Physicians for a National Health Program

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is an advocacy organization of more than 20,000 American

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.[4]

The group is best known for its influential proposals for national health insurance, which have been published in the

• Health care reform
• 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

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