Purchase ad space in our digital program for your organization or use the space to send a special message to our 2024 honorees. The ads will be projected during the 2024 Reception Celebrating Single Payer Champions and distributed digitally to all supporters.

You can see a sample of a past Digital Program here. (Note: this year's program will be formatted horizontally)

AD PRICING & SIZING:

$800: FULL-PAGE AD

20" W x 11.25" H, (1920 x 1080px 16:9) min 300 dpi
Social Media Promotion*
2 Tickets Included

 

$500: HALF-PAGE AD

10" W x 11.25" H (960 x 1080px) min 300 dpi
Social Media Promotion*
1 Ticket Included

 

$250: QUARTER-PAGE AD

10" W x 5.6" H (960 x 540px) min 300dpi

*If you would like to be included in our social media promotion, please provide a version of your artwork that is square, along with any copy you would like as part of a caption.

ARTWORK SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED:

Friday June 7, 2024 by 5:00pm

Send artwork or any questions to Morgan: morgan@pnhpnymetro.org

Payment can be made by credit card below or by check.

Make checks payable to "PNHP-NY Metro" and mail to our temporary mailing address:

PNHP-NY Metro
310 W. 86th St. #6B
New York, NY 10024

Samples from years past:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We are thrilled this year to have a large enough space to be able to offer sliding scale tickets to our 2024 Benefit Celebrating Single Payer Champions.

The suggested donation level is $25 for sliding scale tickets but all are welcome at whatever level you can give.
Please contribute what you can to help support our work in the movement for single payer!

We look forward to toasting our 2024 Single Payer Champions with you!

 

Note: Contributions of $250 or more include membership in national PNHP!

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Purchase your selected in-person tickets to attend our 2024 Benefit Celebrating Single-Payer Champions below!
We look forward to toasting our 2023 Single-Payer Champions with you!

If purchasing tickets for 2 or more people, please list the ticket-holder's names in the comment box below!

To make a different selection or for more information about our Benefit Celebrating Single-Payer Champions click here.
If you are unable to attend in person, please purchase virtual tickets by clicking here!

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Not able to join us in-person? Not to worry, simply purchase your virtual tickets below!

We understand that gathering in-person doesn't work for everyone and we are so thankful that the ability to hold virtual programming has made our events much more accessible to folks who are far away, disabled, busy, or even just commitment-averse!

Our suggested tax-deductible donation for virtual attendance is $250 but - at any donation level - you are invited to join us on Zoom. We will email a Zoom link upon donation to all who contribute below and a reminder will be sent the day before the celebration.
As an added bonus: Contributions of $250 and above include membership in national PNHP!

We are so grateful to have your support and presence in this movement!


Looking for info on attending in-person instead? Click here!

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On March 19, 2024, over 200 advocates, health workers, students and residents joined us in meeting with 13 New York legislators to urge them to #PassNYHealth and #Coverage4All, and to stop cuts to SUNY Downstate hospital.

The recording of our morning orientation, with overview of the day, highlights of the legislation, and Q&A, is available here:

Many people contributed to the success of our lobby day this year.
Our great thanks to our UHLAF fellows, SNaHP fellows, Board mentors, and organizing team for their leading our cohorts, and to our organizational partners, listed below. And our deep gratitude to each and every person who joined us, sharing your stories, reporting back, following up, and taking on all of the roles required to hold these meetings and make our voices heard!

Group photos from throughout the day are shared below!

