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CAMPAIGN TO PUT PATIENTS FIRST

Join the Campaign to Put Patients First

The Campaign to Put Patients First is a nationwide initiative dedicated to mobilizing people with long-term diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers to achieve effective and affordable health care – health care that meets their personal needs and goals.

 

Over the next three years, the National Health Council plans to recruit one million people with long-term diseases and disabilities to make their voices heard. The goals of the campaign are to:

  • Cover Everyone
  • Curb Costs Responsibly
  • Abolish Exclusions of Pre-existing Conditions
  • Eliminate Lifetime Caps
  • Ensure Access to Long-term and End-of-life Care

 

These five health care principles for Putting Patients First ® will guide our efforts to improve health care in this country.

 

The Campaign to Put Patients First draws the support of a varied and energetic group of partners. Companies interested in health care, patient advocacy groups, and medical and health professional organizations are joining the Campaign to make sure that the collective voice of people with long-term diseases and disabilities is heard.

 

It’s time to put patients first. Won’t you join us?

 

Want to get involved right now? Join a nationwide effort to call Congress and advocate for meaningful health care reform! For more information  visit the Contact Your Elected Officials page.
Read the Statement from the NHC and the leading national patient advocacy organizations calling on President Obama and members of Congress to enact health care reform legislation that guarantees effective and affordable health and long-term care coverage for all Americans.

Click here to get involved in the Campaign to Put Patients First

 

Sign Our Petition

As part of our Campaign, we are collecting signatures on a petition. Click here to sign on

 

Five Health Care Principles for Putting Patients First ®

Click here to download The National Health Council's Five Health Care Principles for Putting Patients First.  For a more in depth look at the Five Principles, click here.


Town Hall Meetings

The Campaign to Put Patients First got started in 2008 with a series of news conferences and town hall meetings. Click here to see video clips from some of those gatherings.