Podcasts about pnhp

How can changing the way we pay for healthcare improve our communities? Bill Farmer is a longtime organizer and activist for workers's rights. In this episode, he speaks to the overwhelming burden that our current healthcare (or sick-care) system puts on everyone involved. The proposed plan would do more to support health, and spread wealth to all of Michigan's residents. Do you know about the benefits and objections to healthcare reform? Get a crash course in this podcast, then go check out the resources Bill talks about to dig deeper.www.Michigan4singlepayer.orghttps://swmidsa.comwww.Pnhp.org

This time on Code WACK! What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and for the Medicare Trust Fund? To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and incoming president of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. With more than 25,000 members across the United States, PNHP advocates for a universal, comprehensive, single-payer national health program. This is the second episode in a two-part series.

This time on Code WACK!    What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and for the Medicare Trust Fund?  To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and incoming president of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. With more than 25,000 members across the United States, PNHP advocates for a universal, comprehensive, single-payer national health program. This is the second episode in a two-part series.  Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

This time on Code WACK! What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and for the Medicare Trust Fund? To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and incoming president of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. With more than 25,000 members across the United States, PNHP advocates for a universal, comprehensive, single-payer national health program. This is the second episode in a two-part series.

This time on Code WACK!    Why are seniors between a rock and a hard place when choosing between various Medicare options? How do private Medicare plans, known as Medicare Advantage, limit patients' options and why are they considered riskier than traditional Medicare? And what's the ‘Medigap Trap?' To find out, we spoke to Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and the incoming president of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. With more than 25,000 members across the United States, PNHP advocates for a universal, comprehensive, single-payer national health program. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!  

This time on Code WACK! Why are seniors between a rock and a hard place when choosing between various Medicare options? How do private Medicare plans, known as Medicare Advantage, limit patients' options and why are they considered riskier than traditional Medicare? And what's the ‘Medigap Trap?' To find out, we spoke to Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and the incoming president of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. With more than 25,000 members across the United States, PNHP advocates for a universal, comprehensive, single-payer national health program.

This time on Code WACK!  Rebate aggregators? Group purchasing? Vertical integration? How exactly do Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, operate to maximize profit? And how are everyday Americans suffering from these practices? To find out, we spoke to Dr. Ed Weisbart, national board secretary of Physicians for a National Health Program, a single-payer advocacy coalition that boasts more than 25,000 members,  and former chief medical officer for one of the largest PBMs in the country. This is the second episode in a two-part series. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!  

Broadcast of a PNHP hosted a webinar highlighting the many ways that health insurance corporations harm seniors in so-called “Medicare Advantage” plans—from limiting their choice of doctor, to demanding sky-high out-of-pocket payments, to outright denying care.

This time on Code WACK!    What the heck is going on with Medicare for All in California? Can single-payer advocates overcome their differences and finally win health care for all in the Golden State? What's the significance of two recent bills, Senate Bill 770, and Assembly Bill 2200, in achieving Medicare for All in California?  To find out, we spoke to Dr. James G. Kahn, an expert in health policy and economics, an advisor to Code WACK! and editor and primary blogger of Health Justice Monitor, a health policy blog. This is the first episode in a two-part series.    Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!  

This time on Code WACK!   Medicare Advantage is overcharging the federal government – and you won't believe by how much! How's this affecting taxpayers like you and me and what can be done about it?   To find out, we spoke to Dr. Ed Weisbart, the national board secretary for Physicians for a National Health Program and president of the Consumers Council of Missouri.  

This time on Code WACK!   What are the most common concerns of doctors about Medicare for All? Would reforming America's broken healthcare system improve - or worsen - doctors' lives? How does the focus on corporate profits impact doctors' experience?    To find out, we spoke to Dr. David Leibowitz, hematologist-oncologist and past chair of Physicians for a National Health Program - California, a non-partisan voluntary organization that supports equitable access to high quality health care as a right to all people.    For more, check out the Show Notes & episode transcript!  

