Physicians for a National Health Program - Western Washington PNHP

Coming Events :

* PNHPWW February 15th Monthly Meeting - 7PM, Swedish/Cherry Hill Campus Conference Center Auditorium - Directions
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Organizations advocating for single payer, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All in Western Washington


Health Care for All -WA

WA Single Payer Action


WA - Progressive Democrats of America

Wash State Progressive Caucus

Wa State Jobs with Justice

Island County Activists for Single Payer

Vancouver HealthCare Now

Socialist Alternative

Olympia Single Payer Action

Washington Community Action Network

Washington Health Security Coalition

 

It’s Time to Add Your Voice

Since 1987, Physicians for a National Health Program has advocated for reform in the U.S. health care system. A large part of our work involves educating health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system--including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the 46 million Americans who have none. More



 

Latest News



Quentin Young to head Speakers for Annual Public Meeting
Saturday, March 3rd, 7-9PM at Kane Hall, UW Campus

Quentin Young, MD, National Coordinator for PNHP and icon for health care justice in our country or the last 60 years, will be featured speaker at our 2012 Annual Public Meeting. More information to follow as we plan for other speakers, the program theme, and for other events that weekend. Stay tuned.

During our February 15th Monthly Meeting, we will elect the 2012 PNHPWW Board of Directors - click here for the ballot with nominees for returning and new board members, with short bio's.

We will not have an outside speaker, but focus on PNHPWW's relationship with Occupy Seattle. Many of our troops are already working with OS. Kathleen Randall, has been instrumental in setting up and facilitating the OS Health Care Working Group meeting. We also need to look at working with the existing "OSStreet Medics" to offer direct support during rallies, demonstrations and occupations where a possibility of physical confrontation might lead to injury.

We also will plan for our 6th PNHPWW Annual Public Meeting, just scheduled for Saturday, March 3rd, at Kane Hall on the UW campus.



PNHPWW January 18th Monthly Meeting - Cancelled due to Snowstorm




News of Seattle Occupy Health Care Working Group

Kathleen Randall facillitatd the first meeting of the Occupy Seattle Health Care Working Group.Notes will be available soon. They plan to meet on a regularly scheduled basis. If you are interested in joining, please contact Kathleen.

New buttons available soon

PNHP has organized a statement for physicians to support Occupy Wall Street - you can sign it here.



Recent Opinion and Information

The Wyden-Ryan Plan: Deja-vu All Over Again - Uwe Reinhart
Sustaining the Movement for the 99%
- Stering Committee of the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer
A Difficult Pill to Swallow
- Margaret Flowers, MD
Privatize Medicare? No Thanks! - Dr. James Mitchner
Why won't Corporate America Support Single Payer Medicare for All - Mark Dudzic
Ryan turns Knife on Medicare, Medicaid - Dr. Margaret Flowers
Pay Much Attention to the Insurers Behind the Curtain - Wendell Potter
Medicare for All is the Solution - Robert Reich
Stop the Bipartisan Assault on Medicare - Support the People - Claudia Chaufan
What Happened to Social Justice in Health Care Reform? - Arthur Sutherland
GOP's Medicare Plan would be a Windfall for Insurers - Wendell Potter



For the latest news, articles of interest and opinion on health reform legislation, check the PNHP national web site at www.pnhp.org



Republicans want to privatize Medicare and slash Medicaid to reduce the nation's deficit. President Obama says he wants to preserve Medicare and Medicaid, but his budget proposal looks to those programs to find savings. We agree that healthcare costs are a serious problem, but cutting Medicare and Medicaid won't help. Instead, we need to take the corporate greed and waste out of our healthcare system, and make healthcare a human right by extending Medicare to everyone.

Join us in sending this message to President Obama and your Congresspeople: Medicare is the solution - not the problem. We need improved Medicare for all NOW! - Click here to send a message


PNHPWW 6th Annual Public Meeting a Success

Mark DudzicMargaret FlowersKatie Robbins

Click on the photos to watch video recordings of their talks
thanks to Mike McCormick of KEXP 90.3 FM and Talking Stick TV


This was a positive and encouraging meeting with over 170 attendees. Rep. Jim McDermott greeted everyone via video hookup. We had great speakers in Dr. Margaret Flowers, PNHP Congressional Fellow; Katie Robbins, National Organizer for HealthCare-NOW!; and Mark Dudzic, long time labor leader and National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer. The 2011 John Geyman Health Justice Advocate Award was awarded to Mary Margaret and Rev. Paul Pruitt for their outstanding advocacy for health care justice over the course of their lives. Bob, Lynda and Marcee Wickline entertained with single payer advocacy songs.

