Join our Campaign to bring about a health care system that puts patients first. Find out how you can get involved.
Learn how you can call the shots. Get tools and information you can trust to help you manage your health care.
Make your voice heard in the fight for effective and affordable health care.
Welcome to the National Health Council
The National Health Council (NHC) provides a united voice for the millions of people with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers. The NHC is committed to advocating for health care that will
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Cover everyone
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Curb costs responsibly
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Abolish exclusions for pre-existing conditions
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Eliminate lifetime caps on benefits
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Ensure access to long-term and end-of-life care
We believe that you deserve the kind of health care that puts your needs first.
Join the Campaign to Put Patients First
Managing a long-term disease or disability can be very lonely. But it doesn’t have to be. The National Health Council can connect you with a powerful, vocal community of patients working to make health care better. Our Campaign to Put Patients First brings together more than 133 million people represented by the NHC. It’s free and easy to join. Click here to get involved.
Sign Our Petition
Send a message to the President and Congress. Let them know that you want effective and affordable health care – health care that meets your personal needs and goals. Click here to sign our petition.
Share Your Story
Add your voice to the growing number of patients who are fighting for better health care. You can help put a human face on the dry facts and figures in the health care debate. By sharing your personal story, you can let the policy makers know about the daily struggle to cope with a long-term disease or disability. Click here to find out how.
Become a Member of our Growing Communities
- Check out the NHC and WebMD Exchange, a new online community with a unique digital access, distribution, and multimedia approach to serve the people with chronic diseases and disabilities. Add your voice at http://www.exchanges.webmd.com/chronic-disease-and-disability-exchange.
- Join the NHC on Facebook and Twitter, and add your voice to the Putting Patients First Blog. Show your support for health care that Puts Patients First.
You can make a difference by helping the National Health Council (NHC) provide a united voice for people with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers in the fight to ensure patients have access to health care that meets their individual needs and health care goals.
Together, we share a hope for a better tomorrow. Will you help?
