…new Democratic president or a new Congress to get the health care they deserve. It is imperative that New York State act now to ensure that every New Yorker has…
N.Y. lawmakers introduce bill for single-payer health care system
…all New Yorkers’ bill introduced ‘New York Health’ single-payer plan for comprehensive health coverage, regardless of income By Single Payer New York All New York residents would receive comprehensive…
Our Health Care System at the Crossroads: Single Payer or Market Reform?
…GAO-06-143. Available at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06143.pdf. Accessed Feb 14, 2006. 12. Supplemental benefits documentation: Board of directors retreat FY06 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/business/26walmart.pdf. Accessed Feb 14, 2006. 13. Tax Policy…
New push for state-funded health care
…of New York, Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU, Communications Workers of America District 1, Doctors Council/SEIU, Doctors for America—New York, Downtown Manhattan HCV Support Group, Finger Lakes for New York…
2017 Annual Meeting Materials
…and Augie Lindmark Download handout here Working With Media By Adam Gaffney, M.D. and Clare Fauke Download slideshow here Download handout here Chapter Organizing By Brandi Jones; Kay Tillow; and…
Election moves Vermont closer to single payer, plus new challenges
…Margaret Flowers, M.D., lives in Baltimore and is congressional fellow for Physicians for a National Health Program ( www.pnhp.org). She is also a board member of Healthcare-Now ( www.healthcare-now.org). http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/11/18/1845659/new-health-law-falls-short.html…
How Libby, Montana, Got Medicare for All
…http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1881A.htm 2. http://www.ssa.gov/libby/ 3. http://www.ssa.gov/libby/ 4. http://www.ssa.gov/libby/ 5. http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/libby/askepa.html 6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799270/ 7. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/The-US-model-of-private-health-insurers-is-inefficient-expensive/articleshow/6989634.cms 8. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007 9. https://pnhp.org/resource/administrative-waste-consumes-31-percent-of-health-spending, https://pnhp.org/facts/single-payer-resources 10. http://www.kff.org/medicare/7731.cfm 11. https://pnhp.org/facts/single-payer-resources 12. http://www.studergroup.com/fsp/associated_files/over_our_heads_press_release.pdf…
David Dranove and Craig Garthwaite warn of a system without narrow networks
…then are disappointed when they find that the networks are unable to meet either their needs or their choices. The narrow networks become anti-competitive when excluded providers leave the community…
‘Medicarelessness’ Revisited After 50 Years
Privatization of the public program has simply bolstered corporate profits
…of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She also serves as the director of national issues at Physicians for a National Health Program, New York Metro Chapter. https://www.medpagetoday.com……
Bill introduced to make health care a right in New York State
Doctors, nurses, patient advocates applaud updated Single-Payer Medicare-for-All legislation
…revenue in a New York Health Trust Fund. New York would seek federal waivers that will allow New York to completely fold those programs into New York Health. The “local…
Mitchell Katz endorses single payer
New York Health Act Testimony
…and underinsured New Yorkers. The New York Health Act would create a comprehensive system of access to health insurance to provide a health plan available to every New York State…
2018 Annual Meeting Materials
…David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. Download long slide set here Download short slide set here Download alternate visual from Dr. Ed Weisbart here (long version) Download alternate…