2018 PNHP NY Metro Membership Drive
Join or renew your membership to PNHP before December 2nd, and you will be entered in a sweepstakes to win one of 10 available copies of the gripping book, The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health Care System, by medical expert and skilled storyteller Dr. David Barton Smith.
As Dr. Jack Geiger, Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine at CUNY Medical School, explains, “The Power to Heal brings to life the neglected history of one of the greatest victories of the civil rights struggles—the successful confrontation with the institutional racism and racial segregation long entrenched in America’s hospitals, north as well as south, that had relegated African American patients to basement wards and inferior treatment.”
Why join PNHP? Hear from members about why membership is important to them:
PNHP is an organization funded by its members. We accept no corporate contributions of any kind. Our small staff and all activities are supported by members’ dues, individual contributions, and above all, the hands-on activities of our members.
All are welcome to join.You don't need to be a physician — nurses, public health professionals, social workers and concerned individuals who support single-payer health care are active and valued members of our organization.
We look forward to welcoming you to our organization and working together to win an improved Medicare for All system.
2017 PNHP NY Metro Membership Drive
Join or renew your membership to PNHP before October 1st, and you will be entered in a sweepstakes to win two free tickets to Michael Moore's new Broadway Show The Terms of My Surrender.
The New York Times called it "one of the 5 must see shows on Broadway" right now.
Michael Moore's film SiCKO made a huge impact on the movement for guaranteed health care. He's always been a friend to our cause, and we are thrilled that he has offered PNHP membership this opportunity. If you don't win the raffle, you'll still receive a discount code once the winner is drawn.
Why join PNHP? Hear from PNHP members about why membership is so important to them:
PNHP is an organization funded by its members. We accept no corporate contributions of any kind. Our small staff and all activities are supported by members’ dues, individual contributions, and above all, the hands-on activities of our members.
All are welcome to join. You don't need to be a physician to join — nurses, public health professionals, social workers and concerned individuals who support single-payer health care are active and valued members of our organization.
We look forward to welcoming you to our organization and working together to win an improved Medicare for All system.
CURRENT + UPCOMING EVENTS:
In chronological order
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
Press Conference
Governor Hochul's NYC Office
NY Health Act Day of Action
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location:
919 3rd Ave NYC
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
Bronx Rally for Healthcare for All
NY Health Act Day of Action
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location:
West 232 Street & Independence Ave
Seton Park, Bronx
RSVP HERE
OCTOBER 20
Student-Led
October Virtual Forum:
Reimagining Community Safety
7:30pm-9pm
On Zoom
Join us for our fall student-led forum focused on the indelible connection between community safety and universal healthcare, Daniel’s Law, and efforts underway across NY to build a more equitable and effective crisis response system.
Organized and moderated by PNHP NY Metro Student Fellows: Mriganka Nerkar and Helena Zeleke
OCTOBER 24
Newburgh Healthcare Town Hall
2-4PM
Hybrid Event
In-Person Location: Newburgh Free Library,
Grand Street, Newburgh, NY (Hybrid)
Hosted by MHV DSA & partners:
Campaign for NY Health, Caring Majority Rising, Indivisible Newburgh, Fuerza Newburgh, Troy DSA, For the Many, Hudson Valley Demands NY Health, Physicians for a National Health Program NY Metro Chapter, Newburgh Working Families Party, NY Poor People's Campaign
OCTOBER 31
Hochul's Pocus II
Noon
Union Square NYC
NOVEMBER 10
Healthcare for All
Statewide Town Hall
SAVE THE DATE
6:30pm-8:30pm
Hybrid: On Zoom + 1199 SEIU HEADQUARTERS 498 7th Ave NYC
Cosponsor list in formation. Sign up at the link.
NOVEMBER 13-15
National PNHP Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL
Register here.
ONGOING
Applications for our upcoming 2026-2027 Universal Healthcare Legislative Advocacy Fellowship (UHLAF) are now open! Deadline to apply is Thursday, September 10, 2026.
Apply here: www.pnhpnymetro.org/fellowship
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WEEKLY EVERY WEDNESDAY
#WakeUpCall4NYHA
CONNECT HERE
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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.
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 PNHP NY Metro Student Fellow Cameron Clarke's speech at the 2026 May Day Rally: We Won't Be Silent
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!
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 to implementing a single-payer national health program.