A new analysis of federal surveys on health insurance coverage concludes that the number of uninsured Americans increased by about 2.3 million between 2016 and 2019.
Americans home sick from work with Coronavirus symptoms disproportionately low-income, people of color, uninsured, and unable to afford food: Harvard study
For Immediate Release: Sept. 10, 2020
CONTACT:
Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., City University of New York
40.6 million U.S. adults living or working with school-aged children have medical conditions that raise their risk of severe COVID-19: New Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2020
Contact: Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, PNHP president, agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., City University of New
As COVID-19 Spread in April, Work Absence due to Illness was Highest on Record: New JAMA-IM Study
July 27, 2020
Contact:
Adam Gaffney, MD MPH, Harvard Medical School, agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, MD MPH, City University of New York (CUNY) at Hunter College, steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
In mid-April, as
81 million Americans live in homes that lack enough space and bathrooms to follow COVID-19 quarantine and isolation recommendations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 21, 2020
Contact: Ashwini Sehgal, M.D., sehgal@case.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., co-founder, Physicians for a National Health Program, swoolhan@hunter.cuny.edu or Steffie_Woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, communications
Inequality Set in Concrete
This study, authored by Gracie Himmelstein, M.A. and Kathryn EW Himmelstein, M.S.Ed., M.D. is in press at the International Journal of Health Services.
Abstract
Racial inequities in
18.2 million at increased risk of severe COVID-19 are uninsured or underinsured: Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 10, 2020
Contact: Clare Fauke, communications specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org, 312-782-6006
Dr. Adam Gaffney, Physicians for a National Health Program,
COVID-19 and Health Financing: Perils and Possibilities
This study, authored by PNHP president Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. and PNHP co-founders Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. and David Himmelstein, M.D. was published online in
Study: 3.7 million frontline health workers have medical problems that raise their risk of dying from COVID-19
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
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
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
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