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Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is an advocacy organization of more than 20,000 American
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, and health professionals that supports a universal, comprehensive single-payer
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program. Since being co-founded in 1987 by physicians
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, PNHP has advocated for reform in the U.S. health care system. PNHP is the only national physician organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to implementing a single-payer national health program. The organization and its members work to educate physicians and other health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system, including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the millions of Americans who have none. Additionally, PNHP performs 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. The group is best known for its influential proposals for national health insurance, which have been published in the ''
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''. The group is also known for its members' substantial contributions to scientific research on the uninsured, health system economics and international health systems. Members such as David Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Marcia Angell and Arnold Relman have contributed articles to major
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journals such as the ''New England Journal of Medicine'' (of which Angell and Relman are former editors-in-chief), ''JAMA'', ''
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''. Quentin Young was president of the organization from 1991 to 1993.


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Health care reform Health care reform is for the most part governmental policy that affects health care delivery in a given place. Health care reform typically attempts to: * Broaden the population that receives health care coverage through either public sector ins ...
* List of healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States * Medicare for All Act * National Physicians Alliance * Physicians' Council for Responsible Reform *
Universal health care Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) is a health care system in which all residents of a particular country or region are assured access to health care. It is generally organized a ...


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Physicians for a National Health Program official website
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