Campaign for Children's Health Care

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The Campaign for Children's Health Care is an American issue advocacy campaign dedicated to making high-quality, affordable health insurance coverage for all of America's children a top national priority. The Campaign seeks to raise awareness about the 9 million uninsured children in America and the millions more who are underinsured.^[1]

[edit] Campaign Partners

The following organizations are partners in the Campaign:^[2]

• AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families

• Alliance for Children and Families

• American Academy of Pediatrics

• American Academy of Physician Assistants

• American Association on Mental Retardation

• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees

• American Federation of Teachers

• American Medical Student Association

• American Occupational Therapy Association

• American Public Health Association

• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

• Catholic Health Association of The United States

• Catholic Health Initiatives

• Child Welfare League of America

• The Children's Defense Fund

• The Children's Health Fund

• The Children's Partnership

• Coalition on Human Needs

• Consumers Union

• Council for Health and Human Services Ministries of the United Church of Christ

• Docs for Tots

• Every Child Matters Education Fund

• Families USA

• Jewish Council for Public Affairs

• Lutheran Services in America

• MomsRising.org

• National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

• National Association for Children's Behavioral Health

• National Association of Community Health Centers

• National Association of Mental Health Planning Advisory Councils

• National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

• National Center for Law and Economic Justice

• National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

• National Head Start Association

• National Health Law Program

• National Immigration Law Center

• National Indian Health Board

• National Partnership for Women and Families

• National Respite Coalition

• NETWORK, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

• Parents Action for Children

• Presbyterian Church (USA)

• RESULTS

• Society for Adolescent Medicine

• Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.

• Union for Reform Judaism

• Universal Health Care Action Network

[edit] References

1. ^ America's Uninsured Children (Campaign for Children's Health Care fact sheet)
2. ^ Campaign for Children's Health Care: Campaign Partners

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Petition for Children's Health Care