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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Trump Administration’s proposed public charge immigration rules likely to harm millions of children: JAMA Pediatrics study
Contact:
Leah Zallman, M.D., M.P.H.: (917) 520-8918, lzallman@icommunityhealth.org
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.: (617) 312-2766, swoolhan@hunter.cuny.edu
A proposal by the Trump administration to deny legal permanent residency status to
Despite the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans with cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular risk factors still can’t get needed care
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