Additional Resources:

• Lobby Day Orientation slides are here
• Lobby Day Orientation transcript is here
• New York Health Act Town Hall recorded on March 11 is here
• Lobby Skills Training recorded on March 12 is here
• Additional NY Health Act Educational Resources are listed here
• Len Rodberg, PhD, Financial Analysis of the NY Health Act

2024 Lobby Day Cosponsoring Organizations:

ACT UP
American Academy of Pediatrics NYS Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Campaign for New York Health
Chinese-American Planning Council
Citizen Action
Council on Interns and Residents SEIU
Cross-union Retirees Organizing Committee 
Doctors Council SEIU
Dutchess County Progressive Action Alliance
Green Party of New York
Hudson Valley Demands NY Health
Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
Metro New York Health Care for All
National Association of Social Workers New York State Chapter 
New York Doctors Coalition
New York State Academy of Family Physicians
New York State Nurses Association
New York Progressive Action Network
New York Public Interest Research Group
Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro Chapter
Students for a National Health Program
The Coochie Coach
Ulster Activists

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with Assembly Speaker Heastie's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Bailey's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Addabbo's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Kavanaugh's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Serrano's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Ryan's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State AM Dinowitz's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Gianaris' office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Kennedy's office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Skoufis' office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Sen. Thomas' office

Advocates for the NY Health Act meeting with NY State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins

 

We at the NY Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP-NY Metro) believe that healthcare is a human right. As an organization of health justice activists that works tirelessly to transform our healthcare system from one that is unjust and profit-driven to one that is more just and based on principles of human rights, we urge President Biden & Congress to apply human rights principles and laws in both our own country and internationally.

We join the growing movement calling for an immediate permanent ceasefire, the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid, the release of all hostages and detained people, and an end to violence and destruction. We stand in solidarity with the healthcare and humanitarian workers in Gaza as they work to provide care in a time of crisis, under conditions that do not support health and healing.

Much of the work of our Chapter happens within our Working Groups. We have five main Working Groups dedicated to specific areas of our advocacy. Groups are volunteer-led and generally meet monthly (sometimes more, sometimes less). You do not need to be a physician or a member to join - we invite you to get involved!

CLICK HERE to see the list of Working Groups and to sign up!

CLICK TO LOOK INSIDE!

Sign Up

All are welcome. Organizing healthcare workers and students is our core focus, but you are not required to be a physician, health worker or medical student to become a member of PNHP!

Click here to attend a New Member Interest Meetup on Zoom to learn more about our Chapter and get involved. You do not have to be a dues paying member to organize with us - but every contribution is greatly appreciated! We are funded by small-dollar donations and your support makes our work possible.

PNHP NATIONAL DUES MEMBERSHIP:
To qualify for annual membership, you can make a one-time contribution of at least $250 or become a monthly sustaining donor of at least $25 a month.

To contribute online: CLICK HERE!

To contribute by check: Make checks payable to "PNHP-NY Metro" and mail to:
PNHP NY Metro Chapter · PO Box 352 · New York, NY 10028

Gift Memberships:
To honor someone with membership benefits, please email us morgan[@]pnhpnymetro.org to inquire.

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Join a Working Group

Much of the work of our Chapter happens within our Working Groups. We have five main Working Groups dedicated to specific areas of our advocacy. Groups are volunteer-led and generally meet monthly (sometimes more, sometimes less). You do not need to be a physician or a member to join - we invite you to get involved!

CLICK HERE to see the list of Working Groups and to sign up!

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We are a member-supported organization and cannot do this work without you! Thank YOU for volunteering, showing up, donating, and joining.

PNHP - NY Metro is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

2022 PNHP-NY Metro Gala Celebrating Single Payer Champions: Monday, June 13, 2022!  

Over the last year, we have ramped up our organizing and programming efforts, including:

🎯 Collaborating both locally and nationally to fight the increasing attempts to privatize Medicare. 
🎯 Training healthcare workers to effectively share their stories of how our current insurance system impacts their ability to provide care.
🎯 Increasing outreach to professional organizations and unions to promote the NY Health Act.
🎯 Monthly educational forums with focuses ranging from American pharmaceutical pricing to insurance’s impact on substance use.
🎯 Enhancing collaboration with movement partners to advance health justice initiatives.
🎯 Expanding traditional and social media strategy to more effectively a broader audience regarding single payer healthcare.

