For Immediate Release:
July 8, 2008
Contact:
Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.org
In a statement coinciding with today's announcement of a new coalition called Health Care for America
U.S. Conference of Mayors Backs Single-Payer National Health Insurance
For immediate release
June 23, 2008
Contacts:
David Prensky, D.D.S., (561) 242-3424
Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.org
Alison Landes, (561) 488-0095, aslandes@aol.com
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, meeting in Miami,
Doctors to Join National Protests Against Private Health Insurers
For immediate release:
June 18, 2008
Contacts:
John Geyman, M.D., (360) 378-6264
Don McCanne, M.D., (949) 493-3714
Garrett Adams, M.D., (502) 895-8847
Doctors and medical students will join with nurses, patients,
Democrats in Colorado, New Hampshire back single-payer health plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2008
CONTACTS:
Rocky White, M.D., (719) 587-3346, whiteroc@slvrmc.org
Marcosa Santiago, M.D., (603) 786-2700, cosy@diacad.com
Quentin Young, M.D., (312) 782-6006, info@pnhp.org
State Democratic Party conventions
Labor, Faith, Seniors, Consumer Groups Rally at New York State Capitol in Support of Single Payer Universal Health Care
News Release: Single Payer rally at the state Capitol
Studies Show Single Payer would cut health care costs will giving consumers choice of doctors and hospitals
Capital
Most doctors support national health insurance, new study shows
EMBARGOED UNTIL:
March 31, 2008
5:00 PM EST
CONTACTS:
Aaron E. Carroll, MD
Ronald T. Ackermann, MD
Todd Main, PNHP, (312) 782-6006
Support for National Health Insurance Among U.S. Physicians: 5 Years
Clinton vs. Obama on Health Care — Interviews Available
STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER, M.D.,
QUENTIN YOUNG, M.D., via Todd Main, (312) 782-6006, (708) 738-7365, todd@pnhp.org, https://pnhp.org
California's health reform failed because mandates are fundamentally flawed as a model for reform
For Immediate Release:
January 31, 2008
Contact:
Dr. Quentin Young 312.782.6006
Drs. David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler 312.782.6006
Todd Main 312.782.6006
While Governor Schwarzenegger's health reform plan crashed and
Harvard Study Finds Dangerous Increase in Emergency Department Waits Nationwide
Even the Severely Ill are Waiting Longer
Embargoed Until:
January 15, 2008
12:01 AM EST
Contacts:
Andrew P. Wilper, MD, 312-782-6006
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, 312-782-6006
David Himmelstein, MD, 312-782-6006
Waits To See
Doctors Give Massachusetts Health Reform a Failing Grade – Poor Early Outcomes Raise Red Flags, Only Private Insurers Profit
For Immediate Release
Contacts:
Dr. Rachel Nardin, 617.667.4382
Dr. David Himmelstein, 617.665.1032
Todd Main, 312.782.6006
Over 250 Massachusetts doctors have signed an open letter to the country warning that the
Most Free Drug Samples go to the Wealthy and Insured
Contact:
Sarah L. Cutrona, MD, MPH
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH
David U. Himmelstein, MD
Harvard Study Says Samples are a Not a Safety Net Despite Drug Company Claims to
Nation's Largest Medical Specialty Group Endorses Single Payer Health Reform
Says U.S. should learn from other nations' health systems
For Immediate Release:
December 11, 2007
Contacts:
Quentin Young, MD, MACP 312-782-6006
John Geyman, MD 360-378-6264
Don McCanne, MD