Overview
National Consumer Coalition
The Campaign’s National Consumer Coalition is a broad-based coalition of consumer organizations representing diverse constituencies with a direct stake in improving the health, economic security and quality of life for older adults with multiple health conditions and their families.
The National Consumer Coalition is the core of the Campaign for Better Care bringing the consumer voice and helping to drive the Campaign’s advocacy, grassroots mobilization, and communications strategies.
How to Get Involved
If you are a consumer organization with a mission to improve the needs and interests of vulnerable populations, especially older adults, please contact us by clicking on this form to learn how you can get involved.
Stakeholder Alliance
The Campaign is engaged in developing strategic alliances and complementary advocacy and organizing activities with key stakeholders from across the health care delivery system practitioners and health care providers, hospitals, health systems, researchers, policy experts with an interest in the Campaign’s policy agenda and in supporting the grassroots movement to build a strong consumer voice for change. If your organization would like more information on how to engage with the Campaign for Better Care, click here.
National Consumer Coalition
The following organizations are members of the National Consumer Coalition. Steering Committee members are noted with an asterisk *
AARP*
Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc.
AFL-CIO*
Alliance for Retired Americans
Alzheimer’s Association*
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)
American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Program on Retirement and Retirees
American Heart Association*
American Hospice Foundation
The Arc of the United States
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Caring From a Distance (CFAD)
Center for Medical Consumers
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Center for Patient Partnerships
Community Catalyst*
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)*
Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS)
Consumers' CHECKBOOK
Consumers Union
Easter Seals
Empowered Patient Coalition
Families USA
Family Caregiver Alliance*
Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund of New York
Florida CHAIN
Healthwise
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund (HEREIU Welfare Fund)
Informed Patient Institute
Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
Jewish Federations of North America
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights*
Lung Cancer Alliance
Medicare Rights Center
MomsRising
Mothers Against Medical Error
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
National Alliance for Caregiving
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA)
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition of Consumer Organizations on Aging (NCCO)
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)
National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care (NCCNHR)
National Consumers League
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
National Health Law Program (NHeLP)*
National Hispanic Council on Aging
National Indian Council on Aging
National Kidney Foundation
National MS Society
National Osteoporosis Foundation
National PACE Association
National Partnership for Women & Families*
National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
National Parkinson Foundation
National Respite Coalition
National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC)
National Stroke Association
National Women's Health Network
OWL — The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
Parkinson’s Action Network
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI)
SEIU*
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
United Cerebral Palsy
US PIRG
Volunteers of America
Well Spouse Association
Wider Opportunities for Women
Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)
State Coalitions
The following organizations are members of the six state coalitions (Lead State Organizations are in italics):
Maine
American Heart Association - Founders Affiliate
Consumers for Affordable Health Care
Direct Care Alliance
Eastern Area Agency on Aging
Law Office of Alice E. Knapp
Maine Equal Justice Partners
Maine Parent Federation
Maine Women’s Lobby
Massachussetts
AARP Massachusetts
Aids Action Committee of Massachusetts
American Diabetes Association
American HeartAssociation - Founders Affiliate
Boston Center for Independent Living
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program
Boston Public Health Commission
Commonwealth Care Alliance
Community Catalyst
Disability Policy Center
Health Care for All
Health Care For Artists
Health Law Advocates
Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Massachusetts PIRG
Massachusetts Public Health Association
NARAL Pro Choice Massachusetts
Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
Public Policy Institute
The Arc of Massachusetts
North Carolina
AARP North Carolina
Action for Children
Community Health Services (Charlotte)
Life O’Mike (Asheville)
North Carolina Justice Center
North Carolina AFL-CIO
Senior PharmAssist (Durham)
State Employees Association of NC/SEIU Local 2008
Ohio
Active Adult Day Care - Cincinnati
AFSCME Council 8
Alliance for Retired Americans — Ohio
American Cancer Society - Ohio Chapter
Asian Community Alliance
Benjamin Rose Institute
Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio
Fairhill Partners
Faith Community Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Inc
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio
National Alliance on Mental Illness — Ohio
National Multiple Sclerosis Society — Ohio Chapter
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Ohio Council of Churches
Progress Ohio
SEIU Ohio
Southwest Ohio Caregivers Coalition
UHCAN Ohio
United Food and Commercial Workers
We Believe Ohio
Pennsylvania
AARP Pennsylvania
Alzheimer's Association - Greater Pennsylvania Chapter
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE)
Consumer Health Coalition
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
LIFE Pittsburgh
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Pennsylvania (LAMPa)
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Peace of Mind Senior Care, Inc.
Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
Pennsylvania Chapter of the National MS Society
Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council
Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee
Pittsburgh Caregiver Support Network
SEIU Healthcare PA
United Cerebral Palsy Pittsburgh Service Center