Due to the increasing COVID cases in New York City, and the implementation of a High Alert by the City’s health professionals, we have made the difficult decision to transition our Gala to a fully remote event.  We appreciate your understanding, and we look forward to celebrating with you in person when we can safely do so.  Until that option arises, we are happy to be able to recognize Single-Payer Champions remotely, and will forge ahead with a condensed program on Zoom!

We are proud to introduce our health justice honorees:

On Tuesday March 14, over 200 universal healthcare advocates participated in our 2023 Lobby Day to #PassNYHealth!
THANK YOU for making the day such a success!!

Lobby Day Materials

• You can find a recording of the forum here.
• A transcript of the forum is available here.
• The slidedeck from the recording is here.
• A folder with explainers for each piece of legislation is available here.

Summary of 2023 Legislation Package: Take action by clicking the links in the bill names.

✅New York Health Act (Bill numbers pending) will establish a single-payer universal healthcare system in New York state that will guarantee comprehensive care for all residents and workers, regardless of employment, immigration status or ability to pay!
✅Reproductive Freedom & Equity Act (A00361A / S00348B) will establish a fund to cover the cost of abortion —as well as traveling expenses and childcare costs—for low-income New Yorkers and people coming from out of state. Has already passed the state senate!
✅Coverage 4 All (A3020 / S2237) will create a state-funded Essential Plan for ALL New Yorkers up to 200% of the federal poverty level, regardless of immigration status, by including undocumented immigrants in the state’s application for the 1332 waiver. Submit comments in support of Coverage 4 All.
✅Indigent Care Pool (Bill numbers pending) will redistribute public funding to protect true safety-net hospitals providing health care for low-income, people with disabilities, and communities of color.
✅End Medical Debt package: Ounce of Prevention Act (S1366) requires all hospitals to use a uniform application form and policy and relates to distribution of funds from the general hospital indigent care pool, and Fair Medical Debt Reporting (S4907) prohibits medical debt from being collected by a consumer reporting agency or included in a consumer report.
✅Fair Pay for Home Care would leave room in the budget for home health workers to make 150% of the minimum wage. New York has a home health care shortage  and ensuring liveable wages for these highly skilled professionals is the first step to address this.
✅Protect Telemedicine Abortion Across State Lines (S1066A / A1079A) will shield clinicians and pharmacists throughout the state from: prosecution, loss of license or malpractice, and from subpoenas of their medical records for prescribing and sending of abortion pills to people who need them.

Upcoming Events and Additional Action Items

• NYC Retiree Emergency Mobilization Thursday March 9th at 11:30am at the steps of the Museum of the Native American Indian, marching up to City Hall for a rally at 1pm.
• NYC Bike Ride and Rally for the NY Health Act April 15 Beginning @ 11am
• Sign here to ask NYC Comptroller Brad Lander to conduct a fiscal analysis and report of the impact of the New York Health Act on the NYC budget!
• Email & tweet at your legislators, urging them to work to pass the NY Health Act!

 

Many thanks to our 2023 Lobby Day cosponsors:

Campaign for NY Health
Cattaraugus-Allegany Liberation Collective
Center for the Independence of the Disabled in NY
Chinese-American Planning Council
Council on Interns and Residents
Cuba Cultural Center
Dutchess County Progressive Action Alliance
For The Many
Housing Works
Hudson Valley Demands NY Health
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
NY Caring Majority
NY Progressive Action Network
NYS Academy of Family Physicians
NY State Nurses Association
NY Statewide Senior Action Council
Students for a National Health Program

 

Below you will find some of our chapter's featured past events and activities!
Click on the past events to learn more.

For info on a past forum, please head over to Past Forums!
For info on an upcoming forum or event, please head over to our Home page!

