NPA in the News

• Ricky Choi, MD, MPH: “Stemming Gun Violence: A Window of Opportunity” Huffington Post (4/15/13)
• Julie Rosenbaum, MD:  “Enlist Doctors in Gun Violence Cure” Hartford Courant (3/22/13)
• “Consider the source – How academic detailing improves patient care,” Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Magazine (Spring 2013)
• “Roche promises greater access to clinical trial data,” PMLiVE (2/27/2013)
• “Jeff Gelles: Corbett, Christie’s Approach to Medicaid plan is wrong” Philly.com (2/24/2013)
• “The GOP’s split on Obamacare,” MSNBC Up with Chris Hayes (2/23/2013)
• “The ACA — A Physician’s Perspective,” Experience, (Vol 22 No.3 2013)
• “Know which pharmaceutical companies are paying your doctor,” Seattle Times (2/16/2013)
• “Hundreds rally at Capitol for stricter gun control,” CT Post (2/14/2013)
• “Reducing Firepower,” San Antonio News Express (2/14/2013)
• “Managed Cost, mismanaged care,” San Juan Islander (2/13/2013)
• “Expansion of Pa.’s Medicaid program would be life-saver,” Daily Times, LTE by NPA member David Grande (2/13/2013)
• “5 Things Your Doctor Should Tell You But Won’t,” Mother Jones (2/11/2013)
• “Take money for Medicaid,” Philly.com, op-ed by NPA Immediate Past-President Valerie Arkoosh (2/11/2013)
• “Governor misses mark by not approving Medicaid expansion,” The Express (2/7/2013)
• “What the Sunshine Act Means for Health Care Transparency,” The Atlantic (2/5/2013)
• “US Government would pick up Bulk of Cost of State Medicaid Expansion,” JSOnline (2/5/2013)
• “Dems call on Gov to Expand Badgercare with Federal Money,” WI Public Radio News (2/5/2013)
• “Reaction to Corbett’s Budget is Swift and Strong,” WESA 90.5 (2/5/2013)
• “Health Care’s Trick Coin,” New York Times (2/1/2013)
• “Republican, Democrat, or physician?” San Antonio Medicine (Jan 2013)
• “Medical school gift restriction policies and physician prescribing of newly marketed psychotropic medications: difference-in-differences analysis,” BMJ, NPA member Joseph Ross co-author (1/31/2013)
• “Lobbyists air concerns about doctor gift-disclosure rule at White House,” RegWatch, The Hill’s Regulation Blog (1/29/2013)
• “Doctor Calls For ‘Systemic Change’ to Decrease Gun Violence,” Physicians News (1/28/2013)
• California should lead in implementing care act, UT San Diego (1/28/13)
• “Sen. Jeff Merkley Urges Physicians, Nurses to Raise their Voices,” The Lund Report (1/22/2013)
• “Clamor for Sunshine Act Rules Continues,” MedPage Today (1/16/2013)
• “AARP, AFL-CIO urge OMB to issue Sunshine Act rules,” The Hill Healthwatch Blog (1/15/2013)
• “It’s Time for Doctors to Talk about Guns,” CT Mirror (1/9/2013)
• “The National Physicians Alliance and the American Medical Student Association request full implementation of the sunshine act,” Lexology (1/9/2013)
• “Groups Urge HHS To Issue Rule on Doctor Payment Disclosure,” iHealthBeat (1/8/2013)
• “Providers still waiting on Sunshine Act implementation,” FierceHealthCare (1/8/2013)
• “Groups Urge HHS To Issue Rules On Medical Company-Doc Relationships,” Kaiser Health News (1/7/2013)
• “Where’s the Physician Sunshine Rule Already?” Politico (1/4/2013)
• “Groups to HHS: Issue Sunshine Act Rules,” MedPage Today (1/4/2013)
• “Child development – no further evidence is needed to prompt action,” Buffalo News (1/2/2013)
• “Dems and Republicans Block Prevention of Firearm Violence,” Huffington Post (12/27/2012)
• NPA President on Texas Radio Network via KLRD re gun violence prevention(12/26/2012)
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• “Overtreatment Still a Problem in Healthcare,” MedPage Today (12/26/2012)
• “National Physicians Alliance Calls for Assault Weapons Ban and Sensible Gun Control,” The Paramus Post (12/21/2012)
• “Dr. Jeff Huebner:  Best for state to develop local insurance exchange”, Wisconsin State Journal (11/16/12)
• “Toure: ‘Obamacare is here to stay,” The Cycle (11/14/2012)
• “Create Health Exchange”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, (11/11/2012)
• “Dr. Drew, Glaxo & Physician Payment Sunshine Act,” American Law Journal TV (11/9/2012)
• “Intrusion,” San Antonio Express News (11/5/2012)
• “Annette John-Hall: Sexist views worthy of cave men in election season,” Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed (10/26/2012)
• “For Bay State ‘modest meals’ are in the eye of the beholder,” Medical Marketing and Media (10/25/2012)
• “A rep of the NPA speaks about her patients at Occupy NYC Rally,” USTREAM (10/22/2012)
• “Critique of Affordable Care Act was ill-informed,” Springfield Sun, op-ed by NPA President Valerie Arkoosh (10/14/2012)
• “Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Our Rehab Patients,” by Ashlee M. Goldsmith, MD,  PM&R Residents (9/2012)
• “America’s Health Worker Mismatch,” New York Times, op-ed by NPA board member Kate Tulenko (9/13/2012)
• “My Child’s Perfect School Lunch,” MomsRising Blog (9/6/2012)
• “Don’t go to Bill Frist’s doctor,” The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Blog (8/30/2012)
• “Lessons From Oak Creek’s Youngest First Responders,” Huffington Post (8/21/2012)
• “Health reform truly needed,” Erie Times-News (7/21/2012)
• “Analizan los efectos del ‘Obamacare’ en Illinois,” LaRaza, NPA member Ilan Shapiro interviewed (7/20/2012)
• “Providers must exercise ‘good stewardship’ in cost-care balancing act,” Fierce Healthcare (7/18/2012)
• “N.J. should go after extra Medicaid funding in upheld U.S. health law,” Gloucester County Voices, NJ.com (7/15/2012)
• “Less is more in lower back pain (now tell the patient that),” ACP Internist (7/11/2012)
• “State House News – Patrick mulls gift ban law changes,” State House News Service (7/6/2012)
• “Arguments Brew at State Level Over Medicaid Expansion,” PBS NewsHour, NPA board member Basim Khan interviewed (7/5/2012)
• “Health care ruling is a good thing,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, op-ed by NPA board member Mark Ryan (7/5/2012)
• “Intenso debate sobre el fallo de la corte suprema en favor del plan de salud del presidente Obama, mas conocido como el Obamacare,” interview with NPA member Dr. Ilan Shapiro, Accion Hispana, Informacion Util para la cumunidad hispana del Suroeste de Florida. Also aired on multiple stations including: WPPN PASION 106.7 FM, WOJO QUE BUENA 105.1FM, WRTO LA TREMENDA, WVIV MAXIMA 93.5& 103.1FM (7/5/2012)
• “Health Care Is a Human Right,” Air Occupy, NPA board member Mark Ryan interviewed (7/3/2012)
• “Explaining the Affordable Care Act: Separating Fact from Fiction,” WMNF 88.5 FM (7/2/2012)
