Healthcare Reform: We’re Not Done Yet!
Monday, March 4th 7-9 p.m.
4 E. University Parkway, Baltimore
Dr. Walter Tsou, National Board Advisor with PNHP, Past President of the APHA and former Health Commissioner of the city of Philadelphia, will be joining us to discuss the need for single-payer reform.
The event is co-sponsored by the Healthcare-Now! Maryland and the Healthcare is a Human Right – Maryland campaign. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.
For more information contact: Eric Naumburg, M.D. at HCHRMaryland@gmail.com or 443-562-6562.
MARYLAND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
"Financing the Maryland Health Security Act"
By Gerald Friedman, Ph.D.
Highlights: 24.4% savings possible in current system.
Overall single-payer system in Maryland would save 15%.
Financing the Maryland Health Security Act
Stressed Out by Private Health Insurance? A Clinical Diagnosis
Dr. Quentin Young, national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program, writes "Dr. Carol Paris, a distinguished psychiatrist and a valued colleague in the campaign for single-payer national health insurance, an improved Medicare for all, has written an elegant parody that is really quite serious: the mental impact of private, for-profit insurance companies on our nation's patients and providers/physicians."
Click here to read "Diagnostic Criteria for Private Insurance Induced Stress Disorder — PIISD"
Doctors protest exclusion of single-payer at Senate Finance Committee
Doctors and other advocates of a national single-payer health system - also known as an improved Medicare for All - directly confronted senators at a Senate Finance Committee “roundtable” on health reform today.
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Donate to the Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign
The Maryland chapter of PNHP has launched the ‘Healthcare is a Human Right! campaign in collaboration with Healthcare-Now! Maryland and United Workers. We seek a publicly funded healthcare system based on the human rights principles of universality, equity in access, equity in funding, accountability, transparency and the establishment of healthcare as a public good in other words single-payer.
Click here to learn more and donate.
Single-payer health care pushed for Maryland
By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun
The idea of a single-payer health care system was lost in the debate over the much-amended national health care reform passed by Congress last year, but three Howard County delegates are co-sponsors of legislation in this year’s General Assembly that seeks to bring the idea to fruition in the Free State.
LEGISLATION
The Maryland Health Security Act
Click here to learn more the Maryland Health Security Act (SB206)
Get Active
MD PNHP is looking for speakers and writers to join this important cause.
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Where Is My National Health Insurance Card?
Watch PNHP NY Metro's video about single-Payer
Speakers Bureau
PNHP Maryland now has a speaker's bureau and we are available for grand rounds, conferences and meeting with faith and community groups to talk about single payer and health care reform. If you are intrested in arranging a speaker, please email enaumburg@hotmail.com.
PNHP Members in the news
What about single-payer?
By James F. Burdick | The Baltimore Sun
Single-payer health care pushed for Maryland
By Larry Carson | The Baltimore Sun
Diagnostic Criteria for PIISD – Private Insurance Induced Stress Disorder
By Carol A. Paris, MD | Psychiatric Time
HealthCare-Now! Maryland
Formerly Maryland Universal Health Care Network
www.mdsinglepayer.org