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National PNHP Annual Meeting & SNaHP Summit
Medicare for All Rally at the Capitol
Saturday, November 1st - Monday November 3rd, 2025

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Hochuls Pocus #PassNYHealth
Friday, October 31, 2025

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Fight the Cuts: Bronx Healthcare Forum
Sunday, October 26, 2025

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Disability Pride Parade BLOCK PARTY in Union Square
Sunday, October 19 - Union Square NYC

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NO KINGS 2 March: Healthcare Bloc
Saturday, October 18 - NYC

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NYC Healthcare Town Hall
Sunday, October 5, 2025, West Village NYC

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Speak Out for a Special Session to #PassNYHealth
Tuesday, September 30 @ Noon In-Person NYC

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Speaker Training for Single Payer Advocacy
Saturday, September 27 

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Explanation of Benefits Musical
Sunday, September 21, 2025

With a cast of research-minded musical theatre performers leading the way, Explanation of Benefits is info-tainment at its finest – exploring how the hell we got into this mess and how you can defend yourself in the wild, wild west that is health insurance.

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Health Justice Potluck Picnic
Sunday, September 21, 2025

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NY Health Act Teach-In & Short Film Screening: HEALTHCARE CONSPIRACY
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Bronx Healthcare Town Hall
Saturday, September 13, 2025

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2025 NYC Labor Day March:
Get the Word Out About The New York Health Act
Saturday, September 6, 2025

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They Cut Medicaid, What Now? Virtual Healthcare Town Hall
Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

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60th Anniversary of Medicaid & Medicare - Fight for Life & the Future
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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Good Trouble Lives on HEALTHCARE BLOC
Thursday, July 17, 2025

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NYC PRIDE 2025 Healthcare Contingent
Sunday, June 29, 2025

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Annual Benefit Celebrating Single Payer Champions
Monday, June 23, 2025

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Bronx Healthcare Town Hall
Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

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NYC NO KINGS MARCH HEALTHCARE CONTINGENT
Saturday, June 14, 2025

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Author Reading of Exquisite Moments of Sorrow and Grace
with Kenneth Weinberg, MD
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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NYC Day of Action for Single Payer Rally for Medicare for All & The New York Health Act
Saturday, May 31, 2025

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Radio Kingston: Planet Seniors 1st program in a series focused on the NY Health Act, hosted by Rita Vanacore - LISTEN HERE
May 26, 2025

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Health Justice Potluck Picnic Spring 2025
May 18, 2025

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Healthcare Storytelling for Advocacy Workshop
May 13, 2025

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MAY DAY NYC
HEALTHCARE BLOC @
RALLY & MARCH TO STOP THE
BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER
May 1, 2025

HEALTHCARE CONTINGENT to Rally & March with mass May Day mobilization of unions and community organizations in Foley Square to fight back against the billionaire takeover.

View Dr. Roona Ray's speech here:

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MAY DAY NYC
Rally at City Hall with the
Coalition to Fight for our Health and Lives
May 1, 2025

Ain't I A Woman & the Coalition to Fight for our Health and Lives in calling on City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to 1. Abolish the 24-hour workday 2. Fight for quality healthcare for all 3. Stop displacement.

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Medical Student Workshop
Building Power Under Trump
Monday April 28

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Reimagining Healthcare:
The NY Health Act &
The Movement for Universal Healthcare
Cornell, Ithaca Monday, April 21, 2025

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Union 101 with CIR SEIU
Tuesday, April 22nd
Union 101 with CIR SEIU workshop for medical students and residents, hosted by NYC Against Segregated Healthcare (NYCASH) & Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP).

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STATEN ISLAND RALLY & MARCH:
Don't Take Away Our Health Care
to Give Billionaires Tax Cuts!
Tuesday, April 15

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KILL THE CUTS
NYC HEALTHCARE CONTINGENT
April 8, 2025

 

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HANDS OFF MOBILIZATION
NYC HEALTHCARE CONTINGENT
April 5, 2025

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STOP THE CUTS
NYC HEALTHCARE CONTINGENT
March 15, 2025

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Healthcare Worker, Resident, Student & Advocate
Lobby Day to #PassNYHealth!
March 18 2025

Cosponsoring Organizations:

