'There is a better health plan, Mr. President'
‘There is a better health plan, Mr. President’
Medicare-for-All doctors available for comment on State of the Union speechFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Jan. 28, 2010Contact:Margaret Flowers, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.David Himmelstein, M.D.Oliver Fein, M.D.Mark Almberg,
'There is a better health plan, Mr. President'
Medicare-for-All doctors available for comment on State of the Union speechFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Jan. 28, 2010Contact:Margaret Flowers, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.David Himmelstein, M.D.Oliver Fein, M.D.Mark Almberg,
Obama should seize moment to push for Medicare for All, doctors group says
Dr. Quentin Young comments on Massachusetts election, next steps for health reformFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 22, 2010
As probation ends for 'Baucus 8,' group vows to press for single-payer health reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJan. 8, 2010Contact:Margaret Flowers, M.D., mdpnhp@gmail.comCarol Paris, M.D.Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Pro-single-payer physicians call for defeat of Senate health bill
Legislation āwould bring more harm than good,ā group saysFor Immediate ReleaseDec. 22, 2009Contact:David Himmelstein, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.Oliver Fein, M.D.Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgA
āMedicare buy-inā is really a subsidy to private insurers: Harvard professor
See also "An Unworkable Mess," (New York Times, Room for Debate Blog, Dec. 11, 2009) by Drs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein.
Sanders offers Medicare-for-All amendment in Senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDec. 3, 2009Contact:Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006Margaret Flowers, M.D., PNHP Congressional FellowMark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgChallenging head-on the powerful private insurance and
Single-payer health advocate tells Congress: 'Start from scratch'
Statement of Dr. Margaret Flowers on the House and Senate health bills'The pending legislation is a turkey,' physician says, adding lawmakers need to 'start from
Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, Harvard researchers say
National survey of U.S. hospitals shows information technology has yielded neither administrative efficiencies nor cost savingsEMBARGOED untilNov. 20, 2009, 12:01 a.m. ESTContact:David Himmelstein, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler,
Massachusetts physicians say reform in their state is no model for the nation
Nearly 200 sign ad urging single-payer health care reformFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 17, 2009Contact:Rachel Nardin, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.Mark Almberg, Physicians for a National
Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance
Harvard researchers say 1.46 million working-age vets lacked health coverage last year, increasing their death rate
Immediate Release
Nov. 10, 2009
Contacts:
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
David Himmelstein, M.D.
Mark Almberg,