Contact Information
Arizona Coalition for a State & National Health Program
Website: http://az.pnhp.org
State Legislation
HB 2677 introduced by Minority Leader Phil Lopes (Link)
Media Contacts
Joshua Freeman, M.D.
info@pnhp.org
Dr. Josh Freeman, now based in Tucson, is professor emeritus at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, where he served as the Alice M. Patterson MD and Harold L. Patterson MD Professor and Chair of the department of family medicine from 2002-2016, and was also professor in the departments of preventive medicine and public health and of health policy and management.
Dr. Freeman was a Fulbright Scholar in São Paulo, Brazil in 2003 and served nationally as Treasurer of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the Association of Departments of Family Medicine. He received STFM’s highest honor, the Recognition Award, in 2006. He served as a member of the board of trustees of Roosevelt University in Chicago, as assistant editor of the journal Family Medicine, and also on the board of Southwest Boulevard Family Health Center in Kansas City, KS. He publishes the widely read blog, Medicine and Social Justice, and in 2015 published his book, “Health, Medicine and Justice: Designing a fair and equitable healthcare system.”
Local Unions Endorsing Single Payer
- National Nurses Organizing Committee — Arizona
- Pima Area Labor Federation, Tucson, AZ
