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National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) is America

United States

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’s oldest and most diverse coalition

Coalition

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working to achieve comprehensive health system

Health system

A health system can be defined as the structured and interrelated set of all actors and institutions contributing to health improvement. The health system boundaries could then be referred to the concept of health action, which is "any set of activities whose primary intent is to improve or...

reform. Founded in 1990 by Dr. Henry E. Simmons, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., NCHC is a non-profit alliance of more than 80 organizations representing medical societies, business

Business

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, unions, health care providers, associations of religious congregations, minorities, and people with disabilities, pension

Pension

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and health funds, insurers, and groups representing patients and consumers

Consumer

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. Member organizations collectively represent over 150 million Americans.

Distinguished leaders from academia, business, and government have also pledged their support for the Coalition's efforts. The Coalition's Co-Chairmen are former Governor Robert D. Ray

Robert D. Ray

Robert Dolph Ray served as the 38th Governor of Iowa from January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983. He served in the United States Army. He received his B.A. in Business from Drake University in 1952 and his Law Degree in 1954...

(R-IA) and former Congressman Robert W. Edgar

Robert W. Edgar

Rev. Dr. Robert William Edgar is president and CEO of Common Cause, a nonpartisan government watchdog organization, effective May 2007. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania...

(D-PA).

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

Health care coverage for all is needed to assure quality of care, to improve the health status of Americans, and to enable us to control costs and to simplify the system. It is an essential social policy goal.

Cost management and equitable financing are critical to attaining a workable, affordable, and sustainable health care system. They are also prerequisites to providing health insurance coverage for all. If the costs of health care can be contained and equitably distributed, necessary health care services can be made available within the reach of all. If the costs of health care cannot be contained and equitably distributed, the negative implications and outcomes for our country will be enormous.

Improvement of health care quality and safety must be the goal of all health interventions so that we can assure optimal outcomes for the resources expended.

Equitable financing is a central requirement of any system that seeks to provide and sustain health insurance for all. Currently, the insured and many employers are forced to pay more than they should in order to compensate for the costs of caring for the uninsured. Cost shifting of this sort has contributed to the deterioration of public support for our current health care system and to the drop in employment-based coverage. Universal coverage cannot be achieved or sustained without equitable financing.

Simplified administration is essential to reduce costs and create a more efficient health care system. A less complex administrative system will minimize needless costs, be more user-friendly, and enable precious health care dollars to go toward improved health care, not bureaucracy.

Board of directors

Including the Co-Chairs, the National Coalition on Health Care has 14 board members.

Board Members

Robert D. Ray

Robert D. Ray

(Co-Chair), Former Governor

Governor

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of Iowa

Iowa

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Robert W. Edgar

(Co-Chair), Former Member of Congress, President and CEO, Common Cause

Common Cause

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Henry E. Simmons, President Emeritus and Chairman of Executive Committee

John Wilson, Executive Director, National Education Association

National Education Association

The National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...

Frank Carlucci

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, Chairman Emeritus, The Carlyle Group

Bill Crist, Emeritus Professor of Economics

Economics

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, California State University

California State University

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George Diehr, Board Member, California Public Employees' Retirement System

Cheryl G. Healton, President and CEO, American Legacy Foundation

American Legacy Foundation

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William A. Roberts, National Commander, The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army

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William J. Grize, Former President & CEO, Ahold USA

Grace L. Mastalli, Secretary; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, National Coalition on Health Care

John H. McArthur

John H. McArthur

John H. McArthur was the seventh dean of the Harvard Business School. He served from 1980 through 1995. After that time he became the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration Emeritus and Dean Emeritus. During his tenure, the Business School fundamentally redesigned its programs and...

, Treasurer; Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

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Ralph G. Neas, President and CEO, Generic Pharmaceuticals Association

John Rother, President and CEO, National Coalition on Health Care

National Coalition on Health Care

National Coalition on Health Care ' is America’s oldest and most diverse coalition working to achieve comprehensive health system reform. Founded in 1990 by Dr. Henry E...

John Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...

John Sweeney

John Sweeney (labor leader)

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, CEO, AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

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Member Organizations

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

Member Organizations

AARP

AARP

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Adrian Dominican Sisters

The Adrian Dominican Sisters are a Catholic religious order of Dominican sisters in the United States. Their motherhouse is in Adrian, Michigan. Their official title is the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary.-Current mission:...

