Physicians for a National Health Program
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), is an advocacy organization of some 18,000 American physicians, medical students, and health professionals founded by Quentin Young who support a single-payer system of national health insurance.
The group is best known for its influential proposals for national health insurance, which have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine[1] and the Journal of the American Medical Association[2].
The group is also known for its members' substantial contributions to scientific research on the uninsured, health system economics and international health systems. Members such as Drs. David Himmelstein, Stephanie Woolhandler, Marcia Angell and Arnold Relman have contributed articles to major peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine (of which Angell and Relman are former editors-in-chief), the Journal of the American Medical Association and Health Affairs.[3]
[edit] See also
- Health care reform
- List of healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States
- National Physicians Alliance
- Physicians' Council for Responsible Reform
- Single-payer health care
- United States National Health Care Act
- Universal health care
[edit] References
- ^ "A National Health Program for the United States: A Physicians' Proposal" N Engl J Med 320:102-108 Jan 12, 1989
- ^ "The Proposal of the Physicians Working Group for Single-Payer National Health Insurance" Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(6): Aug 30, 2003
- ^ David U. Himmelstein, MD, Deborah Thorne, PhD, Elizabeth Warren, JD, Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, "Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results of a National Study" The American Journal of Medicine, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Physicians for a National Health Program official website
- Single-Payer National Health Insurance Resources
- Single-Payer National Health Insurance FAQ
- Interview with Stephanie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein on Humankind public radio
- Lessons from the National Single Payer Campaign, presentation by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Oregon Single Payer Conference, Portland, Oregon, Jan. 29, 2011.
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