Partners
Health Insurance Providers
Healthcare Reform Sites
American Health Care Congress
http://americanhealthcarecongress.org/
Your ideas matter. It's time politicians listened. Join the third public engagement congresses at Loma Linda University in California, October, 17, 2006.
Catholic Health Association Cover a Nation
http://www.chausa.org/Pub/MainNav/whatwedo/coveringanation/
Through its Covering a Nation program, CHA works with Catholic health care providers and local and national partners to create the momentum for real, sustainable change in our health care delivery and financing systems.
Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/religiousaction/childrenssabbaths/default.aspx
This October 20-22, 2006 marks the 15th annual National Interfaith Observance of Children's Sabbaths with the theme "Congregations Stand for Healthy Children: Bringing Hope and Healing."
CodeBlueNow!
http://www.codebluenow.org/
CodeBlueNow! intends to change the health care system so it works for the American public with a grass roots, non-partisan approach that focuses first on the outcomes we want from our health care system. Politicians should follow the American people, not special interests.
National Coalition on Healthcare
http://www.nchc.org/
The National Coalition on Healthcare is the nation’s largest and most broadly representative alliance working to improve America’s healthcare. The Honorary Co-Chairs are former presidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. The member organizations of the Coalition represent about 150 million health and pension fund interests.
Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
http://www.uhcan.org/
UHCAN was formed in 1992 to bring together diverse groups and activists working for comprehensive health care for all in state and national campaigns across the country.
Religious Perspectives on Health Insurance Justice
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion_online/health/
The California Council of Churches has entered into partnership with the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture to stimulate informed debate within California’s faith communities about the state’s healthcare crisis and about ways in which this crisis can be addressed.
BenefitsCheckUp
https://ssl1.benefitscheckup.org/
Managed by the National Council on the Aging, the site helps seniors find programs that may pay for some healthcare-related costs, such as prescription drugs and medical treatment, as well as utilities and other necessities. It is the first nationwide online service to provide public benefit screenings.
HealthCareCoach
http://www.healthcarecoach.com/
Launched by the National health Law Program, the site provides information on using healthcare coverage more effectively and how to acess necessary health services. The site features hundreds of health-related articles, links to current healthcare news and a user forum.
Artists’ health Insurance Resource Center
http://www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/
Launched by the Actor’s Fund of America, the site helps artists acquire insurance and access healthcare. The site provides information on health insurance coverage choices and state regulations, and also includes links to artist groups offering health coverage and public and private healthcare resources.
State Children's Health Insurance Program
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/statemap.asp
As part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress created the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), to address the growing problem of children without health insurance. SCHIP was designed as a Federal/State partnership, similar to Medicaid, with the goal of expanding health insurance to children whose families earn too much money to be eligible for Medicaid, but not enough money to purchase private insurance.
Foundation for Health Coverage Education
www.coverageforall.org
The Foundation for Health Coverage Education simplifies public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage.
100% Campaign
http://www.100percentcampaign.org/
The 100% Campaign was created to ensure that all of California's children obtain the health coverage they need to grow up strong and healthy.
California Health Consensus
http://www.calhealthconsensus.org/
Conducts statewide townhall meetings where patients, nurses, doctors, hospitals and employers discuss common problems and consensus solutions regarding our health care system.
Center for Health Transformation
http://www.healthtransformation.net/
Newt Gingrich's organization is dedicated to saving lives and saving money by helping develop a 21st century system of health and healthcare.
Cover the Uninsured Week
http://covertheuninsuredweek.org/
Cover the Uninsured Week 2005 promises to be the largest mobilization effort in history around the issue of the uninsured.
Deliberative Democracy Consortium
http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/
Deliberation is an approach to decision-making in which citizens consider relevant facts from multiple points of view, converse with one another to think critically about options before them and enlarge their perspectives, opinions, and understandings. Deliberative democracy strengthens citizen voices in governance by including people of all races, classes, ages and geographies in deliberations that directly affect public decisions. As a result, citizens influence--and can see the result of their influence on--the policy and resource decisions that impact their daily lives and their future.
FrameWorks Institute
http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/
Fresh ideas on communications research to prepare nonprofit organizations to expand their constituency base, to build public will, and to further public understanding of specific social issues.
Health Legacy Partnership (HELP)
http://www.healthlegacy.org/
HELP is an historic government-private partnership of The Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). HELP's goal is ambitious: to create a comprehensive database of health outcomes information for a wide range of diseases that will be easily accessible to patients and doctors.
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
Kaiser Family Foundation - Daily Health Policy Report
http://www.kff.org/profile/index.cfm?CFID=12250259&CFTOKEN=55998848
Receive weekly emails about new Foundation reports, surveys, issue briefs, charts, fact sheets, and latest news in health policy from KFF.
National Coalition on Healthcare
http://www.nchc.org/
The National Coalition on Healthcare is the nation’s largest and most broadly representative alliance working to improve America’s healthcare. The Honorary Co-Chairs are former presidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. The member organizations of the Coalition represent about 150 million health and pension fund interests.
Neiswanger Institute
http://bioethics.lumc.edu/
The Neiswanger Institute is dedicated to the three-fold mission of research, education, and service in bioethics and health policy. The Institute serves the students and faculty of the Stritch School of Medicine, the healthcare professionals and patients of Loyola University Health System, and professionals from the regional community and across the nation.
Religious Perspectives on Health Insurance Justice
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion_online/health/
The California Council of Churches has entered into partnership with the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture to stimulate informed debate within California’s faith communities about the state’s healthcare crisis and about ways in which this crisis can be addressed.
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
The best website for data on the health of Californians.
Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
http://www.uhcan.org/
UHCAN was formed in 1992 to bring together diverse groups and activists working for comprehensive health care for all in state and national campaigns across the country.
West Virginia Center for Civic Life
http://www.wvciviclife.org/
Sponsors forums on health insurance designed to seriously explore all options, weigh the pros, cons & trade-offs of each and identify common ground and next steps.
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