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. 

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:

From the makers of Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point, comes a new documentary entitled American Hospitals, a provocative look at the cost and inequities of American hospitals, often more motivated by money and power than in providing for the health needs of individuals and the communities they were founded to serve.

As part of a limited release, we invite you to JOIN US for a screening of the film and panel discussion.

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 - 7 PM to 9:15 PM EST
In-person at the QUAD Cinema
34 West 13th Street, New York, NY

We are thrilled to partner with the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York and New York State Nurses Association to bring you this event. Immediately following the film screening our panel will dig into some of the issues detailed in the film, the unique challenges and inequities within New York's hospital and healthcare system, and solutions to the crushing healthcare costs and inequities harming patients and healthcare workers.

Featured Speakers:
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, MSN, FPN
Donald Moore, MD, MPH
Barbara Caress

Moderator:
Heidi Seigfried, Esq.

Masks are advised. If you don’t feel well, show any symptoms of COVID-19 or recently tested positive, please refrain from attending.

Privatization of health and social protections affects us all, from the ever-rising costs of medical care to lack of access to clean drinking water. Across the globe, at local and national levels, those of us who stand for the right to health resist implementation of plans and propose alternatives.

The private, profit-driven model of health care in the US has created the most expensive health care in the world, but the money Americans pay for health care is not reflected in the healthcare we receive. The low quality of patient care for patients, poor conditions for health care workers, and degrading health outcomes tell the real story. The system we have isn’t working.

The COVID-19 pandemic showed how decades of profiteering and extracting profit out of the healthcare system leaves it unprepared to care for patients and provide healthy working conditions, especially at times when need is at its highest. On top of that companies charge exorbitant amounts of money for medicines and health insurance–prices they set with profit in mind.

Private interest in health care has created an environment where profiteering is the goal rather than the health and well-being of people the system should serve. People’s health is not at the center of our healthcare system.

On April 7, World Health Day, groups across the globe are coming together to build power against privatization to say our health is not for sale. 

Join PHM-USA, Right Care Alliance, and PNHP NY Metro for an online event to talk about the problem of private health care in the US and how we can strengthen the movement change it.

WEAR YOUR SUPPORT WITH OUR MEDICARE FOR ALL FACE MASKS

AND CARE FOR EVERY BODY T's!

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Recent Online Educational Forums

CLICK HERE for videos and written information related to our past forums:

• 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) is a single-issue organization advocating 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.