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.
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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:
• 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
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)