This time on Code WACK! Why is it that infant mortality rates in America differ by race? Why are some American babies more likely to be born premature or underweight?  And how could single-payer health care help?  To find out, we spoke with Dr. Diljeet Singh, a women's health advocate and integrative gynecologic oncologist who has practiced for nearly 25 years. She's also the vice president of Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for Medicare for All. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!  

This time on Code WACK!     How does running a hospital like a business run counter to providing reliable and affordable healthcare? How would having Medicare for All change the way hospitals are financed and what would it mean for patients, doctors, and the hospitals themselves?  To find out, we spoke to Dr. David Himmelstein, a distinguished professor of public health at CUNY's Hunter College and a lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as a staff physician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and is the co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. This is the second of a two-part series with Dr. Himmelstein.  Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for more!  

This time on Code WACK! What say should doctors have in reforming America's healthcare system? Are their decades-long efforts to stop the commercialization of medicine having an impact? How can health professionals, and students in the health sciences, get involved in the movement for single-payer health care? To find out, we spoke to the new president of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Dr. Philip Verhoef, an adult and pediatric intensivist and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Find out the main strategies, goals and challenges of PNHP, the only single-issue physician led organization advocating for Medicare for All in America. And learn about the growing influence of Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) in the single-payer movement.

This time on Code WACK! What say should doctors have in reforming America's healthcare system? Are their decades-long efforts to stop the commercialization of medicine having an impact? How can health professionals, and students in the health sciences, get involved in the movement for single-payer health care? To find out, we spoke to the new president of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Dr. Philip Verhoef, an adult and pediatric intensivist and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Find out the main strategies, goals and challenges of PNHP, the only single-issue physician led organization advocating for Medicare for All in America. And learn about the growing influence of Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) in the single-payer movement. Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for helpful links and more!

This time on Code WACK!  What say should doctors have in reforming America's healthcare system? Are their decades-long efforts to stop the commercialization of medicine having an impact? How can health professionals, and students in the health sciences, get involved in the movement for single-payer health care?  To find out, we spoke to the new president of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Dr. Philip Verhoef, an adult and pediatric intensivist and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Find out the main strategies, goals and challenges of PNHP, the only single-issue physician led organization advocating for Medicare for All in America. And learn about the growing influence of Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) in the single-payer movement.  Check out the Show Notes  and Transcript for helpful links and more! And you like our work, please support us with a donation! We are a 501c3 and your gift is tax-deductible. 

Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission Maine: The Way Life Could Be, a series in which we look at challenges and opportunities facing Maine in the lifetimes of people alive today. This episode: What are the most important issues Mainers will be facing in the lifetimes of those of us alive today? That is the question Amy Browne and Jim Campbell, cohosts of Maine: The Way Life Could Be, posed to listeners nearly a year ago. The year-long series that followed has focused on the issues you raised in your responses. In this episode we wrap up the series with a look back — and a look ahead. Guests: Donna Loring, Penobscot Indian Nation Tribal elder and former council member. She represented the Penobscot Nation in the State Legislature for over a decade, and is a former Senior Advisor on Tribal Affairs to Governor Mills. Donna is the author of “In The Shadow of The Eagle A Tribal Representative In Maine”. You can catch up on her Wabanaki Windows series on tribal sovereignty on the WERU archives here, and hear her new shows on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 4. Amy Fried, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. Fried's most recent book is At War With Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump, published in 2021. She is in the process of finishing a new book on New England politic, slated for publication next year. Professor Fried also writes a biweekly column in the Bangor Daily News Dr. Phil Caper of Maine AllCare. From his bio on Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), “Dr. Phil Caper received his BA, MS and MD degrees at UCLA, and trained in internal medicine on the Harvard Medical Unit at Boston City Hospital. He has held professorships at Dartmouth Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was also Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs, chief of the medical staff, and hospital director. He has been an adjunct lecturer on health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health, a research associate at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and an associate in health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. From 1971 to 1976, he was a professional staff member on the United States Senate Labor and Human Resources subcommittee on health, chaired by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.).” Dr. Caper was a charter member of the nation's top health care advisory panel, the National Council on Health Planning and Development from 1977 to 1984, chairing the panel from 1980 to 1984. He was also the founder and chairman of the Codman Group from 1986 to 2001, a health care software and consulting company with an international reputation and clientele. He is a founding member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and is a founding board member of Maine AllCare, the Maine chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. He is also a former national board member of PNHP. He has published numerous articles in professional journals and written many letters to the editor and op-ed articles advocating for a publicly run universal health care program. About the hosts: Jim Campbell has a longstanding interest in the intersection of digital technology, law, and public policy and how they affect our daily lives in our increasingly digital world. He has banged around non-commercial radio for decades and, in the little known facts department (that should probably stay that way), he was one of the readers voicing Richard Nixon's words when NPR broadcast the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes. Like several other current WERU volunteers, he was at the station's sign-on party on May 1, 1988 and has been a volunteer ever since doing an early stint as a Morning Maine host, and later producing WERU program series including Northern Lights, Conversations on Science and Society, Sound Portrait of the Artist, Selections from the Camden Conference, others that will probably come to him after this is is posted, and, of course, Notes from the Electronic Cottage. Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU's News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. The post Maine: The Way Life Could Be 12/6/22: Series Finale – A Look Back, and a Look Ahead first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Grab the cake cause it's a celebration! This year marks Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program's 40th anniversary. Join us as we discuss who they are and what they've accomplished here in the Keystone State!

Last week, Medicare announced the next phase of its plan to transform traditional Medicare. Critics argue that the planned transformation of the fee-for-service program will amount to a dramatic expansion of privatization. And, if you are enrolled in traditional Medicare, or expect that you will be in the future know this: no matter if you want it or not, Medicare plans to enroll you in this new model by the end of this decade, as early as next year in some cases. Millions of retirees have opted out of traditional Medicare over the past two decades. Instead, they have joined Medicare Advantage, which is a privatized, managed-care version of the program. But the choice between those two options might not be in their hands much longer.Medicare has been quietly testing a new model for traditional fee-for-service Medicare. Medicare enters into contracts with healthcare provider groups that receive a flat annual payment to provide care for enrollees in the traditional program. Up until this point, Medicare called the health care contractors involved in this experiment “Direct Contracting Entities,” but starting next year they will be known as Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs.The concept of ACOs is not new - many health care experts say they have the potential to improve health care by incenting healthcare providers to work together as teams. But this particular version of ACOs is drawing criticism from some health policy experts, who view it as unwarranted - and unwise - further privatization of Medicare.The new model launching next year is called ACO REACH. The word REACH is an acronym, standing for Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health. Medicare is pitching the program as a way to advance health equity for underserved communities. And that’s a very laudable goal. But ACO Reach providers actually will have much in common with Medicare Advantage, Like Advantage plans - which usually are HMOs or PPO plans - ACO Reach plans will create networks of preferred healthcare providers, and they can retain as profit the portion of the annual per-patient payments that are not spent on healthcare.A big worry here is the rush of private equity firms and other investment groups into the business, which points to even more privatization of Medicare than we’ve seen already. And here’s something important to know if you are enrolled in traditional Medicare, or expect that you will be in the future. Medicare plans to enroll everyone who uses traditional Medicare in an ACO by 2030. And starting next year, if you live in an area where a REACH ACO operates, you can be assigned to one without your consent.This week on the podcast: Joining me on the program this week to talk about the REACH ACO model is Dr. Ed Weisbart. Ed is a family medicine practitioner. And he chairs the Missouri chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, a national group of 21,000 physicians and other health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance. PNHP has taken a leading role in opposing Medicare’s ACO plans.I’ve been really surprised that this topic hasn’t surfaced much in general media yet, considering its importance to millions of seniors. After Medicare announced its plans for ACOs last week, it seemed like a good idea to turn up the volume a bit. Click the player icon at the top of this post to listen to the podcast. The podcast also can be found on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.Further reading on Medicare ACOsA quiet experiment is testing further privatization of Medicare Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 1: The Risk-Score Game.Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 2: Building On The ACO ModelBiden Pursues Trump Plan That Creates Big Profits by Denying Health CareTrump-era Medicare program under increased scrutinyPhysicians for a National Health Program - page of resources on ACO Reach.What I’m readingIRS releases long-awaited Secure Act RMD regulations . . . Medicare’s finances and the saga of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm . . . The pandemic pummeled long-term care – it may not recover quickly. Subscribe at retirementrevised.substack.com

