Since 1987, Physicians for a National Health Program has advocated for reform in the U.S. health care system. A large part of our work involves educating health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system--including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the 50 million Americans who have none. Physicians for a National Health Program is a single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program. PNHP has more than 26,000 members and chapters across the United States.

Our members and physician activists work toward a single-payer national health program in their communities. PNHP organizes rallies, town hall meetings, and debates; coordinates speakers and forum discussions; contributes Op-Eds and articles to the nation's top newspapers, medical journals and magazines; and appears regularly on national television and news programs advocating for a single-payer system.

PNHP is the only organization in the United States dedicated to implementing a single-payer national health program.

The PNHP Washington Chapter was initiated in the fall of 2005. Our first general meeting was in January 2006 and we have had monthly meetings since that time. Before the pandemic, we met in a classroom at UW or Providence Medical Center. Since then, we have been meeting virtually on Zoom on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00PM.