ACT UP
Ancient Song Doula Services
Caring Majority Rising
Citizen Action
Community Service Society of New York
Cross-Union Retirees Organizing Committee (CROC)
Doctors Council SEIU
For The Many
Green Party of New York
Hudson Valley Demands NY Health
Indivisible Brooklyn
Indivisible: CCoHope Indivisible
Indivisible: Northwest Bronx Indivisible
Indivisible: NYCD15/16-Indivisible
Indivisible Ulster 18/19
Long Island DSA
Medical Students for Choice
Metro New York Healthcare for All Campaign
National Association of Social Workers NYS/NYC
New York Doctors Coalition
New York Progressive Action Network
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
New York State Academy of Family Physicians
NYC Against Segregated Care (NYCASH)
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro Chapter
Rank+File4NYHealth
Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore
South Asian Fund For Education, Scholarship, and Training, Inc
Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP)
SUNY Empire State University Student Government Association
Ulster Activists

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HEALTHCARE CONTINGENT at the March To Stop The Cuts!
March 15 2025

We say:

• Healthcare should be provided as a human right for all, regardless of citizenship, employment, gender, age, health, care needs, ability to pay, or any other status.
• NO CUTS to working people to fund tax breaks for billionaires and corporations
• NO CUTS to our public healthcare programs Medicare & Medicaid
• NO CUTS to USAID, HHS, CDC, PEPFAR, NIH, FDA
• NO CUTS to gender-affirming care, immigrant care, disability care, accessibility, research, or diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives

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Washington DC Mobilization To Save Healthcare
March 12 2025

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Rally to Defend Medicaid and HIV Services in Staten Island
March 6 2025

Housing Works, Make the Road NY, Physicians for a National Health Program, and other healthcare allies to rallied in Staten Island to defend Medicaid and HIV services. After committing to opposing cuts to Medicaid and HIV services, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis voted for a budget proposal that makes significant and deadly cuts to the program.

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Speakout For People Harmed & Killed By Insurance Industry Greed
FEBRUARY 21 2025

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NYC Premiere Screening of Mockumentary Short Film
HEALTHCARE CONSPIRACY & New York Health Act Panel Discussion
FEBRUARY 19 2025

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

• NYS Senator Gustavo Rivera, NYS Senate Health Committee Chair, Lead NYS Senate sponsor of the NY Health Act
• Rich Hollman, writer & lead actor, SAG-AFTRA & Actors Equity Association member

MODERATOR:

• Nicolas Shearman, DC 37 Member, Rank+File4NYHealth co-leader

FREE ADMISSION, NO RESERVATIONS: first-come, first-seated.
Wheelchair accessible.
Masks are encouraged & will be provided.

Hosted By: Rank+File4NYHealth | Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro | MORE UFT | Cross-union Retirees Organizing Committee (CROC NYC)

For updates on this or future screenings, or to host a screening & panel discussion for your community, union local or other group, complete the form bit.ly/ConspiracyScreenings or contact [email protected] for more info.

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RALLY FOR THE NEW YORK HEALTH ACT
JANUARY 14, 2025 - View photos here.

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Resolution Writing Workshop
December 2, 2024

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Bronx New York Health Act Town Hall
September 21, 2024

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COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: NY SOCIAL JUSTICE & MUSIC FESTIVAL
September 14, 2024

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2024 NYC Labor Day Parade NY Health Act Canvass
September 7, 2024

2024 Pride Queer Liberation March Healthcare Justice Contingent
Sunday June 30, 2024

2024 Benefit Celebrating Single Payer Champions
Thursday June 13, 2024

Health Justice Spring Potluck Picnic
Saturday May 11, 2024

Westchester County Town Hall on Health Care & The New York Health Act
Saturday April 27, 2024

Panel:

New York State Senator Shelley Mayer, SD 37
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, Past President of NY State Nurses Association
Richard Gottfried, Retired Assembly Health Committee Chair, lead sponsor & author of the NY Health Act
Betsy Rosenthal, MD, Retired Dermatologist, PNHP NY Metro Board Member

