Doctors Who Support ‘Medicare for All’ Among Those Opposing Price As HHS Secretary
More than 2,000 physicians and medical students who oppose the nomination of Rep.
Their statement, which appears below, concludes as follows: "Price's health policy prescriptions would move our nation's health care system in the wrong direction, endangering the health of tens of millions. These policies would further obstruct access to care and concentrate even more power in the hands of corporate interests. What America needs, now more than ever, is a single-payer national health program -- an improved
In a related statement, Dr.
The text of the petition -- signed by 2,010 medical professionals in 48 states and the
We urge the
* As a member of
* Together with House Speaker
* Price, along with
* Price has been hostile to family planning, and has endorsed policies that would place millions of women at risk. His extreme views include opposition to abortion under almost all circumstances, a preference for "religious freedom" over access to contraception, and an obsession with eliminating federal funding for
* Price has a long history of opposition to LGBT rights. As HHS secretary, he may decline to enforce nondiscrimination provisions of existing laws. Furthermore, his preferred
Price's health policy prescriptions would move our nation's health care system in the wrong direction, endangering the health of tens of millions. These policies would further obstruct access to care and concentrate even more power in the hands of corporate interests. What America needs, now more than ever, is a single-payer national health program -- an improved
Physicians for a
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