• “Dr. Jeff Huebner: Ruling saves lives of millions of Americans,” The Cap Times, op-ed by NPA member Jeff Huebner (7/1/2012)
• “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: No Rhetoric, Just the Facts,” Community Oncology: The Journal of Clinical Issues in Community Practice, review by NPA President Valerie Arkoosh (June 2012)
• “Doctors Support Court’s Ruling on ACA,” TopNews (6/30/2012)
• “Doctors’ Groups Applaud Health Care Ruling” ABC News (6/29/2012)
• “U.S. Supreme Court upholds Obamacare: A physician’s perspective,” The Seattle Times, LTE by NPA board member David Evans (6/29/2012)
  • Cross-posted in The Bend Bulletin (7/8/2012)
• “Dear Ms. Patient, Great Things are Happening,” SFGate, blog post by NPA board member Ricky Choi (6/29/2012)
  • Cross-posted at Huffington Post
• “Letters to the editor, June 30,” SFGate, LTE by NPA member Trudy Singzon (6/29/2012)
• “Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law: Physicians’ Group Praises Ruling,” The Paramus Post (6/29/2012)
• “What impact will ruling have on health care? Part 2,” Fox News, NPA member Cathleen London interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “What impact will ruling have on health care? Part 1,” Fox News, NPA member Cathleen London interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “¿Cómo lo afectará la reforma de salud?” Telemundo Washington DC, NPA member Sanjeev Sriram interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “How will the individual mandate affect health care?” MSNBC’s The Cycle (6/28/2012)
• “Supreme Court health care ruling brings relief for some, anxiety for others,” CBS News, NPA President-Elect Cheryl Bettigole interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “Oakland: Different factors to impact how health care law affects Californians,” KTVU Fox San Francisco, NPA board member Ricky Choi interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “Health Law’s Survival Means More Demand for Fewer Doctors,” WSJ Health Blog (6/28/2012)
• “Supreme Court ruling on health care to have huge San Bernardino County effects,” San Bernardino County Sun, NPA member Faisal Qazi quoted (6/28/2012)
• “Understanding the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare,” Doctor’s Note, blog post by NPA President-Elect Cheryl Bettigole (6/28/2012)
• TV segment, Lou Dobbs Tonight, NPA member Cathleen London interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “What the health care ruling means for you,” KGO ABC San Francisco, NPA board member Ricky Choi interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “Supreme Court calls it, reform has no limits!” Qazi Blog, blog post by NPA member Faisal Qazi (6/28/2012)
• Radio segment, WLS 980AM Chicago, NPA member Cathleen London interviewed (6/28/2012)
• “A closer look at health care reform,” Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel (6/27/2012)
• “Dr. Sanjeev Sriram on Fox 5,” WTTG Fox 5 News (6/27/2012)
• “How Hospitals Can Help Get Out The Vote,” Health Affairs Blog, post by NPA board member Rishi Manchanda (6/27/2012)
• “Disclosure can address doctors’ conflicts of interest,” Philadelphia Inquirer, op-ed by NPA member and director of Pew Prescription Project Daniel Carlat (6/26/2012)
• Radio segment, The Sean Hannity Show, NPA member Cathleen London interviewed (6/25/2012)
• “Industry and Academic Medicine: What Does the Future Hold?” UConn Today Blog (6/22/2012)
• “Democrats, Gov. Jerry Brown arrive at California budget deal,” Tri-Valley Times, NPA board member Ricky Choi interviewed (6/21/2012)
• “Senior wellness, prevention at the health of Medicare changes,” The Daily Journal, NPA President-Elect Cheryl Bettigole interviewed (6/20/2012)
• “Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, President of the National Physicians Alliance,” WESU 88.1 FM Conversations on Health Care (6/13/2012)
• “My Visit to the White House,” Huffington Post, NPA board member Ricky Choi (6/8/2012)
• “New Review Supports Recommendation to Curb Imaging for Low Back Pain,” PT in Motion: News Now (6/8/2012)
• “Routine imaging for low back pain continues, despite risks and advice,” MinnPost (6/6/2012)
• “3 Medical Tests Doctors Often Order When They Shouldn’t,” TestCountry.com Blog (6/6/2012)
• “Doctors often order tests and recommend drugs or procedures when they shouldn’t,” Washington Post (6/4/2012)
• “American Academy of Family Physicians Releases ‘Top 5′ List of Possibly Overused Tests and Procedures,” HealthCanal.com (6/4/2012)
• “How to save $7 Billion in five easy steps,” Managed Healthcare Executive (6/1/2012)
• “Casting more light on doctors’ financial ties may be delayed,” News Works, NPA member Daniel Carlat quoted (6/1/2012)
• “They Paved Paradise And Put Up A Parking Lot,” Health Affairs, article by NPA member Cameron Page (6/2012)
• “Are the Top 5 Recommendations Enough to Improve Clinical Practice?” (Comment on “Application of ‘Less is More’ to Low Back Pain”), Archives of Internal Medicine (6/2012)
• “Conflicts of Interest in Health Care,” Where We Live, NPA member Stephen Smith interviewed (5/2/2012)
• “Physicians With Conflicts of Interest,” Health Affairs (4/20120)
• “Choosing Wisely’ list is about good judgement, not curtailing care, medical societies say,” American Medical News (4/16/2012)
• “First, stop doing harm,” The Palm Beach Post (4/13/2012)
• “Do fewer medical tests equal rationing care?” The Palm Beach Post Blog (4/12/2012)
• “ABIM Choosing Wisely Project Underway,” HiTech  Answers (4/9/2012)
• “Common Sense Rules! Cutting Waste In Health Care,” Forbes (4/6/2012)
• “American Academy of Family Physicians Releases ‘Top 5′ List of Possibly Overused Tests and Procedures,” HealthCanal.com (4/6/2012)
• “45 Medical Tests You Might Not Need,” Philadelphia Magazine (4/4/2012)
• “Choosing Wisely,” JAMA (4/4/2012)
• “Week of April 1,” For Your Ears Only (On Air), NPA board member Ricky Choi interviewed (4/1/2012)

• “Many oppose health care act, and many don’t know its benefits,” Baltimore Sun, NPA members Scott Krugman and Ari Silver-Isenstadt quoted (4/1/2012)
  • Cross-posted at Kentucky.com
• “Affordable Care Act already proving its value,” pressofAtlanticCity, op-ed by NPA member Aaron Hoffman (3/29/2012)
• “Healthcare Reform, Seniors and the Supreme Court,” NCPSSM (3/28/2012)
• “Readers Make the Case for Obamacare in NY,” Crain’s NY business.com (3/28/2012)
• “Affordable Care Act best chance in generations to improve health care,” Cap Times (3/28/2012)
• “Physician, breast cancer survivor rally for health care law,” Fox News, NPA member Michael Newman interviewed (3/27/2012)
