FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 11, 2016
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Although both liberal and conservative economists have denounced the longstanding exemption of employment-based health
Statement in memory of Dr. Quentin Young, 1923 – 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 8, 2016Contact: Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgThe following statement was released today by Dr. Robert Zarr, president of
Doctors group welcomes national debate on ‘Medicare for All’
Nonpartisan physicians group calls single-payer reform ‘the only effective remedy’ for nation’s continuing health care woes and urges focus on facts, not rhetoricFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE,
Government funds nearly two-thirds of U.S. health care costs: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 21, 2016
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Tax-funded expenditures accounted for 64.3 percent of U.S. health spending – about $1.9
Despite health law’s bow to prevention, U.S. public health funding is declining: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov. 12, 2015
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Although the language of the Affordable Care Act places considerable emphasis on disease prevention – for
Medicaid coverage improves access to health care and chronic disease control: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov. 12, 2015
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Low-income Americans with Medicaid insurance have more awareness and better treatment of chronic diseases, such as
Medical students to hold National Day of Action for ‘Medicare for All’ on Oct. 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2015 Contact: Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org See student contacts at 30 medical schools at end of this message
More Americans gain health coverage, but many can’t afford to use it: doctors group
Census Bureau says number of uninsured has dropped to 33 million in wake of Affordable Care Act, but is silent on problems of rising deductibles,
Medicare’s pay-for-performance incentives unfairly penalizing safety-net hospitals: Annals of Internal Medicine editorial
Using unproven, ‘value-based’ penalties and bonuses, and ignoring socioeconomic disparities between patient populations, Medicare is diverting money from hospitals serving largely minority
Hospitals game Medicare readmission rules, avoiding fines but penalizing patients: Health Affairs Blog study
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August 27, 2015
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Hospitals’ growing practice of re-labeling Medicare patient readmissions as “observation stays,” or treating returning Medicare patients
‘End the devastating austerity drive against Greece’: U.S. doctors group
Troika-imposed policies causing widespread suffering and death, physicians sayFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 12, 2015 Contact:Physicians for a National Health Program, (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.org The following statement
Celebrate Medicare’s anniversary by improving and expanding it to all
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2015 Contact: Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, mark@pnhp.org