Citing Census Bureau report that 29 million people were uninsured last year, and noting that rising deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses are deterring millions of
Minority youth rarely get help for mental health problems: nationwide study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Aug. 12, 2016
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Black children and young adults are about half as likely as their white counterparts
Wealthier Americans now receive much more health care than middle class or poor, reversing a 50-year trend: Harvard study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 6, 2016
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Inequality in the use of health care has increased dramatically in recent years, with wealthier
Doctors call for single-payer health reform, cite need to move beyond the Affordable Care Act
American Journal of Public Health publishes physicians’ call for sweeping single-payer reform with detailed proposal signed by over 2,200 doctors nationwideUnveiling of proposal coincides with
Neoliberal Health Model Comes Home to Roost in the United States—If We Let It
Obamacare repeats an approach to expanding private health insurance that has not worked in other countries, new study findsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 1, 2016Contact: Howard
Oaths Taken: Graduating Medical Students Pledge Support for Single-Payer Health Care
For a current, nationwide list of students who have signed the Match Day Pledge, click here. If you would like to speak with a student
‘Cadillac tax’ on health benefits will hit middle class hardest: study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 11, 2016
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Although both liberal and conservative economists have denounced the longstanding exemption of employment-based health
Statement in memory of Dr. Quentin Young, 1923 – 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 8, 2016Contact: Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.orgThe following statement was released today by Dr. Robert Zarr, president of
Doctors group welcomes national debate on ‘Medicare for All’
Nonpartisan physicians group calls single-payer reform ‘the only effective remedy’ for nation’s continuing health care woes and urges focus on facts, not rhetoricFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE,
Government funds nearly two-thirds of U.S. health care costs: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 21, 2016
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Tax-funded expenditures accounted for 64.3 percent of U.S. health spending – about $1.9
Despite health law’s bow to prevention, U.S. public health funding is declining: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov. 12, 2015
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Although the language of the Affordable Care Act places considerable emphasis on disease prevention – for
Medicaid coverage improves access to health care and chronic disease control: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov. 12, 2015
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Low-income Americans with Medicaid insurance have more awareness and better treatment of chronic diseases, such as