• “Emotions Run High During ‘Obamacare’ Arguments,” CBN, NPA member Cameron Page quoted (3/27/2012)
• “National Hispanic Medical Association Urges the U.S. Supreme Court to Support the Individual Insurance Mandate to Increase Healthy Communities,” Market Watch (3/27/2012)
  • Cross-posted at The Sacramento Bee
  • Cross-posted at Hispanically Speaking News
• “Si Barack Obama pierde, no habrá tenido ningún logro,” Milenio Online, NPA member Scott Krugman quoted (3/27/2012)
• “Futuro da reforma da saúde de Obama joga-se no Supremo Tribunal,” Maputo, NPA member Scott Krugman quoted (3/27/2012)
• “Supreme Court begins three days of hearings on Obama’s health care overhaul plan,” Philly.com, NPA member Ari Silver-Isenstadt quoted (3/27/2012)
  • Cross-posted at Insurance News
• “La Asociación Nacional Médica Hispana insta a la Suprema Corte de los EE.UU. a respaldar el mandato de seguro individual para incrementar las comunidades saludables,” El Extra (3/27/2012)
• “‘The People’ stage their own health care debate,” BBC News, NPA member Trudy Singzon quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Outside Court, Protesters Face Off Over ‘Obamacare’,” NPR, NPA member Cameron Page quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Outside the Supreme Court,” P2012 Race for the White House, NPA member Ari Silver-Isenstadt quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Justices Ready to Move to Heart of Health Case,” ABC news video, NPA member David Grande interviewed  (3/26/2012)
• “David Savage Preview of Health Care Law Oral Arguments,” C-SPAN Washington Journal, NPA member Michael Newman interviewed (3/26/2012); start at 01:20
• “Physician Supports Health-Care Law,” Fox Business, NPA member Ari Silver-Isenstadt interviewed (3/26/2012)
• “Couverture santé: la réforme d’Obama entame son oral devant la Cour suprême,” Menara.com, NPA member Scott Krugman quoted (3/26/2012)
  • Cross-posted at Tiwinoo
  • Cross-posted at La Côte
  • Cross-posted at Nord Eclair
• “The Jack Rice Show – Dr. Alex Blum,” AM 950 on USTREAM, NPA board member Alex Blum interviewed (3/26/2012)
• “Supreme Court Hearings On Health Care Reform Begin With Tax Rule Debate,” NY 1, NPA member Cameron Page quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Supreme Court opens health case hearing,” Philly.com, NPA member Ari Silver-Isenstadt quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Justices ready to move to heart of health case,” WPVI ABC Philadelphia, NPA member David Grande quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Outside the Court, Activists Argue Their Case,” Wall Street Journal, NPA member Ari Silver-Isenstadt quoted (3/26/2012)
  • Linked at KDFW Fox 4
• “Que en la sanidad mande también el libre mercado,” El País, NPA member Trudy Singzon quoted (3/26/2012)
  • Cross-posted at Extension Informativa
• “Rancorous health care debate outside top US court,” AFP, NPA member Cameron Page quoted (3/26/2012)
• “Though imperfect, the Affordable Care Act is a foundation for health care reform,” OregonLive.com, op-ed by NPA board member and Vice-President of Policy James Scott (3/26/2012)
• “Treatment of Mild to Moderate Sinusitis,” Archives of Internal Medicine (3/26/2012)
• “Happy Birthday, Affordable Care Act, and a wish for many more,” Baltimore Sun, LTE by NPA member Ari Silver-Isenstadt (3/26/2012)
• “So That’s Why They Didn’t Get Better!” Archives of Internal Medicine (3/26/2012)
• “Too much medical care is unhealthy,” Roanoke Times (3/25/2012)
  • Cross-posted at Huffington Post
• “A Lot to Lose in Health Reform Case,” Philadelphia Inquirer, op-ed by NPA member Ouida Brown (3/23/2012)
• “Health Reform Year Two: Tens of Millions Served,” SFGate, op-ed by NPA board member Ricky Choi (3/23/2012)
• “Consumers Digest Discovers Pharma Influence over Medicine,” Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma (3/23/2012)
• “Facebook chat with Dr. Ari Silver-Isenstadt of National Physicians Alliance,” MomsRising.org (3/23/2012)
• “What’s at Stake – No, Who’s at Stake in the Great Supreme Court Case?” Huffington Post, op-ed by NPA board member Jennifer Ng’andu (3/22/2012)
  • Cross-posted National Council of La Raza
• “Celebrate Two Years of Health Care Act,” Wisconsin State Journal, op-ed by NPA member Jeff Huebner (3/22/2012)
• “Maine Voices: Nation and its citizens can’t afford to lose protection of Affordable Care Act,” The Portland Press Herald, op-ed by NPA member Aaron Hoffman
• “Health Care Reform is Succeeding,” The Virginian-Pilot, op-ed by NPA board member Mark Ryan (3/22/2012)
• “Members in the News: Valerie Arkoosh,” Women Donors Network (3/21/2012)
• “Support for Health Care Reform Law,” CT Post (3/20/2012)
• “Health Care Discussion,” The Martha Stewart Show (3/19/2012)
• “Movement to Promote Good Stewardship of Medical Resources Gains Momentum,” JAMA (3/7/2012)
• “Under the Influence: How Doctors are Courted by Drugmakers,” Consumer Digest (March/April 2012)
• “It’s Enough to Make You Sick,” Consumer Digest (March/April 2012)
• “Splinter Medical Groups Urge High Court to Avoid Mandate,” MedScape (2/22/2012)
• Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, NPA President, interviewed on Majority Report with Sam Seder (2/21/2012); minutes 6:17 – 17:30
• “Health Care Reform Was the Tea Party’s First Defeat,” Huffington Post (2/2/2012)
  • Cross-posted new deal 2.0

• “States ask Supreme Court to stop Medicaid expansion,” American Medical News (1/30/2012)
• “My Voice: Planned pregnancy needs role, too,” Argus Leader (1/24/2012)
  • Cross-posted South Dakota Planned Parenthood Advocate
• “Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look,” AP (1/23/2012)
  • Linked at LifeHealthPro
• “Medical specialties to develop list of unnecessary procedures,” American Medical News (1/9/2012)
• “Health care improvement at Washington state and federal levels call for courage,” The Seattle Times, op-ed by NPA member Charles Mayer (12/18/2011)
• “Leading Physician Organizations Join Forces to Identify and Act on Ways to Reduce Inappropriate Use in Health Care System,” PR Newswire (12/14/2011)
• “Choosing Wisely’ campaign launched,” Marilyn Mann’s Blog (12/14/2011)
• “What Will End the Era of the Blockbuster Drug?” Time (12/13/2011)
• “The End of Blockbuster Drugs?” The New Health Dialogue (12/13/2011)
• “Putting the Charter into Practice Grantee: National Physicians Alliance,” The Medical Professionalism Blog, by NPA member Stephen Smith (12/2/2011)