Kay Tillow discusses efforts to privatize Medicare with Dr. Judy Albert with PNHP in western PA

This is episode 66, “Our Insidious and Nefarious Healthcare System.” My guest, Scott Goldberg, MD, is an assistant professor in General Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an attending primary care physician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, where he sees patients and teaches residents in the Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine program.  Dr. Goldberg has worked closely with Physicians for a National Health Program since starting medical school. He started a student chapter at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and became a student delegate to PNHP's Board of Directors from 2013-2016. From 2016-2019, he was a member of PNHP's executive committee and Board of Directors. He was reelected to the Board in 2021.  Do not miss this episode and Dr. Goldberg describes why he supports Medicare for All and our insidious and nefarious healthcare system.   

What's the latest move to sell off traditional Medicare to venture capital and private equity? How will this affect your health care? Join host Brenda Gazzar and Dr. Ed Weisbart, board member of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), to learn about "direct contracting entities." What are they? How do they make money? Why is this a problem? And what can we do about it?

This episode of Single Payer Radio is an excerpt from a webinar co-sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program discussing a movement by private investment groups called Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs)that threaten our highly successful beloved Medicare program. Moderator Dr. Susan Rogers, president of PNHP leads the panel that includes Representative Katie Porter.

Today's guest: - Dr. Margaret Flowers - Pediatrician & National board advisor for PNHP

On Saturday, July 24, dozens of communities across the country will hold rallies in support of single-payer health care - Medicare for All - at both the federal and state levels. Dr. Steve Auerbach of the Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program discusses the rallies and issues with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

How did Hawaii’s effort to establish universal healthcare get derailed by the Affordable Care Act? What’s an all-payer healthcare system and is it an alternative (or a path) to single-payer? What really happened with Vermont’s attempt at single payer?  Dr. Stephen Kemble, psychiatrist and past president of the Hawaii Medical Association, and host Brenda Gazzar discuss what key feature of a single-payer plan is absolutely essential to reduce overall healthcare costs.  Learn more & subscribe at HEAL California!

