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- HealthCare.gov is the federal government's new site explaining health care reform and helping consumers understand how the law will affect them in the coming years. It lists both public and private health insurance options and has several interactive features designed to help users identify the best and most affordable coverage for them.
- The Affordable Care Act puts into place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will expand access to health insurance and enhance the quality of health care for all Americans. This timeline explains when the changes most likely to affect the American artist will occur, and how to access these unprecedented new options and provisions in the health care landscape.
- The new health reform law will guarantee that everyone will have access to health coverage they can afford. In these reports, Families USA explains the significant ways that health reform addresses major gaps in state health coverage systems, providing help to residents across the states. These gaps allow insurers to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, to charge premiums that are unaffordable for families and businesses, and to make obtaining care difficult even for those who have insurance.
- Wondering how the new health care reforms laws will affect you? Choose your health insurance status to see how the new law will lower your health care costs and improve the care you receive, whether you're uninsured, buy your own insurance, get your insurance through work, own a small business, or have Medicare.
- Citizen Action of Wisconsin believes we need to fundamentally change our health care system to one which provides quality, affordable health care for all. This site is a good source of information about local health care reform issues and activities.
- Colorado Consumer Health Initiative is a membership-based organization with over 300 individual and organizational members, and partners from across the entire state. Its main focus is on community organizing, sponsoring educational forums on health care issues, research and public policy advocacy.
- Colorado Progressive Coalition is a nonprofit, grassroots organization with offices in Denver, Pueblo, and Greeley. Health Care for All is one of its five program areas. It leads efforts to establish affordable prescription drugs for all and to stop health care disparities that exist for people of color, low-income people, immigrants, and non-English speakers in the state.
- The Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care represents citizen, labor, political, business, and health care professional organizations. It promotes a single-payer system. The site is especially valuable for its essays and arguments for universal health care.
- Consumers for Affordable Health Care Coalition promotes the belief that every person in the state of Maine should have access to high quality health care at a cost they can afford. With the support of over 100 member organizations representing thousands of health care consumers, they have successfully fought for the interests of Maine consumers, enacting laws to expand access to health care while ensuring quality.
- Florida CHAIN (Community Health Action Information Network) is a statewide network organization dedicated to improving the health of all Floridians by promoting sustainable access to affordable, effective health care. The site has a very useful set of advocacy tools and offers many opportunities to take action for health care reform.
- Florida Consumer Action Network is a grassroots organization seeking guaranteed, quality affordable health care for all Americans. It is focused on local and state access to health care, and offers opportunities for volunteering and advocacy.
- Georgians for a Common Sense Health Plan (GCSHP) is developing a health plan that would provide all Georgians with affordable, accessible, high-quality health care. The group's work has led to the development of SecureCare, a comprehensive health financing program that would save Georgians millions while delivering high-quality care through a single-payer system.
- Greater Minnesota Health Care Coalition is a non-profit grassroots organization. They seek to unite Greater Minnesota citizens and their organizations to create positive social change on healthcare and other issues. In particular, they advocate for affordable prescription drugs, a sustainable Medicare system, and healthcare for all citizens. They also offer related information and resources, including a prescription drug program.
- Health Access is a statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition advocating for quality, affordable health care for all Californians. The group offers numerous opportunities for action, and is particularly useful for anyone interested in current health care legislation in the state.
- The mission of Health Action New Mexico is to work for accessible, affordable, and accountable health care for all people living in New Mexico. They are dedicated to engaging people in health care reform state-wide.
- Health Care for All - Washington advocates for secure, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage for all Washington residents implemented through a unified financing system. They are looking for volunteers to present proposals to community organizations, and interview and rate candidates in their legislative district regarding their position on health care.
- Health Care for All Colorado (HCAC) is a Colorado volunteer based, nonprofit organization, working for universal health care utilizing a single-payer (improved Medicare for All) financing for all people in Colorado.
- Health Care For All New York is a statewide coalition dedicated to winning affordable, comprehensive, and high quality health care for all.
- The purpose of Health Care for All Pennsylvania is to see that the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" becomes law so that all Pennsylvanians are guaranteed quality, comprehensive, affordable, single-payer medical care.
- Health Care for All Texas promotes single payer, universal health care; health care based on need, not on the ability to pay. The site explains many way individuals can get involved in health care reform, and helps Texans understand how the coming changes will affect them.
- Health Care for ALL – Oregon (HCAO) is working for secure, affordable health care for each and every Oregonian through a universal, single-payer health care system for every resident of the state (and nation). Find out about meetings and events on this site.
