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PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM 29 EAST MADISON SUITE 602 CHICAGO, IL TEL: (312)

Advocating for Single Payer in the South Garrett Adams, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus University of Louisville School of Medicine President, Physicians for a National Health Program

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “ Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.”

Kaiser Family Foundation Infant Mortality Rate (Deaths per 1,000 Live Births) by Race/Ethnicity, by State ( )

Poverty Rates by Race/Ethnicity, States ( ), U.S. (2009) Kaiser Family Foundation

Uninsured Rates for the Nonelderly by Race/Ethnicity, States ( )

We Can’t Wait Another 16 Years! We Need Real Health Care Reform Before the Premium Takes All our Income! Source: American Family Physician, November 14, 2005 Today

US Physicians Spend Nearly Four Times As Much Interacting With Payers as Canadians - 1 Potential Savings: US physicians could save approximately $27.6 billion per year if they had administrative costs similar to those of Ontario physicians. tent/30/8/1443.abstract Morra, et al, Helalth Affairs tent/30/8/1443.abstract Comparison of US physician costs and time spent interacting with multiple insurance plans on claims, coverage, billing for patient care and medicine versus single payer interactions in Ontario, Canada… Morra D, et al, Health Affairs, August 2011

US Physicians Spend Nearly Four Times As Much as Canadians Interacting With Payers - 2 Billing costs: US = $82,975 per physician per year Ontario = $22,205 per physician per year (27%) Office staff time spent with payers: US hours per physician per week— nearly ten times that of Ontario. Morra D, et al, Health Affairs, August 2011

US Physicians Spend Nearly Four Times As Much as Canadians Interacting With Payers - 3 If US physicians had administrative costs similar to those of Ontario physicians, the total savings would be approximately $27.6 billion per year. Morra D, Health Affairs, August 2011

What would NHI look like? Everyone gets a US NHI card Comprehensive coverage for all medically necessary care, prescriptions, and home care. No premiums, deductibles, or co-pays All health care is universal and guaranteed: Everyone is covered for life, regardless of health or employment Free choice of doctor and hospital Doctors and health care providers remain independent, deliver health care privately, reimbursed through fee-for-service, salary, etc. - negotiated with state board Hospitals reimbursed by global budget based on previous year’s expenses - negotiable with state board NHI processes and pays bills

National Health Insurance Board

PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM 29 EAST MADISON SUITE 602 CHICAGO, IL TEL: (312)