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 Americaās 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
Nearly 5 Million Lost Health Coverage in Past Three Weeks; 13.5 Million Likely to Become Uninsured by June 30
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 --Ā 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,Ā clare@pnhp.org,Ā 312-782-6006
Dr. Adam Gaffney, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; President, Physicians for a National Health Program;
PNHP welcomes Sen. Warrenās 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 āĀ Wearing their scrubs and white coats, more than 100 doctors,