• “Study: Few Healthy Food Choices At Calif. Children’s Hospitals,” Kaiser Health News (12/1/2011)
• “Why we must Occupy Healthcare,” KevinMD.com, posting by NPA member Mark Ryan (11/17/2011)
• “Reducing Health Care Costs While Improving Care,” Health Affairs Blog (11/9/2011)
• “New, Animated Video Shows Why So Many People Are Going Meatless On Mondays,” Huffington Post (11/7/2011)
• “The Case For A ‘Check In’ Instead Of A Checkup,” NPR (11/1/2011)
• “Doctors estimate $6.8 billion in unnecessary medical tests,” Washington Post (10/31/2011)

• “$6.8 Billion Spent Yearly On 12 Unnecessary Tests and Treatments,” Kaiser Health News (10/31/2011)
• “Physician Checklist Zaps Wasteful Spending,” HealthLeaders Media (10/27/2011)
• “Food Day: Some pre-holiday season food for thought,” Baltimore Sun, by NPA Executive Director Jean Silver-Isenstadt (10/24/2011)
• “Organizations Join Occupy Wall Street,” My Fox New York (10/23/2011)
• “Best signs of Occupy Wall Street protests,” Christian Science Monitor (10/23/2011)
• “Best photos from around the country,” Houston Chronicle (10/23/2011)
• “Primary Care Docs Urged to Cut Care Not Medically Beneficial,” MedPage Today (10/20/2011)
• “Bipartisan Bill Would Relax FDA Conflicts-of-Interest Policies,” RegBlog (10/20/2011)
• “Groups explore Medicare savings, quality ideas,” Healthcare Finance News (10/19/2011)
• “Heeding advice on primary care ‘don’ts’ would save $6.7 billion annually,” American Medical News (10/19/2011)
• “Financial Conflicts ‘Pervasive’ On Key Medical Panels,” NPR’s Health Blog (10/12/2011)
• “Prevalence of financial conflicts of interest among panel members producing clinical practice guidelines in Canada and United States: cross sectional study,” British Medical Journal (10/11/2011)
• “National Physician’s Alliance Identifies Over $5 Billion in Potential Savings,” National Coalition on Health Care (10/5/2011)
• “Editorial argues Inslee should shift focus from health care,” Seattle Times, LTE by NPA member Lisa Plymate (10/5/2011)
• “Cigar Makers, Retailers Seek Exemption From FDA Regulations,” Convenience Store News (10/5/2011)
• “Cigar shops, aficionados seek exemption from pending FDA regs,” The Daily Caller (10/4/2011)
• “Top 5 Unnecessary Health-Care Costs,” Wall Street Journal Blog (10/4/2011)
• “Choosing brand-name over generic statins can cost billions,” heartwire (10/3/2011)
• “‘Top 5′ Lists Top $5 Billion,” Archives of Internal Medicine (10/1/2011)
• “NWLC’s Weekly Roundup,” National Women’s Law Center Blog (9/30/2011)
• “Will President Obama Save Medicare?” Huffington Post (9/26/2011)
• “Hopkins Bayview uses grant to cut diagnostic testing,” The Baltimore Sun (9/23/2011)
• “State revenue forecast down; more budget cuts needed,” Seattle Times, LTE by NPA member Megan DeBell (9/22/2011)
  • Linked at Community Health Network of Washington
• “New Grants Address Issues of Resource Use in Health Care System: ABIM Foundation Supports Medical Professionalism Projects In Diverse Health Care Settings,” PR Leap (9/21/2011)
• “Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Receives New Grant to Address Issues of Resource Use in Health Care System,” Baltimore CitybizList (9/21/2011)
• “Unnecessary EKGs – The Heart of the Matter,” The Medical Professionalism Blog, by NPA member Stephen Smith (9/20/2011)
• “Big soda won’t solve obesity problem,” Philadelphia Inquirer, op-ed by NPA member David Grande (9/16/2011)
• “Consumer Reports publication quite useful,” Madras Pioneer (9/07/2011)
• “Groups Want J&J Silicone Breast Implants Off The Market,” redOrbit (8/31/2011)
• “Health Advocates: Sale of J&J Breast Implants Should Stop,” Secaucus New Jersey News (8/31/2011)
• “Recall J&J breast implants, consumer groups tell FDA panel,” MassDevice (8/31/2011)
• “Consumer groups: Stop sale of J&J breast implants,” Reuters (8/30/2011)
• “Doctors, hospitals can’t save day if safety net rots,” New Haven Register, op-ed by NPA member Steven Wolfson (8/24/2011)
• “National Physicians Group Protests FDA Attempts to Allow Industry Influence,” POGO (8/11/2011)
• “Watchdogs bark as FDA relaxes rules on conflict of interest,” MM&M (8/9/2011)
• “One practice’s experiment in refusing detail rep visits,” Journal of Family Practice (8/2011)
• “The Top 5,” MyPhysicalTherapySpace.Com Blog (7/23/2011)
• “Tips for improving quality of primary care,” The Clinical Advisor (7/15/2011)
• “Cutbacks can be targeted to lessen the pain,” Irish Times (7/12/2011)
• “Research Aims to Reduce Over-Practicing Among PCPS,” MedHok (7/6/2011)
• “Data-mining law struck down: Supreme Court sides with drug companies in Vermont ruling,” Modern Healthcare (6/27/2011)
• “Keep Medicaid strong and protect our children,” The Hill, op-ed by NPA member Sanjeev Sriram (7/1/2011)
• “Article on Top Five Patient Care Tips Mirrors Many Existing AAFP Policies,” AAFP (6/20/2011)
• “How to Look Good Naked,” Blue Latitude (6/17/2011)
• “Implementation of the Physician Sunshine Payment Provision: CMS gearing-up to publish notice of proposed rulemaking,” Premier Surgeon (6/13/2011)
• “When to just say no,” Center for Medical Consumers (6/10/2011)
• “Doctors Dos and Don’ts,” One Medical Group Blog (6/10/2011)
• “Can a Doctor Ask About Anything? Fla. bill limits what can be asked about guns,” CNN Newsroom (6/9/2011)
• “Ask Dr. Hallberg: The 5 routine procedures for doctors to avoid,” MPR News (6/9/2011)
• “Awareness: Top 5 Don’ts for Doctors in Primary Care,” New York Times (6/3/2011)
  • Linked at DailyMe
  • Linked at DailyComet.com
  • Linked at American Health Line
  • Linked at Brown University Biomed News Blog
• “Panel targets primary care ‘don’ts,” AMA’s American Medical News (6/3/2011)
• “How primary care physicians can improve health and lower costs,” KevinMD.com (6/2/2011)
• “Under the Influence: Doctors getting big bucks from Big Pharma,” KVNO News (6/2/2011)
• “Stirrings of sanity on health-care spending,” Philly.com (6/1/2011)
• “Under the Influence – Omaha doctors receive big money from big pharma,” The Reader (6/1/2011)
• “US doctors identify top five activities that can be reduced,” British Medical Journal (5/26/2011)
• “Leave Well Enough Alone,” National Center for Policy Analysis (5/26/2011)
  • Linked at Wall Street Journal
• “National Physicians Alliance: The Top 5 Ways To Improve Primary Care; Pediatrics,” Health Sprocket (5/26/2011)
• “The Top 5 Ways to Improve Primary Care (and Reduce Costs…),” Taking Note: A Century Foundation Group Blog (5/26/2011)
  • Cross-posted at Health Beat
• “GPs told that less is more,” BestHealth from BMJ Group (5/25/2011)
  • Reposted at WebMD