Dr. Susan Rogers – Separate And UNEQUALCultural Segregation and Universal Health CareAired Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 2:00 PM PST / 5:00 PM ESTAn Interview with Dr. Susan Rogers, Director of Physicians for a National Health Program“Our health care system needs to be healthier and more caring.” — Swami BeyondanandaAmerica’s health care system is seriously ill. And maybe instead of seeing a doctor, we need to see a paradox. Here are some paradoxical “irony supplements” to munch on. Did you know…• The U.S. spends more on health care as a share of the economy — nearly twice as much as the average industrial country — yet has the lowest life expectancy and highest suicide rates among the 11 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations.• The U.S. has the highest chronic disease burden and an obesity rate that is two times higher than the OECD average.• Americans had fewer physician visits than peers in most countries, which may be related to a low supply of physicians in the U.S.• Compared to peer nations, the U.S. has among the highest number of hospitalizations from preventable causes and the highest rate of avoidable deaths.Do the math.Do the aftermath. The chronic illness of our health care system impacts all segments of society and the economy. And perhaps the greatest negative impact is on people of color. Compared to whites, they are more likely to be uninsured, face discrimination that creates barriers to care, and suffer from preventable health conditions and early death.Our guest this week is Dr. Susan Rogers, director of Physicians for a National Health Care Program. As an African-American and a medical doctor, she has seen first hand how health care for people of color can be – second-hand. This not only has to do with health care delivery, but also prevention, nutrition and other factors that negatively impact health. Dr. Rogers is recently retired from Stroger Hospital of Cook County, but continues as a volunteer attending hospitalist and internist there. While at Stroger Hospital, she was co-director of medical student programs for the Department of Medicine and received numerous teaching awards from medical students and residents. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush University, where she continues to be an active member of the Committee of Admissions.Dr. Rogers received her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed her residency at Cook County Hospital, where she served an additional year as Chief Resident. She is a national board member of Physicians for a National Health Program and a past co-president of Health Care for All Illinois. She previously was Medical Director of the Near North Health Service Corp, a FQHC in Chicago, and remained on their board for many years after she left her directorship there. Dr. Rogers is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the National Medical Association.If you’re interested in how we deal with health care inequities, and INIQUITIES, please join us this Tuesday, January 12th at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET.To find out more about Dr. Susan Rogers and PNHP, please go here: https://pnhp.org/about/Support Wiki Politiki — A Clear Voice In the “Bewilderness”If you LOVE what you hear, and appreciate the mission of Wiki Politiki, “put your money where your mouse is” … Join the “upwising” — join the conversation, and become a Wiki Politiki supporter: http://wikipolitiki.com/join-the-upwising/Make a contribution in any amount via PayPal (https://tinyurl.com/y8fe9dks)Go ahead, PATRONIZE me! Support Wiki Politiki monthly through Patreon!Visit the Wiki Politiki Show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/wiki-politiki-radio-show/ Connect with Steve Bhaerman at https://wakeuplaughing.com/#DrSusanRogers #SteveBhaerman #WikiPolitiki

How can we overcome vaccine hesitancy among Americans? What role does distrust of the medical establishment play in the decision to be vaccinated? Why do some communities have serious concerns around seeking medical care? Host Brenda Gazzar and Dr. Rob Davidson, practicing emergency room doctor, discuss the targeted messaging campaign being launched by the Committee to Protect Medicare, the latest mRNA vaccine technology and why he trusts the new COVID-19 vaccines. 

Why did a man in his 20s die from a totally treatable disease?  How do social determinants affect patients’ ability to get to doctors appointments or buy prescribed medicines? Host Brenda Gazzar and Dr. Susan Rogers, new president of Physicians for a National Health Program, discuss how essential it is to acknowledge the role inequities play in health care and to stop blaming patients.

What was it like growing up Black in America during the Civil Rights struggles of the 1960's? What was the experience of systemic racism faced by students of color - especially Black women - in medical school during that era? With host Brenda Gazzar, Dr. Susan Rogers, new president of Physicians for a National Health Program, describes the life experiences that helped shape her commitment to social justice and healthcare equity.

In this episode, Jestin & Producer Lui discuss trumps efforts to delay the 2020 election and why we believe he wants to do this, we talked about how much of an asshole Elon Musk really is, Herman Cain dies due to coronavirus, and the Orange County Board of Supervisors passes law-enforcement appreciation events to take place in the month of August. We conclude by celebrating the 55th anniversary of Medicare by displaying a montage by Physicians for a National Health Program, (PNHP) showing how far we have come and how much further we have to go to guarantee healthcare to all Americans as a right. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. To learn more about the show, the various social media platforms that we are on, and how to help the show by becoming a member, visit our website at: Www.radicalrevolutionaries.com Radical Revolutionaries now has an online shop. Buy yourself a facemask and by one for a friend too. You’ll be protecting yourselves and supporting progressive independent media at the same time. https://teespring.com/RRN_Shop?pid=972&cid=103975 A special thanks goes to Alex Milledge for being the newest RRN member. Join Alex by becoming a member today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radical-revolutionaries/support