AFL-CIO

American Academy of Family Physicians

The American Academy of Family Physicians was founded in 1947 to promote the science and art of family medicine. It is one of the largest medical organizations in the United States, with over 100,000 members...

American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics is the major professional association of pediatricians in the United States. The AAP was founded in 1930 by 35 pediatricians to address pediatric healthcare standards. It currently has 60,000 members in primary care and sub-specialist areas...

American Association of Community Colleges

The American Association of Community Colleges , headquartered in the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, D.C., is the primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level and works closely with directors of state offices to inform and affect state policy...

American Association of State Colleges and Universities

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American Cancer Society

American College of Cardiology

The American College of Cardiology is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines, and to influence health care policy...

American College of Emergency Physicians

The American College of Emergency Physicians is the first and largest professional organization of emergency medicine physicians in the United States. It was founded in 1968 and is now headquartered in Irving, Texas. As of 2009 ACEP has over 28,000 physician members.The college exists to support...

American College of Nurse Midwives

American College of Surgeons

American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...

American Council on Education

The American Council on Education is a United States organization, established in 1918, comprising over 1,800 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher education-related associations, organizations, and corporations....

American Dental Education Association

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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

American Federation of Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers is an American labor union founded in 1916 that represents teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; local, state and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff, and nurses and other healthcare professionals...

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists , promo and voice-over announcers and other...

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...

American Legacy Foundation

American Library Association

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American Lung Association

The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.-History:...

Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Association of American Medical Colleges, Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems

Association of American Universities

Association of American Universities

The Association of American Universities is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education...

Breast Cancer Network of Strength

C-Change

California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)

California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)

Children's Defense Fund

Children's Defense Fund

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CodeBlueNow!

Colorado Public Employee Retirement Association

Common Cause

Common Cause

Partnership for Health Care Reform (Communication Workers of America)

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

Consumers Union

Consumers Union

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Duke Energy

Duke Energy , headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an energy company with assets in the United States, Canada and Latin America.-Overview:...

Duke University Medical Center

Easter Seals

Easter Seals

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The Episcopal Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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Giant Food

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, Inc.

Gross Electric, Inc.

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

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Partnership for Health Care Reform (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

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)

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Teamsters

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Union

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers , AFL-CIO & CLC, is a diverse labor union representing more than 80,000 women and men in professional, technical, administrative and associated occupations in the United States and Canada. Their members are employed by federal,...

, AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

International Foundation for Employee Benefit Plans

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Japanese American Citizens League

Japanese American Citizens League

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Johns Hopkins Medicine

League of Women Voters

League of Women Voters

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Maternity Center Association

Michigan Health & Hospital Association

Midwest Business Group on Health

Motion Picture Association of America

Motion Picture Association of America

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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(NAACP)

National Association of Childbearing Centers

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

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National Community Action Foundation

National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems

National Consumers League

National Consumers League

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National Coordinating Committee for Multi-Employer Plans

National Council of Churches

National Council of Churches

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of Christ in the U.S.A.

National Council of La Raza

National Council of La Raza

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National Council on Teacher Retirement

National Education Association

National Education Association

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

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New York State Teachers' Retirement System

Organization of Chinese Americans

Organization of Chinese Americans

Founded in 1973, the Organization of Chinese Americans is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States...

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Salvation Army

Salvation Army

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Sheet Metal Workers' International Association

The Sheet Metal Workers International Association is a trade union of skilled metal workers who perform architectural sheet metal work, fabricate and install heating and air conditioning work, shipbuilding, appliance construction, heater and boiler construction, precision and specialty parts...

, AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

Small Business Majority

Small Business Majority is a non-partisan small business advocacy organization in the United States founded and run by small business owners to focus on solving the biggest problems facing small businesses today and ensuring small businesses' success as a way to rebuild the economy...

Stop & Shop

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, Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.

Union for Reform Judaism

Union for Reform Judaism

The Union for Reform Judaism , formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations , is an organization which supports Reform Jewish congregations in North America. The current President is Rabbi Eric H...

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

United Methodist Church

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- General Board of Church and Society

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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U.S. PIRG

Pirg

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Partnership for Health Care Reform (Verizon)

External links

National Coalition on Health Care Website

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