• “Doctors throw weight behind SustiNet, despite reservations,” CT Post (5/25/2011)
• “National Physicians Alliance Releases ‘Top 5′ Lists for Improving Primary Care,” Physician’s First Watch (5/25/2011)
• “Top Five Clinical Activities Identified for Improving Care,” DoctorsLounge (5/25/2011)
• “Some CT Doctors Urge Passage of SustiNet,” Public News Service (5/25/2011)
• “National Physicians Alliance: The Top 5 Ways To Improve Primary Care; Internal Medicine,” Health Sprocket (5/25/2011)
• “Report: Fewer Antibiotic Rx, Tests Could Improve Care,” California Healthline (5/25/2011)
• “Top 5 list to improve quality of primary care medicine,” HealthNewsReview Blog (5/25/2011)
• “Advice from Doctors: Top 5 Ways to Lower Costs and Improve Care,” Time (5/24/2011)
• “Doctors group targets unnecessary screenings,” WHYY newsWorks (5/24/2011)
• “Improving Patient Care Possible with 12 Key Activities,” Insider Medicine (5/24/2011)
• “7 tests and treatments docs say you often don’t need,” Consumer Reports (5/24/2011)
• “Physicians name top 5 areas of concern in pediatrics, family medicine and internal medicine,” Healthcare Finance News (5/24/2011)
• “Ways for Your Doctor to Lower Your Healthcare Cost,” CBS 8 News Montgomery, AL (5/24/2011)
• “News Review from Harvard Medical School – Improving Medical Care, at Lower Cost?” InteliHealth (5/24/2011)
• “AIM: Imaging dominates list of primary care don’ts,” Cardiovascular Business (5/24/2011)
  • Cross-posted at CMIO
• “NPA Names ‘Top 5′ Cost Drivers in Primary Care,” HealthLeaders Media (5/24/2011)
• “Doctors Can Improve Patient Care with 12 Key Activities,” Insider Medicine (5/24/2011)
• “Fewer tests, less antibiotics improve primary care,” Fierce Healthcare (5/24/2011)
• “Most Wasteful Treatments , Procedures in Primary Care,” MedScape (5/23/2011)
• “Doctors prescribe fewer tests for better care,” Reuters (5/23/2011)
  • Reposted at MSNBC
  • Reposted at Yahoo! Health
  • Reposted at Examiner
  • Reposted at WHTC 1450
  • Reposted at LifeScript
  • Reposted at WSAU News Talk
  • Reposted at EmployeeBenefit News
  • Reposted at WIN 98.5
• “How to Improve Medical Care? Doctors’ Group Counts the Ways,” PBS NewsHour (5/23/2011)
  • Linked at Fuse
• “Physicians’ Group Releases Top Five Recommendations for Improving Primary Care,” Science Daily (5/23/2011)
  • Reposted at Medical News Today
• “Experts Issue ‘Top 5′ List for Better Primary Care,” U.S. News (5/23/2011)
  • Cross-posted at healthfinder.gov
• “Group of doctors say they will get behind state SustiNet health plan,” New Haven Register (5/23/2011)
• “Top 5 list helps primary care doctors make wiser clinical decisions,” EurekAlert! (5/23/2011)
• “Reader Consult: Are These The Top 5 Ways To Improve Primary Care?” The Wall Street Journal Health Blog (5/23/2011)
• “The Top 5: Better Care for Less Health Care $,” FGate City Brights Blog (5/23/2011)
• “Physicians’ Group Targets Inappropriate Tests, Treatments,” news@JAMA (5/23/2011)
• “Top 5 Recommendations for Improving Primary Care Issued Today by National Physicians Alliance,” HelpingYouCare (5/23/2011)
• “The ‘Top 5′ Lists in Primary Care: Meeting the Responsibility of Professionalism,” Archives of Internal Medicine (5/23/2011)
• “Docs Begin To Climb Back On Board With SustiNet,” CT News Junkie (5/23/2011)
• “Time for political signs to come down, Fort Dix Five return to court,” WHYY newsWorks (5/23/2011)
• “Why Don’t You Profit When Pharmacies Sell Your Prescription?” Huffington Post (5/20/2011)
  • Cross-posted at Guernica
• “Florida Voter Suppression Bill Toxic for Democracy,” Huffington Post (5/7/2011)
• “Voter suppression toxic for democracy,” Tampa Bay Online (5/6/2011)
• “Guns are within my scope of practice,” SFGate City Brights Blog (5/4/2011)
• “Limitations Of The Evidence Base For Prescribing Aripiprazole In Maintenance Therapy Of Bipolar Disorder,” Medical News Today (5/3/2011)
• “Cuts to Medi-Cal hurt South LA Residents,” Intersections South LA (4/12/2011)
• “Inside Health Care: Overtested,” Prepared Patient Forum Blog (4/12/2011)
• “Is Enthusiasm for Affordable Care Act Challenge Wanning Among Right-Wing Amicus Groups?” The Wonk Room (4/3/2011)
• “One Year Later,” KQED Radio (3/29/2011)
• “Letters to the Editors – It’s working for everyone,” San Francisco Chronicle (3/25/2011)
• “Health care reform has helped children,” The Baltimore Sun (3/25/2011)
• “Affordable Care Act and Women’s Health Blog-a-thon – The Posts,” National Women’s Law Center Blog (3/24/2011)
• “Affordable Care Act passed one year ago,” The Seattle Times (3/22/2011)
• “Supporting Polluters Over Kids, Part II:  Senate Edition,” Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog (2/1/2011)
  • Cross-posted at Grist
  • Reposted at Secret of World Pollution
• “Health Groups, Disease-Specific Organizations File Briefs In Support of Health Reform Law,” The Wonk Room (1/21/2011)
• “Another amicus brief in TMLC v. Obama,” ACA Litigation Blog (1/21/2011)
• “As a Doctor, How Do I Prescribe Repeal?” (Editorial by NPA Board Member) Huffington Post (1/19/2011)
• “Vocal Physicians Group Renews Health Law Fight,” New York Times (1/18/2011)
  • Reposted at Meet the 112th
• “Inverse benefits due to drug marketing undermine patient safety and public health,” EurekAlert! (1/13/2011)
  • Reposted at ScienceBlog
• “The Unbranded Doctor,” Jack’s posterous (1/13/2011)
  • Reposted at PharmaGossip
  • Reposted at Mark Walmsley Blog
• “Rapidly Growing Coalition of Hundreds of Medical, Public Health and Clean Air Groups Urge Congress to Uphold Clean Air Safeguards,” American Lung Association (12/6/2010)
• “Newsmaker: Health Care Reform Law,” Fox 5 Atlanta (11/18/2010)
• “Top 5 Lists for Good Stewardship in Primary Care” Primary Care Progress Notes (11/14/2010)
• “How to Pick the Right Health Insurance Plan,” Fox Business (11/10/2010)
• “Health Reform Was Worth It,” (Editorial by NPA Member) Huffington Post (11/3/2010)
• “New database shows how much drug companies pay doctors,” Philadelphia Inquirer (10/28/2010)
• “Health reform under attack: Repeal would hurt a great many Pennsylvanians,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (10/19/2010)
• “Drug Companies Hire Troubled Doctors As Experts,” NPR (10/19/2010)
• “Consumer Reports: Most Patients Worry About Pharma Payments to Doctors,” ProPublica (10/18/2010)
• “Recentering Democracy Around Citizens,” NCDD Blog (9/27/2010)
• “A Look at Associations of Medical Professionals: AAPS, AMA and NPA” NewsHoggers Blog (9/24/2010)
