List of healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States
Encyclopedia
Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organization
s in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States.
, and single-payer healthcare.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
s in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States.
Issues
These organizations address issues such as universal healthcare, national health insuranceNational health insurance
National health insurance is health insurance that insures a national population for the costs of health care and usually is instituted as a program of healthcare reform. It is enforced by law. It may be administered by the public sector, the private sector, or a combination of both...
, and single-payer healthcare.
Advocacy groups
- American Medical Student AssociationAmerican Medical Student AssociationThe American Medical Student Association , founded in 1950 and based in Washington, D.C., is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. AMSA is a student-governed, national organization...
- Archimedes MovementArchimedes MovementThe mission of the Archimedes Movement is to create a new space for civic engagement outside our traditional legislative and governance structures to advance solutions to the common problems we face – starting with the crisis in the U.S. health care system....
- California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing CommitteeCalifornia Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing CommitteeThe California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee , is a labor union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States. CNA/NNOC has a four-member Council of Presidents, currently including Deborah Burger, RN; Zenei Cortez, RN; DeAnn McEwen, RN; and Malinda...
- Campaign for Better Health CareCampaign for Better Health CareThe Campaign for Better Health Care is a grassroots coalition of more than 300 local and statewide organizations representing consumers, health care workers and providers, community organizations, seniors, religious organizations, labor, disability rights organizations, and other citizens to help...
- Families USAFamilies USAFamilies USA is an American non-profit consumer health-care advocacy organization. It was co-founded by attorney Ronald Pollack, its current executive director, and Philippe Villers, the organization's current President....
- Health Care for America NOW!Health Care for America NOW!Health Care for America Now is a progressive political coalition of more than 1,000 organizations that joined together in 2008 in a successful effort to promote legislation to overhaul the United States health care system and extend medical benefits to most of the population that is currently...
- Health Care For Everyone-Alabama
- Healthcare-NOW!Healthcare-NOW!Healthcare-NOW! is a non-profit grassroots coalition in support of the single-payer health care movement for the United States. Healthcare-NOW!'s stated goal is to implement the United States National Health Care Act .-History:Healthcare-NOW! was founded in 2004, originally under the name of the...
- Labor Campaign for Single Payer
- Medicare Rights CenterMedicare Rights CenterThe Medicare Rights Center is a national, 501 nonprofit consumer service organization with offices in New York City and Washington, DC...
- National Physicians AllianceNational Physicians AllianceThe National Physicians Alliance is a national, multi-specialty medical organization founded in 2005 by former leaders of the American Medical Student Association...
- Pennsylvania Medical SocietyPennsylvania Medical SocietyThe Pennsylvania Medical Society is the professional association for the state’s physicians and physicians in training.Headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., the non-profit organization represents about 20,000 physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, and practice administrators.The Pennsylvania...
- Physicians for a National Health ProgramPhysicians for a National Health ProgramPhysicians for a National Health Program , is an advocacy organization of some 17,000 American physicians, medical students, and health professionals founded by Quentin Young who support a single-payer system of national health insurance....
- ShoutAmericaSHOUTAmericaShoutAmerica is a non-profit organization headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee that seeks to protect the long-term interest of the nation through the achievement of sustainable healthcare reform.-History:...
- Single-Payer Action Network OhioSingle-Payer Action Network OhioThe Single-Payer Action Network Ohio is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals in Ohio. Their stated purpose is to seek fundamental health care reform in Ohio and the United States so that every resident is guaranteed full and comprehensive coverage through universal health care...
- Single Payer Now!Single Payer Now!Single Payer Now! is a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers working since 1994 for single-payer health care: a health care plan without private, for-profit insurance companies...
- Universal Health Care Foundation of ConnecticutUniversal Health Care Foundation of ConnecticutUniversal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut is an independent, nonprofit organization with offices in Meriden, Connecticut. The foundation supports the mission of its parent organization, CHART...
Campaigns within larger groups
- AARPAARPAARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is the United States-based non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. According to its mission statement, it is "a...
- American Medical Student AssociationAmerican Medical Student AssociationThe American Medical Student Association , founded in 1950 and based in Washington, D.C., is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. AMSA is a student-governed, national organization...
(AMSA) - Democracy for AmericaDemocracy for AmericaDemocracy for America is a progressive, people-powered political action committee, headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont. Founded by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean in 2004, DFA leads public awareness campaigns on a variety of public policy issues, trains activists,...
- MoveOn.org
- National Conference of State LegislaturesNational Conference of State LegislaturesThe National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan non-governmental organization established in 1975 to serve the members and staff of state legislatures of the United States...
- Progressive Democrats of AmericaProgressive Democrats of AmericaThe Progressive Democrats of America is a progressive political organization and grassroots political action committee operating inside the United States Democratic Party.-History:...
Policy institutes
- Commonwealth FundCommonwealth FundThe Commonwealth Fund is a private U.S. foundation whose stated purpose is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, especially for society's most vulnerable.-History:...
- Kaiser Family FoundationKaiser Family FoundationThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation , or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U.S.-based non-profit, private operating foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It focuses on the major health care issues facing the nation, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy...
- Brookings InstitutionBrookings InstitutionThe Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
- Cato InstituteCato InstituteThe Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane, who remains president and CEO, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries, Inc., the largest privately held...
- The Heartland Institute
- The Heritage FoundationThe Heritage FoundationThe Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong...
- Robert Wood Johnson FoundationRobert Wood Johnson FoundationThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the United States' largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care; it is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The foundation's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans...
See also
- Health care in the United StatesHealth care in the United StatesHealth care in the United States is provided by many separate legal entities. Health care facilities are largely owned and operated by the private sector...
- Health care reform in the United StatesHealth care reform in the United StatesHealth care reform in the United States has a long history, of which the most recent results were two federal statutes enacted in 2010: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , signed March 23, 2010, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 , which amended the PPACA and...
- Medicare (United States)Medicare (United States)Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
- National health insuranceNational health insuranceNational health insurance is health insurance that insures a national population for the costs of health care and usually is instituted as a program of healthcare reform. It is enforced by law. It may be administered by the public sector, the private sector, or a combination of both...
- Single-payer health careSingle-payer health careSingle-payer health care is medical care funded from a single insurance pool, run by the state. Under a single-payer system, universal health care for an entire population can be financed from a pool to which many parties employees, employers, and the state have contributed...
- United States National Health Care Act (Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act)
- Universal health careUniversal health careUniversal health care is a term referring to organized health care systems built around the principle of universal coverage for all members of society, combining mechanisms for health financing and service provision.-History:...