Intro: Up next, we hear Amanda Lugg’s presentation from the virtual town hall held on March 25th by the New York Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Amanda Lugg is the Director of Advocacy for African Services Society, a multiservice human rights agency based in Harlem dedicated to assisting immigrants, refugees an asylees from across the African diaspora. The PNHP town hall can be viewed in full at vimeo.com/401517736. Outro: That was Amanda Lugg, Director of the Harlem-based advocacy and support organization, African Services Society, speaking at the virtual town hall held by the New York Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Amanda advocates for public policy which prioritizes the treatment, care, and support needs of HIV-positive immigrants in the US.

Resistance Round Table, broadcast on WPKN Radio (wpkn.org) the 2nd Saturday of each month where hosts Richard Hill, Ruth Anne Baumgartner and Scott Harris engage in conversation about local and nationwide opposition to the Trump regime agenda. On this program Resistance Roundtable hosts are joined by guests Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Oliver Fein, who discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the government response and how moving the U.S. to a universal health care system would be more effective in managing the health care crisis. They discuss dealing with the global pandemic that is now sweeping the U.S. Dr. David Himmelstein is a distinguished professor of public health and health policy in the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, adjunct clinical professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Himmelstein is co-founder of the group Physicians for a National Health Program. Dr. Oliver Fein is a professor of clinical medicine and clinical public health at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he serves as associate dean responsible for the Office of Affiliations and the Office of Global Health Education. Dr. Fein is a past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and chairman of the New York Metro Chapter of PNHP.

A presentation by PNHP leader Adam Gaffney. Also 'man on the street' Voices interviews from the Twin Cities.Support the show (https://secure.everyaction.com/qVBRJyIEPEeWqlnm-YYPLA2)

Our guest this week is David Himmelstein. He is a distinguished professor of public health and health policy in the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, adjunct clinical professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has served as chief of the division of social and community medicine at Cambridge Hospital. David has authored or co-authored more than 100 journal articles and three books, including widely cited studies of medical bankruptcy and the high administrative costs of the U.S. health care system. His 1984 study of patient dumping led to the enactment of EMTALA, the law that banned that practice. He is also a co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program and is a principal author of PNHP articles published in the JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine in conjunction with Dr. Steffie Woolhandler. We talk about how he got his start in research by looking at patient dumping practices as a trainee, and how he views advocacy as a natural outgrowth of his research findings. We also talk about his work as a leader in advocacy for a national health insurance program and talk about a few common arguments against such policy changes. Lastly, he gives some advice for folks early in their career who would like to follow his model of research blended with advocacy. If you like the show, please rate and review us on itunes, google play, or stitcher, which makes the show easier for others to find; and share us on social media. We tweet at @rospodcast and are on facebook at www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems. Please drop us a line at contact@rospod.org. We’d love to hear from you, and thanks for listening.

This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Dr. Adam Gaffney, instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the Cambridge Health Alliance as well as the President of the single-payer health care advocacy organization Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). After sharing his obligatory origin story, Adam puts the unprecedented mainstream momentum behind Medicare for All in context by detailing the insufficiencies of the system today and how the increasing corporatization of health care in the neoliberal era has impacted people’s day-to-day decisions. Adam describes the different versions of Medicare for All currently in Congress like the Senate bill introduced by Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s House bill, highlighting where they differ and where they could go further. The gang also discusses the role of grassroots organizing in pushing the health care debate to the left over the last several years, and Adam touches on some of PNHP’s strategies for mobilizing doctors in the push for single-payer. Roqayah and Kumars also ask Adam about proposed alternatives to single-payer like the public option, as well as the best ways to counter common conservative arguments against Medicare for All, including the ones Adam successfully fended off in his viral guest appearance on Fox Business Network. You can follow Adam on Twitter @awgaffney, and keep up with his work at theprogressivephysician.net. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Cathleen London, MD received her medical degree from Yale University and did her residency in Family Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University. She received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and completed her pre-medical requirements at Stanford University. Prior to moving to Maine, she was an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell School of Medicine in New York City for 5 years and before that had her own practice in Brookline, MA and was a Clinical Instructor for both Boston University and Tufts University schools of medicine. She has worked with Doctors for America serving as State Director. She is a member of PNHP. She currently owns and operates a medical practice in Milbridge, Maine where she treats over 1,000 patients. She has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, HLN, NBC, local Fox, ABC as a medical contributor on numerous occasions and is currently the Women’s Delegate from Maine to the American Academy of Family Physicians. She is also on the Legislative Commission and Public Health Commission of the Maine Medical Association and serves on the Maine Democratic State Committee. Dr. London has two sons and four rescue dogs. She runs, bikes and swims in her free time.  Read More Here: https://www.doctorcatlondonforme.com/