• “As Reform Begins, the National Physicians Alliance Answers the Question: ‘Are Physicians Knights, Knaves, or Pawns’?” Health Beat Blog (9/24/2010)
• “Health Care For The Next Generation,” Tampa Bay Business Journal (9/23/2010)
• “Young adults praise new provisions,” Denver Post (9/23/2010)
• “Preventive care services will save lives,” Stand Up for Health Care Blog (9/23/2010)
• “First provisions of health-care overhaul rolling out,” The Philadelphia Inquirer (9/21/2010)
• “KVH News Conference Addresses Impact of New Health Reform Law,” KVH News (9/20/2010)
• “Drugmakers hold too much influence over doctors’ decisions, public says,” American Medical News (9/13/2010)
• “Doctors Say Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Hurt Health Reform,” KPBS (8/26/2010)
• “Town meeting hails health reform gains, cites struggles ahead,”People’s World (8/5/2010)
• “New Law Strengthens Pennsylvania’s Working Families and Small Businesses,” News Blaze (8/3/2010)
• “Do You Believe Physicians Should Be Activists? If So, Read On,” Life in Undeserved Medicine Blog (7/31/2010)
• “Health pros offer look at reform,” The Times Leader (7/23/2010)
• “Harvard Medical School Restricts Faculty Ties to Industry,” The Harvard Crimson (7/21/2010)
• “Avandia Debated LIVE,” AlexO’Meara.com (7/14/2010)
• “F.D.A. Panel Votes to Restrict Avandia,” New York Times Health Blog (7/14/2010)
• “A Permanent ‘Doc-Fix’ Remains Elusive,” Health Beat Blog (7/1/2010)
• “Facing the doctor shortage,” LTE in Los Angeles Times (6/14/2010)
• “Calling All Doctors, Nurses, and Other Health Care Professionals,” PA Health Access Network (6/10/2010)
• “Arizona’s Immigration Law and Doctors,” Global Pulse (6/6/2010)
• “First do no harm,” The Mex Files (6/3/2010)
• “Arizona law bad for our health, doctors say,” People’s World (6/1/2010)
• “Election Special: Health Care Policy,” WHYY News and Information (5/18/2010)
• “National physician groups condemn Arizona SB 1070,” Arizona Daily Star (5/18/2010)
• “Forum on new health care law at Wagner College,” Staten Island Advance (5/13/2010)
• “RWV Honored by National Physicians Alliance-NY,” Raising Women’s Voices Blog (5/5/2010)
• “Rebuilding the US Health Left,” The Social Medicine Portal (4/15/2010)
• “What Do Doctors Think About Health Reform?” Huffington Post (4/14/2010)
  • Cross-posted at Wright on Health Blog
• “Top 10 Myths about Global Health Workforce Crisis Busted at the National Physicians Alliance Conference,” Global Health Blog (4/6/2010)
• “The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Sues to Overturn Reform; The National Physicians Alliance Replies,” Health Beat Blog (4/6/2010)
  • Linked at Health Reform Watch
• “HCR plans to combat doctor shortages,” Pied Type Blog (4/3/2010)
• “List of Organizations Expressing Support for Health Reform Legislation,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi Website (3/23/2010)
• “Health Care: Fight’s Just Starting,” GRITtv (3/23/2010)
• “Calif. Uninsured to To Gain from Health Reform,” CBS5 (3/22/2010)
• “House Votes Healthcare Overhaul into Law, Promotes Health IT,”Profero Solutions Blog (3/22/2010)
• “House votes healthcare overhaul into law,” Healthcare Finance News (3/22/2010)
• “Connolly Announces He Will Vote YES On Historic Health Insurance Reform,” Fairfax Blue Blog (3/20/2010)
• “Connolly to Vote Yes for Historic Health Insurance Reform Bill,”Congressman Gerry Connolly Website (3/20/2010)
• “Please Support health care reform , Rep. Kratovil,” Baltimore Sun op-ed by NPA member Stuart Silver (3/19/2010)
• “Support for President Obama’s Health Reform Proposal,” eNews Park Forest (3/19/2010)
• “Overview of Health Care Reform,” Coffee with Annabel Radio Blog Show (3/16/2010)
• “This Won’t Hurt a Bit,” Newsweek (3/15/2010)
• “Study claims lives are at stake without health care reform,” Daily Tribune (3/14/2010)
• “Group says health care reform failure could lead to 7,600 deaths,” The Macomb Daily (3/13/2010)
• “Congress: Groundhog’s Day,” MSNBC First Read (2/24/2010)
• “Health Care Reform: The Cure for Bipartisan Disorder?” New Left Notes (2/23/2010)
• “Islanders take part in citywide march for health care reform,” Staten Island Advance (2/21/2010)
• “A Beautiful Day to March Across the Brooklyn Bridge (photodiary),”Daily Kos (2/20/2010)
• “N.Y., Minnesota consider new rules on pharma gifts” American Medical News (2/12/2010)
• “Autism’s Bad Apple – The MMR vaccine link reversal,” Current News Blog (2/4/2010)
• “Cost of Inaction on Health Care Reform is Too High,” Baltimore Sun (2/4/2010)
• “A doctor’s view: Don’t miss this chance for a cure,” The Oregonian (2/2/2010)
• “Tucker Carlson: The Face of American Anesthesiologists?”Anesthesiology News (2/2010)
• Families USA Health Action 2010 Conference, Progressive Blend Radio (1/29/2010)
• “free yo mind friday,” Warren Ballentine Show (1/29/2010)
• “Abandoning health care reform not an option,” Bangor Daily News (1/29/2010)
• Families USA Health Action 2010 Conference, Hard Knock Radio (1/29/2010)
• “Healthcare Reform Would Lower Prescription Costs, Says Physician,”Talk Radio News Service (1/29/2010)
• “Mr. President, your patients are waiting: A Doctor’s Commentary,”Current News Blog (1/27/2010)
• “Meaningful reform will require courage,” Philadelphia Inquirer (1/26/2010)
• “Legislators move to tighten rules for drug companies,” KARE 11, NBC affiliate Minneapolis – St. Paul (1/26/2010)
• “Groups want tighter controls over drug industry influence,” Minnesota Public Radio (1/26/2010)
• “Common-sense Rx reforms in Minnesota important to seniors, consumers,” Postscript Blog (1/25/2010)
• “Lawmakers debate prescription drug reforms,” Session Daily (1/25/2010)
• “Health Care Reform: Implications of Pending Legislation,” Nash on Health Policy (1/14/2010)
• “Doctors for Reform,” Seattle Times (1/11/2010)
• “SEIU, ELCA, Jesuits, La Raza and Others: Insurance Must be Affordable to Working People,” Daily Kos (1/7/2010)
• “Clinical Scholar Urges Congress to Reform Federal Prevention Programs,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (12/30/2009)
• “Mad in the Middle: Healthcare reform – The good, the bad, & the ugly,”Mad in the Middle on BlogTalkRadio (12/28/2009)
• “Don’t give into road rage – A doctor’s commentary on the mammogram screening controversy,” Current News Blog (12/22/2009)
• “Doctors who support the congressional democrats plan to overhaul health insurance” Radioactivity, WMNF 88.5 FM (12/15/2009)
• “UCSF Physicians Respond to Rep. Eshoo on Evergreening Loophole in Biologics Bill,” The Seminal (12/15/2009)
• “Report Says Reform Would Increase Spending; Reimportation Won’t Go Away,” MedPage Today (12/11/2009)
