NPA In the News


Text Icon Publish Date: July 8, 2020

Text Icon Written by: Barbara Meier
Text Icon Medically reviewed by: Dr. Manan Trivedi and Dr. Marc Kimmel

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  • Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule Could Mean Life-And-Death Decisions For Legal Immigrants, by Drs. Sarah Kimball, Nicolette Oleng and Elisabeth Poorman. Common Health 9/28/2018 Dr. Kimball is a past NPA Copello Health Advocacy Fellows and Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce Co-Chair
  • The SOCIAL Determinants of Health? What About the POLITICAL Determinants of Health? written by Dr. Ranit Mishori, The Medical Care Blog, Dr. Mishori is also a Board Member of the National Physicians Alliance (10/4/2018)
  • Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule Could Mean Life-And-Death Decisions For Legal Immigrants, by Drs. Sarah Kimball, Nicolette Oleng and Elisabeth Poorman. Common Health 9/28/2018
    Dr. Kimball is a past NPA Copello Health Advocacy Fellows and Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce Co-Chair
  • Dr. Ross Kristal, NPA Copello Fellow, joins CT Senators Murphy and Blumenthal at kickoff of nationwide Protect Our Care bus tour in Bridgeport, CT and explains why we need to #ProtectOurCare – watch the video and learn more (9/23/2018)
  • Kavanaugh a threat to healthcare for many, by Dr. Sonya Lewis, Detroit Free Press (9/5/2018)
  • Beginning the process: shaping global health in a multipolar world for the next 25 years, by Richard Seifman, The Lancet Global Health Blog (8/24/2018)
    Richard Seifman is also a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • The Battle Over Infant Formula: Déjà Vu – How Russia Stole the Show, by Richard Seifman, IMPAKTER (8/23/2018) Richard Seifman is also a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • Push for new Medicaid work requirements just a way to distract attention from health care inequities: Kenneth Frisof, The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com (8/10/2018)
    Dr. Frisof is also a Board Member of the National Physicians Alliance.
  • Why I wore my white doctor’s coat to protest family separation and detention, by Dr. Ranit Mishori, family physician and a professor of family medicine at Georgetown University. USA Today (7/18/2018) Dr. Mishori is also a Board Member of the National Physicians Alliance.
  • Cutting off food lifeline will make vulerable Americans sicker, by Dr. Peter Capell, Seattle Times (6/25/2018). Dr. Capell is a NPA 2018 Copello Fellow
  • Refugees: Why They Are Not an Economic Burden, by Prof. Hartwig De Haen & Richard Seifman, Impakter (6/20/2018). Richard Seifman is a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • Out of work? Don’t dare get sick under Medicaid, commentary by Dr. Rhea Powell, Philadelphia Inquirer (6/14/2018)
  • Health groups seek stories of high prescription drug costs in New London, The Day, (6/4/2018)
  • Doctor: high drug pricing kills patients, by Dr. Nicky Mehtani, Baltimore Sun (6/4/2018)
  • Concise Research Report: The Future of Medicaid: State Legislator Views on Policy Waivers, by Drs. Jane M. Zhu, Manik Chhabra, David Grande, Journal of General Internal Medicine, (5/15/2018) Penn LDI Brief (5/23/2018)
  • The General Assembly can — and should — contain the cost of prescription drugs, CT Mirror (5/4/2018)
  • We Need a New Bretton Woods on Global Health, by Richard Seifman, Washington Post (4/19/2018) Richard Seifman is also a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • Capitol News Briefing Concerning the Cost of Prescription Drugs, Connecticut Network (4/12/2018) See comments from Dr. Ross Kristal, NPA 2018 Copello Fellow from CT at 14:20 – 16:02 into the video clip
  • The Need for a Geopolitical Shift in Global Health, by Richard Seifman and Ok Panneborg, The Lancet Global Health Blog (4/6/2018)
    Richard Seifman is also a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • FDA worried drug was risky; now reports of deaths spark concern, CNN Health (4/9/2018)
  • Groups press LePage to file Medicaid expansion plan as time runs out: Advocates for expansion keep pressure on the administration to act as Attorney General Janet Mills announces a $35 million windfall that she says could fund the program through the current two-year budget. Portland Press Herald, Maine (4/5/2018)
  • When prices spike for generic drugs, patients suffer, by Dr. Mara Divis, Chicago Tribune (3/13/2018)
  • Let’s Not Forget the Injured in Shootings, by Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, Guest Editorial AAFP News (3/8/2018)
    Ranit Mishori is also a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • Parkland massacre: Mental health diversion, by Dr. Paul Robinson, Tampa Bay Times (2/28/2018)
    Paul Robinson is also a member of the NPA Board of Directors
  • Some States Issue a License to Kill, by Bich-May Mguyen, MD, MPH, Policy Prescriptions (2/17/2018)
  • Physicians for Prevention of Gun Violence, by Jerry Walden, MD, WNEM TV (2/16/2018) Michigan