CUNY researchers say new health law’s ‘contortions to appease private insurers’ have resulted in costly complexity, with enrollment price tag alone exceeding Medicare’s 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
‘Medicare for All’ 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 Medicare’s 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 ‘life or debt,’ say Journal of General Internal Medicine editorialistsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 25,
1 million hours of psychiatrist time wasted yearly on phone approvals for hospitalization
Harvard researchers find lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patientsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 23, 2013A study published today in Annals of Emergency Medicine reports lengthy waits
Study reveals austerity’s harmful impact on health in Greece
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2013 Contact: Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org Findings are ‘much worse than we imagined,’ researcher says In one
Obama administration intervenes to give $71.5 billion to overpaid, for-profit Medicare Advantage plans
Physicians group decries ‘backroom Medicare giveaway’FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 9, 2013 Contact: Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org