Physician 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,
Blacks with muscular dystrophy die 10-12 years younger than whites: new study
Widening mortality gap likely caused by inequities in care, insurance coverageEMBARGOED untilMonday, Sept. 13, 2010, at 4 p.m. Eastern timeContact:Nicte I. Mejia, M.D.Rachel Nardin, M.D.Mark
Doctors hard to find for patients in Massachusetts' first for-profit health plan: NEJM article
Researchers note troubling implications for Obama's new health lawEMBARGOED until:Wednesday, Aug. 4, at 5 p.m. Eastern time Contact:Cassie Frank, M.D.Malgorzata Dawiskiba, M.D.Ruth Hertzman-Miller, M.D., M.P.H.Mark
League of Women Voters calls for 'Medicare for all'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 16, 2010 Contact:Karen Green Stone and Rob Stone, M.D., grostone@gmail.comQuentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.orgMark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgNoting the
Health, life insurers hold $1.88 billion in fast-food stocks: AJPH article
Harvard researchers say insurers put profits over healthEMBARGOED until:April 15, 2010, 5 p.m. Eastern time Contact:Arun Mohan, M.D., M.B.A.J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D.Steffie Woolhandler,
Uninsured get poor care for migraine: Harvard study
U.S. health system causes headaches in more ways than one, researchers sayEMBARGOED until Monday, April 12, 2010Contacts:Rachel Nardin, M.D.Andrew P. Wilper, M.D., M.P.HSteffie Woolhandler,
Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured
A false promise of reformFor Immediate Release March 22, 2010Contact:Oliver Fein, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.David Himmelstein, M.D.Margaret Flowers, M.D.Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgThe following