National Coalition on Health Care

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.

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)