Physicians for a National Health Program

We’re off to bluer pastures 💙

Honored to keynote this year’s @PNHP conference in DC. Physicians are organizing against inequity, corporate control, and attacks on public health. It’s time to reclaim medicine’s purpose. Nov. 1 → pnhp.org/meeting

Dr. Cheryl Kunis: “UnitedHealthcare should not be deciding who will live and who will die.”

We're LIVE! We’re gathering in front of the New York Stock Exchange to call out UnitedHealth Group for profiting from our pain while people suffer without care. Join us live! facebook.com/10006497742045… #CareOverCost

Today we rallied with NYC municipal retirees defending against privatization of traditional public Medicare through for-profit Medicare disAdvantage insurers that routinely deny care in order to maximize their profits. #ReclaimMedicare #PatientsOverProfits

NOW: NY City Council hearing on @DoctorsCouncil public hospital doctors threatening to strike for a fair contract, pay parity & safe staffing. Doctors, incl. our Vice Chair, Dr. Roona Ray, are testifying to the public hospital staffing crisis... Watch: council.nyc.gov/livestream

“There is no room in health care where the pressure of insurance isn’t felt by both patients and doctors. Not even the operating room. When will we say enough is enough and push back?”

We’re entering a challenging political environment to say the very least—but we know exactly what we’re fighting for: a #SinglePayer system that brings EVERYBODY IN and leaves NOBODY OUT. See @RepJayapal’s full speech to our annual meeting at pnhp.org/JayapalKeynote

When we fight corporate profiteering, we win—whether it’s rolling back Medicare Direct Contracting, capping the ACO REACH program, or pushing back against #MedicareDisadvantage. See @RepJayapal’s full speech to our annual meeting at pnhp.org/JayapalKeynote

You might be upset with the state of health care in the U.S. but remember—there are people who absolutely *love* the status quo: 💰 Corporate health insurers 💰 Big pharma 💰 Wall Street investors See @RepJayapal’s full speech to our annual meeting at pnhp.org/JayapalKeynote

PNHP national coordinator Dr. Claudia Fegan: “I have seen patients suffer and die in order to pad the bottom lines of corporate health insurers—and in recent years I have seen this problem getting much worse.”

Just Care USA president and Medicare Rights Center founder Diane Archer has a simple fix for U.S. health care: #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll

PNHP past president Dr. Carol Paris: “I find that the best solutions emerge by listening to a broad spectrum of people sharing their ideas, even on social media. Together, let’s build the health care system the American people want.” #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll

Dr. Ed Weisbart breaks it down: We don’t need corporate middlemen standing between patients and the care they need!

“The reimbursement rates are abysmal—particularly whenever you’re talking about Medicare Advantage plans. The denial rates are [also] sky high, and that causes problems.” - Heidi Lucas, Missouri Rural Health Association