Donate here today to fuel the movement for New York Health Act and Medicare for All!
Send a WEEKLY #WakeUpCall4NYHA to your lawmakers to tell them to #PassNYHealth!
CURRENT + UPCOMING EVENTS:
In chronological order
TUESDAY APRIL 14
MASS CALL TO #PASSNYHEALTH
Tuesday April 14
7:30PM
RSVP HERE
Join us on Zoom for a mass state-wide organizing call to pass the New York Health Act — transformative legislation that will establish a universal single-payer healthcare program for EVERYONE who lives or works full time in New York State, including undocumented immigrants.
We will discuss next steps as the fight for healthcare for all continues following our March Lobby Day to #PassNYHealth in Albany.
New York can and must provide secure, affordable, comprehensive healthcare for all, including mental, dental, hearing, gender-affirming, and Long Term Care!
THURSDAY APRIL 16
NASW Coalition Chat:
Issues Social Workers Should Know About
6-8PM
On Zoom
THURSDAY APRIL 23
Student-Led New York Health Act Town Hall
City College of New York with NYPIRG
Date: Thursday April 23rd
Time: 5:30pm to 8pm - Doors Open 5:15pm
Location: The City College of New York
160 Convent Ave, 10031, New York, NY,
North Academic Center 1/103 Flex Space
Invite link: bit.ly/April28CCNY
Community members, healthcare advocates, and students will gather at the City College of New York for a town hall discussion on the New York Health Act, proposed legislation to establish a universal, single-payer healthcare system in New York State.
This town hall will provide an opportunity for attendees to learn about the bill, ask questions, and engage directly with advocates and experts about how the legislation would impact residents across the state.
THURSDAY APRIL 30
Behind the Red Curtain: Book Reading with Mary Dewar, RN
RSVP HERE
Time: 7-9PM
Location:10 Union Square East - Mount Sinai Auditorium on the 2nd Floor
Directions: Take the elevator to Floor 2 & walk down the hallway, when you reach the end of the hall where the atrium begins, the door to the auditorium will be on your left.
SATURDAY MAY 2
Teach-In on the New York Health Act
Hosted by City Councilmember Shahana Hainf & CROC
Noon to 2pm
THURSDAY MAY 28
CELEBRATING SINGLE PAYER CHAMPIONS
SPRING BENEFIT
FOR PNHP NY METRO
SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday May 28
6:00PM
In Person
Judson Memorial Church:
55 Washington Square South, NYC
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
Join us for our annual gathering to celebrate our champions, collective work and community in the fight to guarantee healthcare as a human right. The evening will feature live music, a light buffet and refreshments, recognition of our health justice champions and community activists, our silent auction + great company and conversation.
Tickets will be available on a sliding scale & all are welcome.
Wheelchair accessible.
ONGOING
WEEKLY WEDNESDAY #WakeUpCall4NYHA
CONNECT HERE
Send Your Lawmakers A Weekly Message to #PassNYHealth!
Suggested scripts provided. Contact them every week through the end of the legislative session in early June.
WEEKLY Mini Lobby Days in Albany
SIGN UP HERE.
Join the Capital Region Campaign for NY Health Hub in Albany every week this legislative session for mini lobby meetings and NY Health Act visibility! You must provide your own transportation.
NEW MEMBER INTEREST MEETUPS
Monthly on Zoom
RSVP: bit.ly/MemberInterestPNHP
If you are new to PNHP NY Metro or have been a supporter for some time and want to get involved in the work of our Chapter, we invite you to attend a Member Interest Meetup! Open to all - you do not need to be a physician or healthcare worker to join in our organizing.
Watch Dr. Roona Ray's speech at the 2025 NYC May Day Rally to Stop the Billionaire Takeover
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on upcoming forum dates, topics and more!
Learn more about the New York Health Act here after watching the PIISD video below!
Fed up with for-profit healthcare?
Join our #MedStoryMonday campaign featuring stories from health workers, students and patients in support of the NY Health Act & Medicare for All!
Physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, residents, public health workers and students, medical students, doulas, home care workers: we want to hear from you!
CLICK HERE for examples and CLICK HERE to share your story today to be featured in a #MedStoryMonday quotegraphic!
Recent Online Educational Forums
CLICK HERE for videos and information related to our past forums:
- October 2024 Forum: Segregation in Healthcare
- September 2024 Forum: The 2024 Election and the Fight to Protect and Improve Public Medicare and Medicaid On The Path to Healthcare for All
- May 2024 Forum: On The Rise: Doctors Unionizing & Organizing for Single Payer
- April 2024 Forum: All Means All: Coverage for Immigrants and the Fight for Universal Healthcare
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March 2024 Forum: New York Health Act Town Hall Lobby Prep
- February 2024 Forum: Community Care in Crisis: NYC Hospital Closures & Consolidation
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January 2024 Forum: New York Health Act Town Hall
- October 2023 Forum: Educate, Liberate, Elevate: Youth Justice Through Healthcare
- September 2023 Forum: Organizing to Build Support for the NEW New York Health Act
- May 2023 Forum: The Fight for LGBTQIA+ Rights and the Struggle to Expand and Guarantee Care for Every Body
- April 2023 Forum: Film & Forum: American Hospitals
- March 2023 Forum: The NY Health Act + Our 2023 Health Policy Package: Preparing for Lobby Day
- February 2023 Forum: Delivering Birth Justice: Why is giving birth in the US so dangerous and costly, and what can we do about it?
- January 2023 Forum: New Year, Renewed Resolve: Building the Local and National Movement for Healthcare for All
- December 2022: A Celebration of Assemblymember Richard Gottfried & the New York Health Act
- November 2022: Indigenous Peoples’ Health: Inequities, Innovations & Lessons
- October 2022: NYC Administrative Code 12-126: What is it and what would Amending it Mean for NYC Public Employees?
- October 2022: How Private Equity Makes US Sicker
- September 2022: Environmental Justice is Health Justice: Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Health Advocacy and Single Payer
- May 2022: There is NO Health Care Justice without Abortion and Repro Health Justice!
- April 2022: Legislative Focus: NY Health Act and Ending Medical Debt - Preparing for Lobby Day
- March 2022: Why US Prescription Drug Prices are Too High... and How to Treat It
- February 2022: Privatizing Medicare Part II: How it Really Works
- January 2022: Privatizing Medicare: Impacts on Patients and Doctors
- November 2021: Single Payer: Everyone Has a Role to Play
- September 2021: Activism as a Health Professional Student: Finding Ways to Join Local Efforts
- June 2021: NYC Plans for Medicare Advantage
- May 2021: Substance Use and Single Payer: Connecting the Dots
- April 2021: Why Hospitals & the People They Serve Should Support Single Payer & the NY Health Act
- March 2021: Achieving Healthcare for All: The NY Health Act for a Just COVID Recovery
- February 2021: Invest In Our New York: Education, Housing, Food, Jobs, & Health
- January 2021: Unequal Treatment: The Unjust Death of Dr. Susan Moore
- November 2020: COVID-19, Long-Term Care, Single-Payer & the Elections
- June 2020: COVID Capitalism and the Fight for Health Care Justice and Societal Transformation
- May 2020: Combatting COVID & Building Resilience: Health, Jobs, & Homes
- April 2020: The Roles of Racism & For-Profit Healthcare in Pandemic Response Failures
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) advocates for a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program. PNHP has 22,000 members and over 50 chapters across the United States.
Since 1987, we've advocated for reform in the U.S. health care system. We educate physicians and other health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system--including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the 30 million Americans who have none.
Our members and physician activists work toward a single-payer national health program in their communities. PNHP performs ground breaking research on the health crisis and the need for fundamental reform, coordinates speakers and forums, participates in town hall meetings and debates, contributes scholarly articles to peer-reviewed medical journals, and appears regularly on national television and news programs advocating for a single-payer system.
PNHP is the only national physician organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to implementing a single-payer national health program.