EMBARGOED UNTIL:
Feb. 25, 2009
CONTACTS:
Gordon D. Schiff, M.D.
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Physicians should be more conservative in their drug prescribing practices and more skeptical about the
Massachusetts is no model for national health care reform
Physicians, public interest group urge Sen. Kennedy to introduce single-payer legislation
For Immediate Release
Feb. 20, 2009
Contacts:
Rachel Nardin, M.D.
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
New health care alliance pushes 'Medicare for All' reform
Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care says high-quality health care is a right of all people
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 28, 2009
Contact:
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, cell: (312)
U.S. prisoners sicker than believed and have poor access to care
Harvard study also points to high social costs of undertreating mental illness
Embargoed until:
Jan. 15, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
Contacts:
Andrew P. Wilper, MD, MPH
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH
Mark
PNHP letter to Secretary-designate Tom Daschle, Health and Human Services
December 8, 2008
Mr. Tom Daschle
Secretary-designate, Health and Human Services
Transition Health Policy Team
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Daschle,
Physicians for a National Health Program respectfully requests an opportunity for
PNHP letter to Sen. Baucus, Senate Finance Committee
November 18, 2008
The Honorable Max Baucus
Chairman, Finance Committee
U.S. Senate
Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Baucus,
The uninsured often donate organs, but rarely receive them
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 17, 2008
Contacts:
Andrew A. Herring
David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
People who lack health insurance are about 20
Doctors, citing mandate for change, call on Obama, Congress to 'do the right thing' on health reform
15,000 physicians urge enactment of single-payer system
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 5, 2008
Contact:
Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.org
Don McCanne, M.D., don@mccanne.org
David Himmelstein, M.D.
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, cell:
Doctors, citing mandate for change, call on Obama, Congress to ‘do the right thing’ on health reform
15,000 physicians urge enactment of single-payer system
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 5, 2008
Contact:
Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.org
Don McCanne, M.D., don@mccanne.org
David Himmelstein, M.D.
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006,
Beware 'siren song' of privatizers, U.S. doctor tells Canadians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Oct. 7, 2008
Contact:
Mark Almberg, Physicians for a National Health Program, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Canada's publicly funded health insurance program known as medicare "is one
Doctors to candidates: enact single-payer health reform
Embargoed until:
Oct. 6, 2008
5:30 p.m. EDT
Contacts:
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.
Oliver Fein, M.D.
Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Over 5,000 U.S. physicians have signed an open letter calling on
Small book on 'single payer' packs surprising wallop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 16, 2008
Contact:
Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care
Edited by Mary E. O'Brien, M.D., and Martha Livingston, Ph.D.
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