FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE,Ā January 30, 2014
Contact: Mark Almberg, communications director, PNHP,Ā (312) 782-6006, Ā mark@pnhp.org
The decision by 25 states to reject the expansion of Medicaid coverage under the
Oncologists call for single payer in leading cancer journal
Article in leading cancer journal calls on oncologists to support single-payer national health insurance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 17, 2014Contact: Mark Almberg, communications director, Physicians
āAccountable careā model revives HMO strategy, boding ill for patients, physicians: JGIM article
Latest physician payment reforms point to āglobal amnesiaā in the bandwagon-like embrace of āfee-for-NON-serviceā model of failed HMOsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 7, 2014Contact: Mark Almberg,
Medicareās 1966 glitch-free rollout a sharp contrast with Obamacare: Health Affairs blog
CUNY researchers say new health lawās ācontortions to appease private insurersā have resulted in costly complexity, with enrollment price tag alone exceeding Medicareās by nearly
Minority physicians care for a majority of underserved patients in the U.S.
Minority physicians also play a large role in the care of patients with poorer health, according to a new study in JAMA Internal MedicineFOR IMMEDIATE
Petty appointed executive director of PNHP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2013 Contact: Mark Almberg, communications director, mark@pnhp.org Physicians for a National Health Program announced today that Matthew Petty has been appointed
'Stronger medicine than Obamacare needed to end uninsured crisis': health expert
Citing latest Census count of 48 million uninsured, researcher says Affordable Care Act will cut that figure by only half, leaving tens of millions vulnerable
āMedicare for Allā would cover everyone, save billions in first year: new study
Economist says Canadian-style, single-payer health plan would reap huge savings from reduced paperwork and from negotiated drug prices, enough to pay
30 million to remain uninsured under Obamacare: new state-by-state estimates at Health Affairs blog
Harvard and CUNY researchers say 4.9 million Texans and 3.7 million Californians will still be uninsured in 2016FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2013
Immigrants heavily subsidize Medicareās Trust Fund: Health Affairs study
Harvard Medical School and Hunter College School of Public Health researchers find immigrants generated surplus contributions of $115.2 billion in 2002-2009, $13.8 billion
Private insurers' Medicare Advantage plans cost Medicare an extra $34.1 billion in 2012
Instead of being more efficient, private insurers have cost Medicare almost $300 billion more over the life of the programFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 10, 2013Contact:
Insured but unable to afford health care
Affordable Care Act will leave tens of millions underinsured, facing choice between ālife or debt,ā say Journal of General Internal Medicine editorialistsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 25,