At the meeting we received new/renew PNHP memberships and donations totaling more than our costs. We also got quite a few new contacts for our email list. For those of you unable to attend, the event was videotaped for cable TV and YouTube and we hope to put some of the links and highlights on this PNHPWW web site very soon.

There is lots of reason for optimism, particularly about what is going on at the state level across the country. Particularly valuable was the opportunity to share and compare notes with the speakers, all great role models for different segments of our single payer movement. During their visits, Margaret had three radio interviews and made a presentation to UW Health Sciences students, Mark gave a presentation at a labor forum and all three speakers led a session for single payer advocates.

And, don’t forget our next PNHP Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, February 16th, 7:00PM, Swedish/Cherry Hill Campus Conference Center Auditorium

PNHPWW 2011 Annul Public Meeting Report


Download new PowerPoint Slideshow
Margaret Flower's "Single Payer Basics and the Effect of P-PACA"


PNHPWW Releases 2011 Strategic Plan

The PHPWWW Board revised our Strategic Plan. Chapter structure and activities of the working committees have been clarified and updated to guide our plans for 2011 and the upcoming national and state legislative sessions. Click here for the pdf file.

If you would like to volunter for one of the committies please send a message to pnhp.westernwashington@comcast.net


Bob Wickline's Medicare for All Media Campaign

Bob Wickline has produced a great 60 second musical media ads that he has placed on talk radio AM 1090. These ads can be varied to support publicity for local activities in the future. - click here

He has also made two YouTube videos of the ads that can be seen by following these links:
"Improved Medicare for All"
"Were being Scrooged!" aka "Now's the Time for Single Payer"





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New "What is Single-Payer?" video by Med Student Graham


Click here for > John Geyman's Weekly Blog

John Geyman, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He has spent 25 years in academic family medicine. He is Past President of Physicians for National Health Program (PNHP) and a PNHPWW Board member. John has written several books that are indespensible for understanding the roots of our health care crisis, its current condition, and what must be done to achieve a just and sustainable replacement.

John's latest book "Breaking Point - How the Primary Care Crisis Endangers the Lives of Americans" documents the crisis in primary care in the US and what we must do about it.

You can find information about his books and ordering information by following these links - Do Not Resuscitate: Why the Health Insurance Industry is Dying, and How We Must Replace It, The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim its Moral Legacy?, Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare and Falling Through the Safety Net: Americans Without Health Insurance

John's Web Site











The information You Need to Remain Up-To-Date on Health Care Reform:

Quote of the Day

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Ramon Bernal, Seattle's first student at the Latin American School of Medicine

Cuba trains physicians from the Carribean, Central and South America, Africa, and the United States at the free Latin American School of Medicine in Havana (ELAM), the largest medical school in the world. Students make a commitment to return to their underserved communities after graduation. There are now 110 US student studying at ELAM.

Ramon Alejandro Bernal in now in Havana, the first student from Seattle to receive the opportunity for a free medical education at ELAM. PNHPWW has committed to support this outstanding individual as he persues his MD degree.

Ramon is in his fourth year at ELAM, now acquiring clinical skills and taking care of patients.

Click for info about Ramon and his monthly reports from Havana as he progresses (now 30 reports with photos)


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What You Can Do To Help:

*Join the Campaign to Pass HR 676 and HR 1200
by sending an email to pnhp.westernwashington@comcast.net. We'll keep you posted with important updates and actions

*Sign the Citizens Petition for HR676 and HR 1200
Add your name to the growing list of American citizens who want real health care reform

*Lobby your members of Congress
Tell your representatives that you support HR 676 and HR 1200 and they should too. You can use this email form or - better yet - call their office

*Write an Op-Ed or Letter to the Editor
You can find tips, templates and examples by clicking here

*Speak out about the single-payer solution
Educate yourself about single-payer using the resources & materials available on ww.pnhpwesternwashington.org.?Bring materials and talk to your church, labor, community or other group about the singlepayer solution. We have downloadable slideshows you can use for a presentation and sample resolutions your group can endorse


 
 

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