Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
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What is the primary focus of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)?

  • Advocating for universal, comprehensive single-payer national health insurance (correct)
  • Promoting pharmaceutical research and development
  • Supporting private health insurance companies
  • Providing medical care for underserved communities
  • What distinguishes Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) from other physician organizations in the United States?

  • Support for multiple competing health insurance programs
  • Advocacy for maintaining the current healthcare system
  • Focus on promoting pharmaceutical companies
  • Dedication exclusively to implementing a single-payer national health program (correct)
  • What do physicians and other health professionals associated with PNHP work to educate others about?

  • Benefits of private health insurance companies
  • Benefits of a single-payer system and reduction in administrative costs (correct)
  • Promotion of pharmaceutical research and development
  • Advantages of multiple competing health insurance programs
  • Who co-founded Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) in 1987?

    <p>David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where have the influential proposals for national health insurance by PNHP been published?

    <p>New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the American Journal of Public Health</p> Signup and view all the answers

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