health care

Why Health Care Still Matters in the Face of Humanity’s End

August 1, 2025

Interview with Joseph G. Hodgkin, MD, PSR Board Member, on Ethics Talk, the AMA Journal of Ethics podcast.

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Why and How Should Physicians Mitigate Threats of Nuclear War?

August 1, 2025

Commentary in the AMA Journal of Ethics co-authored by PSR Board Member Joseph G. Hodgkin, MD.

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The Deadly, Dangerous Bill: Physicians for Social Responsibility Responds to Budget Reconciliation Passage

July 3, 2025

The federal government is stealing healthcare and food assistance from tens of millions of people who need it the most, tearing apart families by targeting immigrants (regardless of status), raising energy bills in the midst of an affordability crisis, and ensuring people will die without access to lifesaving resources.

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The Senate failed us. We have ONE LAST CHANCE to stop this deadly bill

July 1, 2025

INACTIVE – We are asking PSR members to join us in calling our Representatives and telling them to VOTE NO on this health-harming, budget busting abomination.

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Teaching Patients Climate Resilience

May 23, 2025

New research shows that healthcare professionals have a unique opportunity to teach their patients about individual and community climate resilience. 

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Budget Reconciliation: Where things stand and how you can help

May 20, 2025

You may have heard of the “Big Beautiful Bill” making its way through Congress right now, but for our climate and health, this bill is anything but. With a House floor vote on budget reconciliation expected as early as this week, we must work to stop this bill in its tracks.

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Medicaid, CHIP, environmental justice must be legislative priorities

May 9, 2025

Op-ed in The Tribune-Review by Matt Shorraw, PSR Pennsylvania

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Trump’s 2026 Budget Request Will Harm Health of Americans

May 2, 2025

The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is an assault on health and equity. Many of these cuts are blatant attacks that target the most vulnerable among us, namely people of color, low income individuals, the LGBTQ+ community, and undocumented immigrants. 

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100 Days, 100 Harms: A Briefing for Health Experts

April 15, 2025

Join us to hear from Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, MD (OR-3); Mark Vossler, MD, Cardiologist and PSR President; and Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, Executive Director, American Public Health Association.

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Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

April 10, 2025

Op-ed in Washington State Standard by Esther K. Chung, MD, Washington PSR member.

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