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 ‘would bring more harm than good,’ 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
‘Medicare buy-in’ 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,
150 activists arrested coast-to-coast for Medicare for All
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 5, 2009
Contact:
Margaret Flowers, M.D., Washington, D.C., (410) 591-0892, mdpnhp@gmail.com
Matt Hendrickson, M.D., Santa Monica, Calif., (310) 383-4343
Eric Naumburg, M.D., Columbia, Md., (443) 562-6562
James
Illness often undiscovered and undertreated among the uninsured
Harvard study indicates gaps in care for diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension
EMBARGOED until
Oct. 20, 2009, 12:01 a.m. EDT
Contacts:
Andrew P. Wilper, M.D.
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
David Himmelstein, M.D.
Mark Almberg,
Senate Finance bill is no solution to health care crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 13, 2009
Contact:
Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, cell: (312) 622-0996
Dr. Quentin Young, national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health