Single-Payer Systems Likely to Save Money in US, Analysis Finds

Posted January 15, 2020

By Laura Kurtzman
University of California San Francisco, January 15, 2020

A single-payer healthcare system would save money over time, likely even during the first year of

Patients with Veterans’ health coverage less likely than other insured Americans to skip medications because of cost: Harvard Study

Posted January 6, 2020

Contact:
Dr. Adam Gaffney, instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School; President, Physicians for a National Health Program; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cambridge Health

Health care paperwork cost U.S. $812 billion in 2017, four times more per capita than in Canada

Posted January 6, 2020

A study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that health care bureaucracy cost Americans $812 billion in 2017. This represented more than

Single-payer Medicare for All likely less costly than previously estimated: Harvard study

Posted October 17, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2019

Contact: Adam Gaffney, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; President, Physicians for a National Health Program; Division of Pulmonary and

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high deductible health plans forgo needed care because of cost, struggle to pay medical bills, and face worse health outcomes: Harvard study

Posted October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019

Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006 or clare@pnhp.org

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and private high-deductible health plans

Medicare for All unlikely to cause surge in hospital use: Harvard study

Posted July 22, 2019

As political leaders debate the merits of a future Medicare for All system in the U.S., some analysts predict that implementing universal coverage could cause

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