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Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
The New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform. The early leaders of the academy were invested in the reform movements of the day and worked ...
The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy [1] (CUNY SPH) is a public American research and professional college within the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The graduate school is located at 55 West 125th Street in New York City. The dean of the school is Ayman El-Mohandes.
There were three critical elements of developing a profession on the table in these early years: association, credentialing and education. The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy was founded as an association of mainly hospital-based patient advocates, without the autonomy characteristic of a profession: it was and is a member association of the American Hospital Association.
Leaders of El Puente and UJO as well as other community nonprofits created the Williamsburg Neighborhood Based Alliance (WNBA) to investigate public and individual housing, day care, and health care. [5] This helped further health care initiatives, but it was a uniting point between the Hasidic Jews and the Hispanic communities.
But some health advocacy groups that argue otherwise are petitioning the US Food and Drug Administration to ban a key chemical involved in the decaffeination process due to cancer concerns.
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. [1]
The SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (formally The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn) [3] is a public medical school in Brooklyn, New York City. [4] The university includes the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies and School of Public Health.