7. Health Advocacy Organizations

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP): An organization of health care professionals that support a single-payer national health insurance (NHI) program in which the government finances health care but leaves the delivery of health care to private entities.
Health Care for America Now (HCAN): A national grassroots campaign of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): Promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in medical research.
Doctors Without Borders USA: An international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. Also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Families USA: Dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
Access Project: A resource center for local communities working to improve health and healthcare access.
Maternal & Child Health Policy Research Center (MCHPRC): A health policy group that provides federal and state policymakers, public health officials, and provider and family organizations with analysis of financing and service delivery issues affecting children and adolescents.

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH): Serves as the legal action arm of the nonsmoking community, bringing or joining in legal actions concerning smoking, and insuring that the voice of the nonsmoker is heard.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Fights to free America’s youth from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke and to create a healthier environment.
Americans for Nonsmoker’s Rights (ANR): Dedicated to nonsmokers’ rights and taking on the tobacco industry at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and youth from tobacco addiction.
American Legacy Foundation: Dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit.