Resources
Reading Materials
- Dr. Jonathan Han, medical director of New Kensington Family Health Center talks about the challenges of working within the current health system as a family physician in Calculated Caring and about how PharmFree policy affects the uninsured.
Understanding Single-Payer
- Paul Krugman & Robin Wells, The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It, New York Review of Books.
- Physicians for a National Health Program Single-Payer Resources: links to a very helpful list of articles for better understanding the issues around single-payer national health insurance.
- American Medical Student Association's educational resources on universal health care. See the list of articles in the right panel under Educational Resources.
- Don McCanne's Quote of the Day: a daily health policy update. You can also sign up to receive this by email.
Healthcare Reform Proposals
- Hillary Clinton's Plan
- Barack Obama's Plan
- John Edwards' Plan
- Governor Ed Rendell's Prescription for Pennsylvania
- Physicians' Proposal for National Health Insurance
National Organizations
- Physicians for a National Health Program: One of the most respected and effective national organizations advocating for a universal, single-payer national health program. In addition to developing an advocacy infrastructure of 14,000 members across the country over the past two decades, PNHP's leaders in academic medicine have continuously published research in the top medical and health policy journals that, in aggregate, now makes a staggering case for the logic of a US healthcare system in the style of an expanded and improved Medicare for all.
- American Medical Student Association: A 68,000-member national organization of medical students supporting single-payer national health insurance.
- National Physician's Alliance
- Healthcare Now
- Talking Eyes Media: A multi-media public interest organization that creates and distributes compelling visual materials that advocate for positive social change.
- Kaiser Family Foundation: Non-partisan health policy research.
State and Local Organizations
- Consumer Health Coalition: Pittburgh-based non-profit that improves access to quality, affordable health care in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
- Allegheny County Medical Society
- Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Single-Payer Healthcare
- PUSH: Pennsylvanians United for Single-payer Health Care
- Heath Care for All PA: has the goal of passing SB 300, the PA single-payer bill.
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
Student Organizations
- California Student Physician's for Healthcare Reform: A medical student group based at the University of Southern California.
