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Physicians for a National Health Program @PNHP

Single payer, national health insurance advocacy organization with more than 25,000 physician members. #MedicareForAll #SinglePayer

Joined June 2009
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We’re off to bluer pastures 💙
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uché blackstock, md@uche_blackstock
23 Oct 2025
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
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Dr. Cheryl Kunis: “UnitedHealthcare should not be deciding who will live and who will die.”
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People's Action@PplsAction
16 Jan 2025
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/100064977420453… #CareOverCost

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Physicians for a National Health Program 🍎NYMetro@PNHPNYMetro
11 Jan 2025
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
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Retirees holding a banner opposing Medicare Advantage

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Physicians for a National Health Program 🍎NYMetro@PNHPNYMetro
10 Jan 2025
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
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“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?”
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newsweek.com/doctor-says-uni…

Doctor says UnitedHealthcare stopped cancer surgery to ask if necessary

Elisabeth Potter, a doctor based in Austin, Texas, created a video on Instagram detailing her experience treating a cancer patient.

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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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commondreams.org/opinion/ame…

Americans Are Angry About Their Health Insurance—With Good Reason | Common Dreams

As a physician, 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.

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Just Care USA president and Medicare Rights Center founder Diane Archer has a simple fix for U.S. health care: #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll
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nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opini…

Opinion | Ways to Fix the Health Insurance Debacle (Published 2024)

Responses to an essay by Andrew Witty, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealth Group. Also: Threats to democracy, in Hungary and America; a check on Trump; avoiding taxes.

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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
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tennessean.com/story/opinion…

Yes, condemn CEO's murder, but know why people feel rage toward health insurers | Opinion

People sharing horror stories about their experiences with health insurers have been compared to Jan. 6 Capitol attackers. That's wrong and imprecise.

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Dr. Ed Weisbart breaks it down: We don’t need corporate middlemen standing between patients and the care they need!
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motherjones.com/politics/202…

“I can’t afford my oxygen”: The human toll of health insurance profits

A veteran physician explains how our system inflates costs and leaves Americans sicker and poorer.

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“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
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youtu.be/3DCvtq9WBCo

Missouri’s rural hospitals continue to struggle despite projected...

While the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center project...

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