Physicians for a National Health Program - PNHP

🚨 Red Alert: With huge health care cuts looming, more than 600 financially vulnerable hospitals are at risk of plunging deeper into deficit spending.

Many are at risk of closing altogether.

New National Nurses United report:https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/sites/default/files/nnu/documents/RedAlert_PreventableCrisis_Report.pdf

Take action: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/redalert

“Beyond helping their patients navigate the important personal decision between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, physicians should take a leadership role in elevating these concerns within organized medicine and the broader community.”

Read the full editorial: https://digitaleditions.walsworth.com/publication/?i=865782

Remembering PNHP past president Dr. John Geyman, who died last month at the age of 95.

“John was a true trailblazer for family medicine,” said Dr. Bianca Frogner, professor of family medicine and interim chair of the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine. “He helped establish family medicine as a specialty and was a founder of the first research journal focused on family medicine.”

A prolific writer, Geyman authored more than 160 journal articles and 20 books. In his retirement, he became a vocal advocate for healthcare reform by writing books and pamphlets championing single-payer national health insurance.

Read more: https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/dr-john-geyman-family-medicine-pioneer-remembered/