# 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)