• “NY rally highlights health care’s human face,” People’s Weekly World (12/10/2009)
• “Protesters demand health care for children,” New York Amsterdam News (11/26/2009)
• “Ethicists Prod NIH to Spend Money Investigating Conflicts of Interest,”The Chronicle of Higher Education (11/17/2009)
• “UVa posting its doctors’ financial deals online,” Charlottesville Daily Progress (11/12/2009)
• “Public Option Needed,” Journal Sentinel (11/09/2009)
• “Health Care Bill Passes House,” Connecticut Watchdog (11/07/2009)
• “An Even Better Picture of Most Influential Doctors in US,” USA Today (10/14/2009)
• “Senior U.S. Health Policy Advisors, Doctors To Hold Health Care Panel Discussion, Live Webcast,” Medical News Today (10/5/2009)
• “New Twists in the Health Debate,” NYT LTE by NPA-NY leader Dr. Manel Silva (10/2/2009)
• “Philly to CIGNA, Congress, ‘Health Care Now!’” People’s Weekly World (9/24/2009)
• “Awesome video of health care rally,” Daily Kos (9/23/2009)
• “Doctors’ groups unveil health care reform ad,” SEIU blog (9/22/2009)
• “ICYMI: ‘Half a million doctors support health care reform,” Media Matters (9/22/2009)
• “Service helps health care providers prescribe drugs,” Bangor Daily News (9/21/2009)
• “Obama gets praise, questions at health-care rally,” Market Watch (9/17/2009)
• “Obama woos supporters at massive health care rally,” AFP (9/17/2009)
• “Poll: Doctors Among Public Option’s Biggest Fans,” NPR (9/15/2009)
• “Doctors Like Public Option, Especially as a Choice,” Daily Kos (9/15/2009)
• “Poll Finds Most Doctors Support the Public Option,” NPR (9/14/2009)
• “Local doctors say health-care reform is necessary,” Daily Comet, Louisiana (9/14/2009)
• “Broken healthcare and broken lives,” LA Times (9/13/2009)
• “Pediatrician: We need a Public Option,” Baltimore Sun (9/9/2009)
• Lobbyists on both sides of health overhaul fight aim ads, demonstrations at returning Congress KFSM (9/4/2009)
• Reclaiming the Healthcare Battle GRITtv (9/2/2009)
• Some Anti-Reform Doctors Using Scare Tactics On Patients Huffington Post (9/1/2009)
• AFSCME Highway to Health Care Ends Tour, Fight for Reform Gears UpAFL-CIO Blog Now (8/31/2009)
• NY health care rally honors Ted Kennedy People’s Weekly World Newspaper (8/30/2009)
• Health Care Reform Unity Rally in Times Square Honors KennedyeMediaWire (8/30/2009)
• First NPA Chinese Media Hit Chinese Language World Journal (8/30/2009)
• Manhattan Demonstrators Call For Health Care Reform NY1 (8/30/2009)
• 3000 NYers RALLY for Health Care in Times Square Daily Kos (8/29/2009)
• “Your 2 Cents,” NY1 (8/27/2009)
• “Public Health Insurance Plan is Not an Option,” Baltimore Sun (8/23/2009)
• The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC (8/17/2009), minute 14:37
• “Canvassers Try to Rally Support for Health Reform,” Philadelphia Inquirer (8/16/2009)
• “The public option: a broken health system needs it,” Star Tribune (8/16/2009)
• “Healthcare: The System has Failed Us, and We Should Not Accept Defeat,” The Day (8/16/2009)
• “Reform Would Cut Costs for the Already Insured,” op-ed by NPA board member Dr. David Grande in Philadelphia Inquirer (8/13/2009)
• “Death panels, euthanasia, abortion: health care fiction and facts,”People’s Weekly World (8/12/209)
• “Congressman Walz moved by uninsured man’s tragedy,” Kare 11 (8/12/2009)
• “Walz holds gathering on health care, will conduct forum soon,” Post Bulletin (8/11/2009)
• “Congressman Tim Walz Hears from Constituents About the Need for Health Reform,” Fillmore County Journal (8/11/2009)
• “Explaining Health Care Reform,” WPVI TV, Philadelphia (8/11/2009)
• “Health Reform Opponents Circulate Smear E-Mail,” PoliticalAffairs.net (8/05/2009)
• “7 Medical Groups Unite to Push for Action on Health Reform,” Chicago Sun Times 8/03/2009)
• “AAFP Board Chair Makes Compelling Case for Health Reform” AAFP News (7/31/2009)
• “Senate Dems blame media for August health deadline,” The Hill (7/30/2009)
• “FPs Talk About Health Care Reform, Impact on Patient Care in New Video,” AAFP News (7/30/2009)
• “Harry Reid: Don’t ‘Cry Great Big Tears About the Insurance Industry”CNS News (7/30/2009)
• “Can Obama Close the Deal on Health Care?” Time (7/30/2009)
• “The Burden of Health Care Costs for Working Families–Implications for Reform,” NEJM (7/29/2009)
• “Lackluster Public of Lack of Information?” HealthCare POV (7/24/2009)
• “Obama Health Plan Gets a Push Here,” Philly Daily News (7/21/2009)
• “Area Health Professionals Rally for Reform,” Philadelphia Inquirer (7/21/2009)
• “For one and all?” Sun Gazette (7/18/2009)
• “Choice: The Public Health-Care Option,” The Ledger (7/18/2009)
• “One Giant Leap for Healthcare Reform,” The Guardian (7/17/2009)
• “Insurers Fear a Public Option,” Herald Tribune (7/17/2009)
• “Health Care Crusader,” The Bend Bulletin (7/13/2009)
• “Doctors Boo Obama in Chicago,” Dissident Voice (7/04/2009)
• “Public health care will be focus of forum in Reading church,” Reading Eagle (7/01/2009)
• “Doctors Deeply Divided Over National Health Care Reform,” Star Tribune (6/27/2009)
• “Advocates of Universal Health Coverage Rally on Capitol Hill,”Washington Post (6/26/2009)
• “Thousands Turn Out for Health Care Reform,” Huffington Post (6/26/2009)
• “A Vision for Health-Care Reform that is Effective and Affordable,”Seattle Times (6/22/2009)
• “Compromising on Health Reform,” WHYY (6/22/2009)
• “Health Care ‘Pillars’ Failed,” Bangor Daily News (6/20/2009)
• “Memo to President Obama: Look Beyond the AMA!” DailyKos (6/20/2009)
• “Mayo Clinic doctor leaves AMA in protest,” Post Bulletin, Rochester, MN (6/19/2009)
• “What you Need to Know about Health Care Reform,” CNN Health (6/18/2009)
• “Doctors Just Want to be Doctors,” YES! Blog (6/17/2009)
• “Why the AMA Doesn’t Speak for Me…,” Huffington Post (6/17/2009)
• Interview with NPA Policy Chair Dr. Chris McCoy, Democracy Now (6/16/2009) mid-hour
• Interview with NPA Policy Chair Dr. Chris McCoy, KPFA Evening News (6/15/2009) around min 15:40
• “Coalition of Doctor Organizations: Our Patients Deserve the Choice of Public Health Insurance Option,” SEIU Blog (6/15/2009)
• “NBC’s Guthrie Falsely Suggests the AMA Represents ‘the Nation’s Doctors,’” Media Matters (6/15/2009)
• “Doc Quits AMA Over Public Plan Position,” Examiner.com (6/12/2009)
• “AMA Reporting Needs a Second Opinion,” Media Matters (6/12/2009)
• “Why the AMA Opposes the Public Insurance Plan,” Washington Post (6/11/2009)
• “Dear AMA: I Quit!” Huffington Post (June 10, 2009)
• “Farmers Markets Bloom at Hospitals,” CNN Health (6/3/2009)
