Americans for Health
Care Americans for Health Care is working to win
common-sense solutions that increase access to reliable,
affordable health care coverage for ALL.
Amerian Medical Students Association's Universal
Health Care Initiative From website: "AMSA supports a single-payer
national insurance program similar, but not identical to the
Canadian model. As the name implies, a single-payer
system consists of a single insurance entity. In this case the
single insurer would be the federal
government."
America’s
HEALTHTOGETHER From website: "... a bipartisan public
policy educational group focused solely on one critical slice of
American life - making sure everyone has good health
care."
State Coverage Initiative Site provides a variety of research-based
tools for information about health insurance advocacy and the
establishment of a national healthcare program. Click on the
“State reports” link on the left side of the page to
search for information specific to individual states – also
searchable by keyword. Provides a valuable source of insurance
advocacy information. SCI works with states to plan, execute, and
maintain health insurance expansions, as well as to improve the
availability and affordability of health care
coverage.
Universal Health Care Action Network
(UHCAN) Serves as a national resource and strategic
center to help build the capacity of the movement for health care
justice and facilitate the development of strategies to create a
U.S. health care system that is universal, comprehensive, high
quality, affordable and publicly accountable. Includes
state-by-state activities and current legislation related to the
movement.
Health
Care for All California Health Care for
All-California is a nonprofit grassroots organization working for
high quality, universal, single payer health care. Their purpose
is to promote comprehensive universal health care using a single
public insurance fund and they closely track and support current
proposals that further this mission such as Senator Sheila
Kuehls' single payer health care bill.
Georgians for Health Care
Georgians for Health Care is uniting working families, small
business owners, seniors, health care workers, community leaders,
and policy makers to fight for affordable, quality health care
that we can all count on. Though primarily an advocacy
organization, the Web site also provides many useful links to
health care resources and information about health insurances
programs unique to Georgia.
Champaign County Health Care
Consumers
"... a non-profit, grassroots organization founded on the premise
of participatory democracy and the belief that meaningful reforms
in the health care system will come only with the active
involvement of consumers." A model site for health reform
activism and health care resources for the low-income
uninsured.
Maryland Health Care For
ALL This is the state's largest health care
consumer coalition of diverse organizations, including religious,
health, community, labor, and business groups from across the
state. Our members want to solve Maryland's health care crisis by
making sure all Marylanders have access to quality and affordable
health care; and developing a feasible, economically sound plan
to meet that goal.
Minnesota COACT Minnesota COACT is a coalition of unions,
community groups, workers, business owners, providers, retired
persons, and families who are working on state legislation for
health care for Minnesotans which is universal, good quality,
affordable, comprehensive and allows choice of
providers.
New Yorkers for Accessible
Health Coverage (212)-964-6903
Works with community groups and consumers, to identify and
promote optimal strategies for implementing the expansions of
health care coverage under New York's Health Care Reform Act of
2000. Contact: Mark Scherzer, Esq.
A.10251
and S.6332 Cutting health insurance costs
Escalating costs for health insurance coverage are prompting a
wellspring of proposed remedies. Some say that tort reform is the
key. Others say that government-sponsored, single-payer insurance
will magically cure the problem.
Northwest Federation of Community
Organizations The Northwest Federation of Community
Organizations (NWFCO) is a regional organization comprised of
four well-established statewide citizen action organizations
– Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN), Montana
People’s Action (MPA), Oregon Action (OA), and Washington
Citizen Action (WCA). Their mission is to strengthen state-based
community organizations and to execute regional campaigns that
address social and economic inequities. Issues include health
care access, food security, immigration, and economic
justice.
Stopping Health Care
Cuts Grassroots public interest citizen group's
call to action on the issues related to health care.
Washington Citizen
Action Washington Citizen Action is a statewide,
grassroots lobbying organization. With over 50,000 members, they
are the largest consumer advocacy group in the state. WCA works
on a range of issues including Medicare and Medicaid policy,
prescription drugs, and ending hunger in Washington. Get involved
by joining this organization.
