A new analysis of federal surveys on health insurance coverage concludes that the number of uninsured Americans increased by about 2.3 million between 2016 and 2019.
Americans home sick from work with Coronavirus symptoms disproportionately low-income, people of color, uninsured, and unable to afford food: Harvard study
For Immediate Release: Sept. 10, 2020
CONTACT:
Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., City University of New York
Another physicians group endorses Medicare for All
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2020
Contact: Oliver Fein, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, ofein@med.cornell.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., PNHP co-founder, steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, PNHP
As COVID-19 Spread in April, Work Absence due to Illness was Highest on Record: New JAMA-IM Study
July 27, 2020
Contact:
Adam Gaffney, MD MPH, Harvard Medical School, agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, MD MPH, City University of New York (CUNY) at Hunter College, steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
In mid-April, as
81 million Americans live in homes that lack enough space and bathrooms to follow COVID-19 quarantine and isolation recommendations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 21, 2020
Contact: Ashwini Sehgal, M.D., sehgal@case.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., co-founder, Physicians for a National Health Program, swoolhan@hunter.cuny.edu or Steffie_Woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, communications
18.2 million at increased risk of severe COVID-19 are uninsured or underinsured: Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 10, 2020
Contact: Clare Fauke, communications specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org, 312-782-6006
Dr. Adam Gaffney, Physicians for a National Health Program,
Police violence and racism are public health emergencies
The horrific murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has sparked protests nationwide. Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), an organization
Doctors’ group demands the American Hospital Association leave anti-single payer dark-money organization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 2020
Contact:
Dr. Adam Gaffney, PNHP President, gaffney.adam@gmail.com
Clare Fauke, PNHP communications specialist, clare@pnhp.org
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), a nonprofit organization
Physicians’ group responds to Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2020
Contact: Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a National Health Program, gaffney.adam@gmail.com
Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org
"Each
Physicians’ Group Welcomes Emergency Medicare Expansion Proposal During Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2020
Contact:
Dr. Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a National Health Program, awg174@mail.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org
The
Study: 3.7 million frontline health workers have medical problems that raise their risk of dying from COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
Contact: David Himmelstein, M.D., dhimmels@hunter.cuny.edu
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
More than a quarter (26.6%) of America’s nearly 14 million patient-contact health
COVID-19 and Mass Incarceration: Action Needed Now to Stem the Epidemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
Contact: Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., swoolhan@hunter.cuny.edu
In prisons and jails around the country, COVID-19 infections and deaths are occurring at lightning