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Physicians for a National Health Program: A Primer on This Growing Nonprofit

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published June 18, 2018 at 1:32 PM CDT
Aired on Monday, June 18th.

On this edition of ST Medical Monday, we learn about Physicians for a National Health Program (or PNHP). This collective, per its website, is "a nonprofit research and education organization of 20,000 physicians, medical students, and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance." Our guest is Dr. Ed Weisbart, who heads the Missouri Chapter of PNHP. He joins us to argue for "Medicare for All" as both a corrective to and expansion of the Affordable Care Act -- that is, as a means to nationwide health care for everyone that is truly and universally affordable, accessible, and high-quality.
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Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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