Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) - NY Metro Chapter

04/02/2026

Mariana Pineda 1979-2026 leaves behind a legacy of fighting for a better world. Listen to her.

Let Mariana's premature death be the spark you need to finally so no one else suffers & struggles to get care the way she did

Her union job as a public school teacher did not protect her.

When you get too sick to work and lose your job you should not also lose your healthcare and your home.

You should not have to fight an insurance company hoarding hundreds of billions in profits for the care you need.

You should not have to fight against federal cuts to public healthcare funding while your own health is failing.

Your healthcare should not be dependent on your job, ability to pay or any other arbitrary status.

Healthcare should be provided as a public good, guaranteed by law, for all. No exceptions.

Our thanks and credit to Peter Kinoy of for this tribute to Mariana's fight for the NY Health Act and housing justice.

04/02/2026

04/02/2026

We are devastated to share that Mariana Pineda, one of our fiercest activists, tremendous organizer and a dear friend to many of us in the movement for the NY Health Act & Medicare for All universal healthcare, passed away earlier this week from heart failure related to Long COVID.

We hold Mariana and her family in our hearts as we redouble the fight - to ensure that no one is ever again forced, like Mariana was, to spend precious time and energy arguing with insurance companies, clawing their way through billing codes and administrative barriers, all while worrying about how they are going to pay for it and attempting to survive on GoFundMe's.

New York failed Mariana. The toll that this stress took on her health can't be underestimated and could have been avoided.

NOW.

Join us in the fight.

03/28/2026

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
NOT ICE & WARFARE

PATIENTS NOT PROFITS
CARE NOT CUTS

03/26/2026

Insurance company profits are bad for our health. Thanks to lead Senate sponsor for keeping up the fight. The absurdity of healthcare run for profit is limitless just like corporate greed.

03/25/2026

Lana Leonard
Trans Working Group
Speaking at the March 17, 2026 Rally at the NY State Capitol in Albany to

Attacks on HIV/AIDS care & the Trans & gender expansive community must end. NY lawmakers have the duty & the power to pass the to ensure that everyone in NY gets the care they need to thrive.
saves lives!

03/24/2026

Sign up: bit.ly/NOKINGS3NYC & march with us this Saturday, March 28 in NYC -
Meet up by 1:45PM in front of Broad Nosh Bagels 314 W 58th Street
(Exit subway at south west side of Columbus Circle at 58th Street on the West side of Broadway - you likely won’t be able to cross Broadway at the street level)

Bring signs & banners demanding UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE / NY Health Act / Medicare for All - NO ICE, WARFARE OR KINGS.
Wear white coats & scrubs if applicable!
Additional healthcare bloc anchoring orgs are welcome.

03/22/2026

Inaction & Silence = death.
Fund free healthcare for all NOT state kidnapping, violence, private prison camps, surveillance & war.

03/22/2026

Money for AIDS & healthcare not 🧊 Palantir & warfare.





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