- Health Care for America Now is building a national movement to win, implement and improve comprehensive health care reform. They help mobilize people to lobby their U.S. Senators and Representatives in Congress to stand up to the insurance companies and other special interest groups to achieve quality, affordable health care in 2010 and beyond. The site has excellent information on how reform will affect you, and when.
- Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan is a group of Indiana citizens who support a publicly financed, privately delivered (single payer) universal health plan at the state and national level. HCHP is a very active grassroots organization working to educate the public and the legislature about the benefits of a single payer plan.
- Idaho Community Action Network is a member based non-profit organization with over 2,000 members state-wide. Their purpose is to educate and advocate on issues of social, racial, and economic justice and to eliminate poverty in Idaho. Recently they have focused on health care reform, particularly for residents of rural areas and small business owners.
- Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare is a coalition of individuals and organizations working to pass universal, single payer health insurance as embodied in the plan of the Physicians for a National Health Program and in HR 676, the Medicare for All legislation.
- Mass-Care’s mission is to establish a Single Payer Health Care System in Massachusetts so that all residents of the Commonwealth will have access to comprehensive, quality, affordable and equitable health care. It is a coalition of organizations sharing a deep concern about the inequities of our health care system, and now acts as the grassroots organizing umbrella for more than 100 groups in Massachusetts, representing over 500,000 residents in the state fighting to make health care a right.
- Mississippi Health Advocacy Program uses grass-roots organizing to improve health policies, practices and funding in Mississippi, especially in support of the state's poor and under-served people. Their long-term goal is to build, mobilize and sustain a diverse statewide coalition of Mississippians committed to expanding health insurance coverage for all uninsured citizens of the state.
- NC Justice Center advocates for the expansion of publicly funded health services for low- and moderate-income families, provides research and analysis on the state’s health care system, educates the public and policymakers about health care reform options and enables consumers to become active participants in developing health policy.
- Nebraska Appleseed focuses on advancing policies and practices that promote self-sufficiency for Nebraska’s working poor families, and believes access to health care is a basic human need. This site posts upcoming rallies and events, and lists other options for getting involved in reform.
- NJ for Health Care is an alliance of many organizations working to find a long-term solution to the health care crisis facing New Jersey and the nation. The site offers individuals many opportunities to take action on health care issues that affect them. Currently, this site helps New Jerseyans tell Governor Christie to restore FamilyCare and Family Planning.
- Single Payer Now promotes a single payer system for California. It organizes marches, town meetings, classes and roundtables. The site contains a useful Activist’s Toolkit.
- Single-Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio) is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals in Ohio seeking fundamental health care reform in the state and country so that every resident is guaranteed full and comprehensive coverage.
- The Alabama Primary Health Care Association (APHCA) represents community health centers and the people who use them. Volunteers take action at the local level and nationally to support policies and initiatives that support local health centers.
- The Campaign for Better Health Care is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to help create and advocate for an accessible, quality health care system that provides for all. It is an action-oriented group with a powerful local network of advocates and activities.
- The Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign is a broad grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals around New Mexico that believes it is time for the state to set up its own health plan – like a cooperative – with freedom of choice of doctor and a comprehensive benefit package. Individuals can participate by hosting presentations and workshops in their communities, meeting with elected officials, and writing letters to the editor.
- The Kansas Health Consumer Coalition is advocates for affordable, accessible, and quality health care in Kansas. KHCC builds and supports a coalition of consumers, advocates, and organizations, increases community involvements through education in the effort to increase health care access, provides advocacy training and education to consumers and provides opportunities for consumer voices to be heard.
- The (906 page) health care reform law is linked here, as is the White House's website for all health care reform-related material geared towards helping consumers understand how the new law will affect them.
- The Tennessee Health Care Campaign (THCC) is the state's premier nonprofit consumer health care advocacy group and a leader in the health care justice movement. THCC seeks long-term, comprehensive solutions to ensure health care for everyone, and is leading Tennessee in the new effort for national health care reform.
- The Vermont Citizens Campaign For Health is a statewide grassroots health care reform coalition focused toward the goal of creating a health care system that is universally accessible and affordable.
- The Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
- UHCAN’s mission is to help build, strengthen and connect organizations and coalitions in states and nationally that can effectively engage the public, policymakers and key constituencies to achieve affordable, quality health care for all. This site is an excellent source of local grassroots organizations still pursuing universal health care coverage.
- The mission of West Virginians’ Campaign for a Healthy Future is to achieve enactment of state legislation that significantly reduces the growth in health care costs and guarantees affordable access to high quality health care to every resident of West Virginia.