Over 30million Americans are uninsured, and even more are sickened by the sky-high costs. While Congress seems sunk in a partisan fight over the Affordable Care Act, & Bernie Sanders Medicare for All bill nowhere near becoming law- though popular, might Big Business offer a way out?  Guests: Ben Palmquist, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative & Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, Physicians for a National Health Program. Then activists from Brazil, Haiti, and right here in the U.S. on what healthy communities need to thrive. Music by Dawn Drake "Cross Crocodile". Support theLFShow via our new Patreon campaign.  

This week on Healthcare Politics With Steve Larchuk we have Dr Carol Paris who is the President of the PNHP and advocate for single payer […]

PNHP California (PNHP CA) is the largest state chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). We are physicians, medical students, health professionals and advocates who believe that access to high-quality health care is a right and should be provided equitably as a public service rather than bought and sold as a commodity.We educate and advocate for a single-payer health insurance system in California and the nation. We believe that our current Medicare program should be improved and expanded to include all persons living in the United States. We acknowledge that a national health insurance system will most likely result from individual states creating their own single-payer models. California is poised to become one of the first to create such a model.PNHP-CA originated in 1987 under the name California Physicians Alliance (CaPA). CaPA was founded to promote progressive change in health care at the state and local levels. In 1993 CaPA officially became the California chapter of PNHP. In 2010 CaPA changed its name to PNHP California to more clearly reflect our ties to our national organization and its mission.

PNHP California (PNHP CA) is the largest state chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). We are physicians, medical students, health professionals and advocates who believe that access to high-quality health care is a right and should be provided equitably as a public service rather than bought and sold as a commodity.We educate and advocate for a single-payer health insurance system in California and the nation. We believe that our current Medicare program should be improved and expanded to include all persons living in the United States. We acknowledge that a national health insurance system will most likely result from individual states creating their own single-payer models. California is poised to become one of the first to create such a model.PNHP-CA originated in 1987 under the name California Physicians Alliance (CaPA). CaPA was founded to promote progressive change in health care at the state and local levels. In 1993 CaPA officially became the California chapter of PNHP. In 2010 CaPA changed its name to PNHP California to more clearly reflect our ties to our national organization and its mission.

On the January 2, 2014 edition of Tell Somebody,  we hear from Dr. Ed Weisbart on single payer healthcare.  Dr. Weisbart of St. Louis was in Kansas City in December for several speaking engagements including a presentation at the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri Kansas City on the theme of  “Health Care Reform: What’s Here? What’s Coming? What’s Missing?”    Dr. Ed Weisbart is a family physician who practiced at Rush Medical Center in Chicago for 20 years before moving to St. Louis in 2003 to become chief medical officer at Express Scripts, a Fortune 100 Company. After retiring from that position in 2010, he began organizing the St. Louis chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, which he currently chairs. He volunteers in a variety of safety-net clinics in the St. Louis area, and is also assistant professor of clinical medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.  He has had several articles published in national medical journals regarding the health care needs of the uninsured, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has printed several of his opinion pieces about single-payer health care. He has also testified multiple times before the Missouri Legislature on health care reform. He resides in Creve Coeur, Mo.  Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store  or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow. “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook: www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

