National Coalition on Health Care explained

National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) is a coalition of groups working to achieve comprehensive health system reform. Founded in 1990 by Dr. Henry E. Simmons, M.D., NCHC is a non-profit alliance of more than 80 organizations.^[1]

The coalition has a stated commitment to building a national bipartisan consensus in support for enactment and implementation of sustainable, systemic and system-wide health care reform.

Coalition principles

The coalition's mission is grounded on five interdependent principles forming a framework for improving America's health care system:^[2]

• Health care coverage for all
• Cost management
• Improvement of health care quality and safety
• Equitable financing
• Simplified administration

Member organizations

The National Coalition on Health Care comprises the following member organizations.

Member organizations:^[3]

• AARP
• Adrian Dominican Sisters
• AFL–CIO
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• American College of Nurse Midwives
• American College of Surgeons
• American Council on Education
• American Dental Education Association
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL–CIO
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• American Heart Association
• American Legacy Foundation
• American Library Association
• American Lung Association
• Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Association of American Medical Colleges, Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems
• Association of American Universities
• Breast Cancer Network of Strength
• C-Change
• California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
• California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)
• Children's Defense Fund
• CodeBlueNow!
• Colorado Public Employee Retirement Association
• Common Cause
• Partnership for Health Care Reform (Communication Workers of America)
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
• Consumers Union
• Duke Energy
• Duke University Medical Center
• Easter Seals
• The Episcopal Church
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Giant Food, Inc.
• Gross Electric, Inc.
• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
• Partnership for Health Care Reform (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL–CIO
• International Foundation for Employee Benefit Plans
• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
• Japanese American Citizens League
• Johns Hopkins Medicine
• League of Women Voters
• Maternity Center Association
• Michigan Health & Hospital Association
• Midwest Business Group on Health
• Motion Picture Association of America
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• National Association of Childbearing Centers
• National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
• National Community Action Foundation
• National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems
• National Consumers League
• National Coordinating Committee for Multi-Employer Plans
• National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
• National Council of La Raza
• National Council on Teacher Retirement
• National Education Association
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• New York State Teachers' Retirement System
• Organization of Chinese Americans
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
• Salvation Army
• Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, AFL–CIO
• Small Business Majority
• Stop & Shop, Inc.
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
• Union for Reform Judaism
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL–CIO
• United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• U.S. PIRG
• Partnership for Health Care Reform (Verizon)

External links

• National Coalition on Health Care Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catherine Dodge and Jonathan D. Salant . . Obama Hits Reset on Health Debate to Win Wavering Democrats . September 10, 2009 . September 18, 2009 .
2. http://www.nchc.org/about/index.shtml Coalition Principles : NCHC
3. http://www.nchc.org/members/members.shtml Member Organizations, NCHC