• “Federal Bill Would Address Primary Care Shortage,” American Medical News (6/3/2009)
• “A Fierce Fight Over Free Lunches for Physicians,” Hartford Courant (5/25/2009)
• “Public Health Plan Should Be an Option,” The Oregonian (5/25/2009)
• “This is the start of making primary care cool again,” ACP Advocate Blog (5/20/2009)
• “Health Care Providers and Activists Join Forces for ‘A More Perfect Health Care System,’” Medical News Today (5/18/09)
• “At Independence Hall, Health Care Professionals Rally for Health Care Reform.” KYW Newsradio (5/15/09)
• “New Health Reform Ad Touts Public Option” Washington Post (5/13/2009)
• Comments on the Brian Lehrer Show (minute 19-20:33 of “Health Care Makeover”) (5/12/2009)
• “Trade Group Proposal Lays Groundwork, But Isn’t an Instant Cure”(5/12/2009)
• “Health Care Town Hall a Major Success,” NJ Citizen Action (5/4/2009)
• “Is There a Doctor in the House?” Medill Reports (5/1/2009)
• “Bill Would Limit ‘Gifts’ to Doctors,” ConnPost.Com (4/28/2009)
• “Is Health Care a Right or a Privilege?” Street Signs, CNBC (4/16/2009)
• “Reform is Nothing to Fear,” op-ed by NPA board member Dr. David Grande in Philadelphia Inquirer (3/26/09)
• “Fearmongering and Health Reform: the Public Insurance Option,”Huffington Post (3/23/2009)
• “Doctors increasingly close doors to drug reps,…” American Medical News (3/23/2009)
• “Reform Health Care Now,” letter to San Fransisco Examiner (3/20/2009)
• “Attorney General: ban gifts to doctors from drug reps,” Hartford Courant (3/9/2009)
• “A Bumpy Road to Health: Human Rights, Obama, and Lessons from Kenya,” Huffington Post (12/10/08)
• “Court Rules Against Bucks Company,” phillyburbs.com (12/4/08)
• “Citizen Doctor Helps Patients Find Their Civic Voice,” Tufts University Tisch College Newsletter (12/2008)
• “Doctors, Insurance Firms Duel on Generics,” CBS News (11/26/08)
• “Local doctor leads effort to register patients to vote” The Argonaut (11/20/08)
• “Patients, Doctors Rally for Healthcare Reform,” WJZ-TV (10/31/08)
• “Wyndmoor physician works for health-care reform” Springfield Sun (10/30/08)
• “Insurers entice doctors to prescribe generic drugs,” Associated Press (10/29/08); Houston Chronicle (10/30/08); Kaiser Daily Reports (10/30/08)
• “Should the US have universal healthcare?” Opposing Views (10/29/08)
• “Will biotech change pharma ethics?” ZDNet Healthcare (9/11/08)
• “National Medical Associations Join Together to Host Voter Registration Drives Across Country” Medical New Today (9/3/08)
• “Brain Dead Bureaucrat Watch: VA Blocks Voter Registration at Vets’ Hospital” Huffington Post (8/15/08)
• “Sale of Information to Drug Makers Questioned,” Times-West Virginia (7/30/08)
• “Lawmakers hear debate on doctor data mining,” Charleston Gazette (7/30/08)
• “HEALTH REFORM: 45,000 Doctor’s Can’t Be Wrong,” Ed Money Watch (7/30/2009)
• “Curbs eyed for Sales of W.VA. Info to Drug Makers,” CNNMoney.com (7/29/08)
• “Group Kicks of $25 Million Ad Campaign for Health Care” Seattle Post Intelligencer (7/8/08)
• “Groups Push Health Care,” Rocky Mountain News (7/8/2008)
• “Gift Ban Bill Gains Backers,” Boston Globe (6/24/08)
• “Medical Professionals Line Up in Support of SB 1137,” PA Health Access Network (6/23/08)
• “Bill Aims to Cure Costly Side Effects of Doctor Gifts,” Public News Service (5/28/08)
• “Bill Would Let Pharmacies Sell Medical Records,” San Francisco Chronicle (5/28/08)
• Letter to Editor re: ghostwriting and gifts to physicians, Baltimore Sun (4/25/08)
• Letter to Editor re: Gifts to Physicians, New York Times, (4/22/08)
• Letter to Editor re: MA Senate Gift Ban proposal, Boston Herald, (4/21/08)
• “Waiting for Health Care,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (4/16/08)
• “Rx ‘Data  Mining’ Legislation Awaits Action in CA, Dies in WA State,” Drug Benefit News (4/04/08)
• “Physician Gifting Crackdown,” Pharmaceutical Executive (3/26/08)
• “Bill Makes it Illegal for Drug Makers to buy Prescription Data for Marketing,” Tacoma News Tribune (2/26/08)
• “Datamining Should get the Shaft,” Seattle Times (2/26/08)
• Letter to Editor re: FDA rules on off-label promotions , New York Times (2/23/08)
• “Give Doctors and Patients Privacy,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2/7/08)
• “Gathering Data on Docs,” PhillyBurbs.com (1/20/08)
• “Doctor Combats Pull of Drug Reps” St. Petersburg Times (12/27/07)
• “Dr. Drug Rep,” NYT Magazine (11/25/07)
• Profile of Lydia Vaias , NPA Board President, in the alumni magazine of Temple University School of Medicine (Fall 07)
• “Groups Back Physician Gift Disclosure Measure,” Congressional Quarterly HealthBeat (10/23/07)
• “Putting a Stop to Pharmaceutical Datamining,” op-ed in Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal (9/30/07)
• “Improving Health Care or Invading Privacy?” Fosters.com & Laconia (NH) Citizen (9/30/07)
• “States Move to Close Drug Data Mining,” NPR Marketplace (10/2/07)
• “Physicians Should Opt-Out,” Bangor Daily News (9/13/07)
• ReachMD, XM Satellite Radio
• “Opinion Piece Criticizes Sale of Physician Prescribing Data,” Kaiser Family Foundation (7/26/07)
• “Drug Industry Mines Physicians’ Data to Boost Sales,” NPR Morning Edition (6/26/07)
• “Prescription Mining Raises Millions for Doctors’ Group,” San Francisco Chronicle (7/25/07)
• “AMA Faces Storm on Data Sales,” Chicago Tribune (6/24/07)
• “Law Targets Drug Marketing Practices” Hudson Valley Business News (6/12/07)
• “Controversy erupts over pharmaceutical marketing policies,” Dental Tribune
• FDA Week- coverage regarding New Hampshire ruling on prescription data mining
• “Doctors, Lawmakers Resist Drugmakers’ Prying Eyes,” Washington Post (5/22/07) A01
• Editorial voicing the NPA’s support of a bill before the Maine legislature: LD 838, An Act Protecting the Confidentiality of Prescription Information  (4/13/07, Kennebec Journal)
• “As drug companies push their pills over TV, some are asking: Is that good for your health?” Columbia News Service (4/1/08)
• Maine Public Radio (3/27/07) interview with NPA Campaign leader Ben Schaefer on the NPA’s support of a prescription privacy bill pending in the Maine legislature
• “Prescription for Conflict” (3/17/07, Journal News)
• “Healthcare Activists Call on Congress to Fund War on AIDS”, Medical News Today (3/13/07)
• op-ed by Sen. Voinovich (R-OH) cited the NPA’s support of the Health Partnership Act (3/3/07, Chillico Gazette)
• “No Free Lunch,” Pitt Medicine profile of NPA board member Dave Evans whose practice refuses gifts, visits, and samples from pharmaceutical detailers