In last week’s show, “The Hookers of Healthcare,” which you can find by clicking the archives tab, Dr. Porter discussed the inadequacy and corruption behind the new Obama healthcare bill (HR 3590). In this follow-up, Dr. Porter interviews Oliver Fein, M.D., President of the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). Dr. Fein confirms Dr. Porter’s assessment of HR 3590, … Read more about this episode...

Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Plan (www.pnhp.org) is the featured guest on this edition of Tell Somebody. Dr. Flowers was one of 13 single-payer healthcare advocates arrested in May for demanding that a single-payer healthcare reform advocate be included "at the table" with all the for-profit healthcare campaign donors at U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearings.  Dr. Flowers was able to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in June, and on August 4th was heard on Tell Somebody.  Right-click on the mp3 file at the bottom of this posting and "save as", or subscribe to Tell Somebody, for free, at the iTunes store to hear what she had to say. Links to Dr. Flowers' testimony and more information, including contacts for local advocacy, here http://tellsomebodyradio.blogspot.com/2009/08/dr-margaret-flowers-next-up-on-tell.html Also this week, the Department of Energy is looking for a national dump site for mercury.  In an inter-governmental agency memo, Mark Holecek, Acting Manager for the National Nuclear Security Administration Kansas City Site Office (ie., the 'old' Kansas City WMD plant at Bannister Rd. and Troost) said, in effect, "pick me, pick me!" At public meetings helping to grease the skids for a complicated leasing arrangement involving city tax breaks and private developers to build a new nuclear weapons components plant, , Kansas City plant officials usually push how well they claim to have cleaned up the old place.  But in his pitch to have the old KC WMD plant considered as a waste dump, Holocek writes: "The Kansas City Plant presently stores a quantity of  a liquid alloy of mercury that is commercially used for its reduced melting point.  For both environmental protection and practical reasons, it might be advantageous to consider including other liquid alloys of mercury within the mission of the proposed elemental mercury storage facility..." rather than just the 99.5% pure mercury that the DOE folks stressed at the public meeting. I had a couple of questions for the mercury managers - in the second half of the show you can judge for yourself the quality of their answers. Lots more on the Kansas City WMD plant here: http://kcnukeswatch.wordpress.com/http://kcnukeswatch.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/piea-passes-kc-nuke-plant-resolutions-61909/http://www.nukewatch.org/KCNukePlant/index.html  

David Himmelstein, M.D. — Harvard Medical School, co-founder, Physicians for a National Health Plan is the guest on this edition of Tell Somebody. The following came in a press release from Public Citizen: Two-Thirds of Bankruptcies Are Medically Related; National Health Insurance Needed NowStatement of Sidney Wolfe, M.D., Director, Health Research Group at Public CitizenA nationwide study showing that 62 percent of bankruptcies in 2007 were related to medical bills or illness underscores the need for a single-payer health care system.The study, conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School and Ohio State University (David Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Elizabeth Warren and Deborah Thorne) found the high bankruptcy rate even though more than three-quarters (78 percent) of the people having medical bankruptcies had health insurance - mainly private insurance - at the start of their illness. It is astounding that medically related bankruptcies increased by half from 2001 to 2007 - well before the current economic crisis.Dr. Himmelstein, one of the authors of the study, will talk about it and why a single payer plan is the only solution that makes sense. Dr. Himmelstein practices and teaches primary care internal medicine at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard. He was a co-founder of PNHP and one of two National Coordinators for the first five years of the organization. Dr. Himmelstein co-authored PNHP’s original proposal, its long-term care proposal, and its proposal for financing a national health program. More information at www.pnhp.org Tell Someobdy!!!! www.tellsomebody.us