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:

As we near the end of 2022, we are looking back at all that we have accomplished... and how this work sets the stage to continue our organizing into 2023.

Throughout this challenging year PNHP-NY Metro has been working tirelessly to advance health equity. To revisit just a few of our accomplishments this year:

• During our annual Lobby Day, we coordinated thirteen delegations that met with New York State Senators and Assembly Members in support of the New York Health Act, working with the Campaign for New York Health throughout the year to maintain public pressure on the legislature to pass this vital bill.
• We met with nine of our national legislators to discuss the most recent Medicare privatization scheme: ACO-REACH. This superficial rebranding of the Direct Contracting program intentionally misleads people by using language to align itself with the Accountable Care Organizations established under the Affordable Care Act, when in reality it’s a nonconsensual transition of seniors into managed care programs.
• Facing the repeal of Roe, we joined with millions of people across the country to demonstrate against the draconian court ruling and to demand reproductive autonomy and abortion rights.
  We rallied at Lincoln Hospital in recognition of the Bronx community’s legacy of fierce health advocacy, and once again marched for Queer Liberation, in rejection of nation-wide attacks on trans rights, and in celebration of our LGBTQ family. At every opportunity we work to build support for the NY Health Act, which will be an unprecedented expansion of rights and care, providing comprehensive healthcare including abortion and gender affirming care for all in NY state, without financial or other barriers.

To continue this important work, we need your support now more than ever!

Contributing is quick and easy and all donations are fully tax-deductible. Please make a generous one-time contribution today or become a sustaining donor! Sustaining donations provide stability and allow us to budget most effectively for the coming year. As an added bonus, sustaining donors making a monthly gift of $25/month or more to PNHP NY-Metro receive annual membership in PNHP National.

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:

• 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.