Skimpy health insurance policies are likely culprit in continuing problem; findings indicate national reform law won’t stop bankruptciesEMBARGOED untilMarch 8, 2011, 12:01 a.m., Eastern
'Wisconsin battle crucial for health and democracy': doctors group
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 1, 2011Contact:Garrett Adams, M.D., president, Physicians for a National Health ProgramMark Almberg, communications director, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgThe following statement was released
Doctors’ group hails reintroduction of Medicare-for-all bill
Single-payer health program would cover all 51 million uninsured, upgrade everyone’s benefits and save $400 billion annually on bureaucracy,
Vermont single-payer proposals a 'major step in right direction': doctors group
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2011 Contact: Deborah Richter, M.D. Ali Thebert, Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program,
‘Don’t repeal health law – go beyond it to single-payer Medicare for all’: doctors’ group
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJan. 7, 2011 Contact:Garrett Adams, M.D., president, PNHPMargaret Flowers, M.D., congressional fellow, PNHPDavid Himmelstein, M.D., co-founder, PNHPQuentin Young, M.D., national coordinator, PNHP, (312) 782-6006Mark
Deficit panel's Rx is wrong medicine: doctors group
Requiring Medicare beneficiaries to pay more for their care will fail to control skyrocketing health costs but instead lead to worse health outcomes
Medicare-for-all doctor to speak at Chicago’s ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’
This article includes videoPhysician says relying on Wall Street health insurance companies to finance medical care is ‘insane’FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOct. 29, 2010Media advisoryContact:Rob Stone, M.D.Ali Thebert, PNHP, (312)
Massachusetts doctors snub state’s health reform as model for country, pick single-payer system instead
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOct. 22, 2010 Contact:Rachel Nardin, M.D., chair of neurology, Cambridge Hospital; president, Massachusetts Physicians for a National Health ProgramPatricia Downs Berger, M.D., retired internist;
Doctors at Oct. 2 march: 'We need single payer'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 1, 2010 Media Advisory Contact: Oliver Fein, M.D. Margaret Flowers, M.D. Andrew Coates, M.D. Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312)
'Don't undermine Medicare,' panel to tell lawmakers Sept. 23
Economists and health professionals to testify at congressional briefing Thursday to sound alarm on Deficit Commission proposals to weaken or gut Medicare programFOR IMMEDIATE
‘Don’t undermine Medicare,’ panel to tell lawmakers Sept. 23
Economists and health professionals to testify at congressional briefing Thursday to sound alarm on Deficit Commission proposals to weaken or gut Medicare programFOR IMMEDIATE
Number of uninsured skyrockets 4.3 million to record 50.7 million in 2009
Big leap points to urgency of enacting single-payer Medicare for all: national doctors' groupFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESept. 16, 2010 Contact:Quentin Young, M.D.Olveen Carrasquillo, M.D.Margaret Flowers, M.D.Mark Almberg,