2024 Lobby Day to #PassNYHealth

2024 Lobby Skills Training

Health Before Profits
Part 1 of Panel Series For the Greater Good
Hosted by Midtown South Community Council
February 13th, 2024

2023 Film Screening - Bending the Arc
Wednesday Nov 1, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 Pride Marches - NY Health Act

2023 Celebration of Single Payer Champions

2022-2023 UHLAF Universal Healthcare Legislative Advocacy Fellowship

March 14, 2023 Lobby Day to #PassNYHealth!

2022 Gala Celebrating Single Payer Champions

Care for Every Body 5K! Oct 10, 2021

Single Payer Honorees 2021 Gala

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Recognize someone special, commemorate a milestone, demonstrate your commitment, or honor a lost loved one, by making a special gift in their name, in support of the movement for equitable, universal healthcare.

Honor Gifts

Honor a birthday, graduation or other special moment with donations in a loved one's name to the movement for health justice - or create your own personalized fundraising page to share with friends, colleagues, and family. We will feature a photo and statement of your choice, and you can set your own fundraising goal! All funds raised will go to help power the educational, leadership-building, operational, and advocacy work of our chapter.
To set up a custom tribute page for yourself or your honoree, please complete this form or contact [email protected]. Current tribute pages are shown below.

Gift Memberships: To honor someone with full membership benefits, please email [email protected] to inquire.

Memorial Gifts

Honor the memory of someone special with a donation in remembrance. We’ll notify their loved ones of your gift, which allows their legacy to live on by making a lasting impact on health justice. Consider this meaningful way to pay your final respects. Current tribute pages are shown below. To set up a custom tribute page for your loved one, please complete this form or contact [email protected]

Honor Tribute Pages:

Oliver Fein, MD

Betty Kolod, MD

Marc Lavietes, MD

Eugenia Montesinos, CNM, WHNP, MSN

Julie Schwartzberg

Roona Ray, MD

Peter Wenger, MD

 

Memorial Tribute Pages:

Robert Auerbach, MD

Dolores "Dev" Rogers

Peter Smith, MD and Patricia O'Neill, MD

 

 

 

Fed up with for-profit healthcare?

Join our #MedStoryMonday campaign featuring stories (examples below) from health workers and students in support of the NY Health Act & Medicare for All!

CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR HEALTHCARE STORY TODAY to be featured in a #MedStoryMonday quotegraphic! Examples below!

Our stories play a significant role in shaping public perceptions and attitudes towards single-payer universal healthcare and healthcare workers are in a unique position to speak out about systemic injustice and to advocate for our patients. Help uplift the stories of the suffering endured, care denials and barriers, and resources wasted in the current U.S. healthcare system that treats care as a commodity rather than as a human right.

Patients, physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, residents, public health workers and students, medical students, doulas, home care workers: we want to hear from you!

Share this page or this link www.bit.ly/MedStoryMonday with your colleagues so we can amplify more perspectives and experiences.

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Follow, like and share our #MedStoryMonday posts on social media!     

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Contributing your #MedStoryMonday story is easy;

1. Provide the basic info requested here including a short 2-4 sentence / 75 word quote describing one of your frustrations or experiences with our current healthcare system and your reasons for supporting and working to pass single-payer.
   
   TIP: Be specific! People identify more deeply with details than generalizations.
   TIP: Your story can be from provider POV, relating a patient's experience, or a personal experience you or your loved ones have had with insurance companies or seeking care within the current inequitable, discriminatory system.
   
   
2. Select a photo of yourself to share.
3. We'll reach out to get your photo after you submit the form and will review the final graphic with you!

Tell us: How will universal single-payer healthcare change your life and the lives of your patients?!

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View some of our past #MedStoryMonday graphics below!

 

 

Click here to share YOUR #MedStoryMonday healthcare story TODAY!