FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2020
Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org
4,805,894 American workers and their dependents have lost health insurance
New Study: 1,553,000 Workers Became Uninsured in Past Two Weeks; 5.7 Million More Likely to Lose Coverage by June 30
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2020
Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006, clare@pnhp.org
In a new study published today in the Annals of
Americans now more likely to have unmet health needs than twenty years ago: Harvard study
Contact: Dr. Laura Hawks, primary care physician and research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, lhawks@challiance.org
Jan., 27, 2020 -- More Americans have unmet
Doctors prescribe Medicare-for-All: Single payer reform endorsed by America’s largest medical specialty society and recommended in open letter from thousands of physicians
Contact: Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., steffie_woolhandler@hms.harvard.edu
Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., agaffney@cha.harvard.edu
Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Patients with Veterans’ health coverage less likely than other insured Americans to skip medications because of cost: Harvard Study
Contact:
Dr. Adam Gaffney, instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School; President, Physicians for a National Health Program; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cambridge Health
Health care paperwork cost U.S. $812 billion in 2017, four times more per capita than in Canada
A study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that health care bureaucracy cost Americans $812 billion in 2017. This represented more than
Universal coverage expansions in wealthy nations finds Medicare for All likely less expensive than previous estimates: Harvard researchers
Contact:
Clare Fauke, Communications specialist, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org, 312-782-6006
Dr. Adam Gaffney, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; President, Physicians for a National Health Program;
PNHP welcomes Sen. Warren’s Medicare for All financing proposal
Yesterday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a detailed plan for financing a single-payer Medicare for All health care system. In terms of overall system costs, Sen.
Doctors rally for Medicare for All, demand Rep. Dwight Evans co-sponsor single-payer legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 1, 2019
Contact: Clare Fauke, PNHP communication specialist, 312-802-2302 (mobile), clare@pnhp.org
PHILADELPHIA — Wearing their scrubs and white coats, more than 100 doctors,
Doctors to rally for Medicare for All, demand Congressman Dwight Evans endorse single-payer legislation
WHAT: March and rally for Medicare for All
WHO: More than 100 doctors from Physicians for a National Health Program; Public Citizen; Philadelphia City Council Member
Single-payer Medicare for All likely less costly than previously estimated: Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2019
Contact: Adam Gaffney, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; President, Physicians for a National Health Program; Division of Pulmonary and
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high deductible health plans forgo needed care because of cost, struggle to pay medical bills, and face worse health outcomes: Harvard study
October 10, 2019
Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, 312-782-6006 or clare@pnhp.org
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and private high-deductible health plans