Physicians for a National Health Program - PNHP

Physicians for a National Health Program - PNHP We are a nationwide organization of doctors who support a universal, comprehensive, single-payer national health program in the U.S.
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In a 102-0 vote, every single Illinois Democratic County Chair voted to “support Medicare for All and call on our federa...
02/10/2026

In a 102-0 vote, every single Illinois Democratic County Chair voted to “support Medicare for All and call on our federal legislators to work toward its immediate enactment.”

This is especially relevant for Illinois Democrats who have NOT cosponsored Medicare for All ... yet 👀

02/10/2026

🚨 New on Code WACK! 🚨

Privatized Medicare now covers more than half of U.S. seniors, but what happens when promised benefits don’t translate into real care?

This week, host Brenda Gazzar speaks with psychiatrist Dr. Belinda McIntosh about how Medicare Advantage plans are failing seniors, especially seniors of color, through narrow networks, delayed care, and so-called “paper benefits.”
🎧 Listen to understand what’s going wrong, who’s being hurt most, and what could actually fix it.

👉 Have you or someone you love dealt with Medicare Advantage barriers? Share your thoughts in the comments.

https://loom.ly/V46tQEY

When it comes to health coverage, we should pay attention to what works.There’s no good reason for millions of people in...
02/09/2026

When it comes to health coverage, we should pay attention to what works.

There’s no good reason for millions of people in the U.S. to be uninsured or underinsured.

02/07/2026

Corporate profiteering in Medicare is the biggest reason we don’t have Medicare for All today.

02/05/2026

Vote today to bring Medicare for All to Netroots!

http://www.healthcare-now.org/netroots

Netroots Nation in the country’s biggest gathering of progressive activists, and we need to make sure healthcare justice is a big part of the conversation. If we’re selected, our panel will include Dr. Diljeet Singh, President of Physicians for a National Health Program; Stephan Ramdohr, leader of Medicare for All Florida; the National Nurses United Medicare for All organizing team, and one more special guest!

http://www.healthcare-now.org/netroots

Voting just takes a few minutes — follow the link, click on VOTE FOR THIS SUBMISSION, and create an account to cast your vote. You need to create an account so Netroots can track that each voter only votes once on each panel.

2026 could be a HUGE year for Medicare for All! Help us bring the fight to make healthcare a right to this important national gathering!

02/05/2026

“The U.S. health care system does not work,” said Dr. Claudia Fegan in testimony before the U.S. Senate late last year. “It does not meet the needs of the American people.

An expanded Medicare for All system would solve many of our problems related to the cost of health care. We could have high-quality, trustworthy, universal health care that is free from profit-driven conflicts of interest and delivers better health outcomes for Americans.”

When the University of Minnesota Medical School offered a course on “value-based care” in partnership with UnitedHealth ...
02/04/2026

When the University of Minnesota Medical School offered a course on “value-based care” in partnership with UnitedHealth Group, our UMN Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) chapter sprang into action.

More than 400 petition signatures and one jam-packed listening session later (in the middle of a blizzard, no less) the university agreed to shut down the UnitedHealth course and committed to offering a separate, independent health systems science course instead.

When we fight back—even against an entity as powerful as UnitedHealth Group—we win!

02/03/2026

“We refer to junk policies as something like a hospital gown. It looks pretty good in the front, but everything’s hanging out in the back.”

- Dr. Claudia Fegan, testifying before the U.S. Senate

02/02/2026

When it comes to rising maternal mortality, “we are unlike any other country in the world.”

- Dr. Claudia Fegan, testifying before the U.S. Senate

01/31/2026

“To subject working people to that stress [of losing their health insurance]—in addition to everything else that’s going on in the country today—is frightening.”

- Dr. Claudia Fegan, testifying before the U.S. Senate

01/30/2026

“No real choice.”
That’s how Dr. Belinda McIntosh describes Medicare Advantage for many seniors.

This episode of Code WACK! breaks down why Medicare Advantage isn’t really a choice at all, especially for seniors of color, and how the system pushes people into lower-quality plans.

🎧 Listen now and tell us what stood out.

https://heal-ca.org/no-real-choice-how-medicare-advantage-fails-seniors/

Thank you to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for supporting “the absolute right of patients to access t...
01/30/2026

Thank you to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for supporting “the absolute right of patients to access traditional Medicare” and opposing “involuntary assignment to Medicare Advantage or to private, for-profit care management.”

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