50 million uninsured shows urgency of enacting single-payer Medicare for all: national doctors groupFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESept. 13, 2011Contact:Garrett Adams, M.D., M.P.H.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.Mark Almberg,
Most medical schools offer students poor coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment, imperiling student and patient care: Harvard study
Nearly 4 of 5 student health insurance plans require co-pays or coinsurance, obstacles to getting needed care, and most impose visit and dollar
Even privately insured have hard time getting psychiatric care in Mass.: Harvard study
Difficulty in access to outpatient psychiatric care has national implications, researchers sayFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2011Contact: Mark Almberg, communications director, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Single-payer doctors available to speak on budget talks, Medicare and Medicaid
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āMedicare for Allā supporters to protest outside health insurersā convention Thursday
Health advocates to protest insurance companiesā high premiums, denial of care, and meddling in doctor-patient relationshipHealth advocates to protest insurance companiesā high premiums, denial of
Vermont health law spurs fresh interest in single-payer reform: doctors group
As governor signs a 'universal health care' bill, a national physicians group says the Vermont developments show that many Americans want to go beyond the
Rise of for-profit hospice industry raises troubling questions, new study says
Ethical and quality concerns grow as end-of-life hospice care, once the province of charitable organizations, is increasingly dominated by investor-owned chains that cherry-pick patients and
Doctors group greets single-payer health bill in Senate
Physicians for a National Health Program says Sen. Bernie Sandersā American Health Security Act would go far beyond federal health law, slash bureaucracy
Vermont health bill mislabeled 'single payer': doctors group
This article includes videoPhysicians for a National Health Program says draft legislation gives wide berth to private insurers, falls far short of single-payer reformFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 7,
Med students to rally at Vermont Statehouse for single-payer health system Saturday
Sen. Sanders, Gov. Shumlin to join health-professional students who say Vermont can lead the nation in fundamental health reformFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 24, 2011Contact:Ali Thebert, Physicians
More than 200 doctors contemplate moving to Vermont if it adopts single-payer health system
āDoctors want to practice medicine, not push paper,ā says Dr. Peggy CareyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2011 Contact: Peggy Carey, M.D., Vermont
Med students to rally at Vermont Statehouse for single-payer health system on Saturday, March 26
One year after passage of federal health law, health professional students will urge Vermont lawmakers to go further by swiftly creating a state single-payer system