Growing the Promise

of Health Reform
2009 Annual Report

HCFA 2009 Annual Report

Health Care For All seeks to create a consumer-centered health care system that provides comprehensive, affordable, accessible, culturally
competent, high quality care and consumer education for everyone, especially the most vulnerable. We work to achieve this as leaders in public
policy, advocacy, education and service to consumers in Massachusetts.

Dear Health Care For All Members and Supporters:

By far, the most prominent characteristic of 2009 has been change. We began the year with a remarkable change
in our country’s leadership, and ended poised on the brink of national health reform that will make a difference
for millions of people. The thread throughout Health Care For All’s work is our steadfast commitment to creat-
ing a consumer-centered health care system that provides consumer education and affordable, culturally-compe-
tent, and high quality health care for all.

Perhaps our greatest challenge has been navigating one of the most economically difficult years since the Great
Depression. HCFA is doing more with less. We are extremely fortunate to have a remarkable staff dedicated to
our mission and to have a robust base of donors who believe in the value of our work who have stepped up to
provide us with financial stability.

HCFA continues to be on the cutting edge of social networking technology for non-profits. A Healthy Blog is a
recognized, invaluable resource. HCFA’s Facebook page has more than two thousand fans, and the organization
has joined the Twitter scene, introducing our work to new audiences and providing health policy updates and
insights in real time.

Each day we confront the toughest challenges, yet we produce tangible results. Most recently we:

™™ Staved off devastating state budget cuts to MassHealth;

™™ Safeguarded children’s health care access and services in both public programs and private insurance;
™™ Preserved and expanded oral health access;
™™ Activated consumers to reduce medical errors, promote public reporting, and ensure patient safety; and
™™ Hosted annual policy and organizing conference with over 300 participants eager to learn about health
disparities.

In this Annual Report you will find a brief summary of our diverse and ambitious work portfolio. We hope that
it will inspire you to join our efforts. These accomplishments would not be possible without your collaboration.
Thank you for supporting Health Care For All.

Sincerely,

Chip Joffe-Halpern Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, Esq.

President Executive Director
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 HCFA Staff
Nicholas Almanza Glitza Crowley Dayanne Leal
Executive Coordinator Partnership Administrative Associate Outreach Manager

Kathryn Bicego Suzanne Curry Heather Lynch

Consumer Education & Enrollment Health Reform Coalition Coordinator Accounting Manager
Manager

Rosemarie Boardman Melissa Freitas Georgia J. Maheras, Esq. Donna Pina Robinson Lindsey Tucker
Director of Finance and Operations Individual Giving and Events Manager Private Market Policy Manager Manager of Finance and Administration Health Reform Policy Manager

Mehreen Butt Hannah Frigand Denise Moran Brian Rosman Deborah Wachenheim
Director of Government Affairs Helpline Counselor Helpline Counselor Research Director Health Quality Manager

Courtney Chelo Ann-Marie Joyce Matt Noyes Amy Whitcomb Slemmer Camille Watson
Oral Health Campaign Organizer Human Resources Manager Policy Manager Executive Director Health Disparities Policy Coordinator

Julia Christopher Christine Keeves Fawn Phelps Carlos Solis

Communications Manager Oral Health Communications Policy Director Helpline Counselor
Coordinator

HCFA Board
Officers Members Dorcas Grigg-Saito Lucilia Prates
President Executive Director, Lowell Community Health Statewide Director, Massachusetts SMP Programs
Center
Charles Joffe-Halpern Mary Connelly
Executive Director, Ecu-Health Care, Inc. Civil Rights Manager, Executive Office of Health
and Human Services Roderick King Robert Restuccia
Senior, Faculty, MGH Disparities Solution Executive Director, Community Catalyst, Inc.
Treasurer Center Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Steve Gorrie Jacqueline M. Coogan
Professional Parliamentarian, Past President of Community Child Health Advocate, Joint
the Massachusetts Teachers Association Committee for Children’s Health in Everet Wendy E. Parmet Lisa Stephani
Matthews Distinguished University Attorney, Private Practice
Raul Garcia Professor of Law, Northeastern University
Vice President Professor and Chair, Deptartment of Health School of Law
Alba N. Cruz-Davis Kate Villers
Policy Boston University School of Dental President, Community Catalyst, Inc.
Public Health Consultant Medicine
Robert Pomales
Secretary/Clerk Norbert Goldfield Executive Director, Latin-American Health
Frank Robinson Physician, Health Information Systems, 3M Institute
Director, Partners for a Healthier Community Health Care
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Health Equity
Health Equity: Breaking down barriers to care is an essential piece
of HCFA’s mission. Health care is a basic human right for everyone.
Highlights of 2009 include:

™™ Celebrated the state’s creation of the Office of Health Equity and its mandate to work
across state agencies to improve social determinants of health. Creation of the office is one
of the Disparities Action Network’s (DAN) founding priorities.

™™ Launched a dynamic education campaign during National Minority Health Month, featuring
a photo essay at the State House about health disparities in Massachusetts..

™™ Advocated for key policy makers’ support of two bills: one to codify the Office of Health
Equity into law, the other to establish community-based grant programs to address
disparities.

™™ Filled the largest hearing room in the Massachusetts State House to capacity at public
hearing addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

™™ Brought hundreds of advocates, public health experts, and providers together to examine
barriers to care and strategies to overcome them at HCFA’s Annual Conference; Health
Disparities: A Closer Look; distinguished speakers included Executive Office of Health and
Human Services Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, Department of Public Health Commissioner John
Auerbach, Boston Public Health Commission Executive Director Barbara Ferrer, and State
Representative Byron Rushing.

™™ Earned significant media coverage about disparities in several print, radio, and online
sources.

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 Access
Access: Preserving and expanding access to high quality health care for
everyone, especially the most vulnerable, is core to HCFA’s mission.
Highlights of 2009 include:

™™ Preserved benefits and programs for children by working with the Children’s Health Access Coalition
(CHAC) and the Children’s Mental Health Campaign (CMHC).

™™ Safeguarded State funded services in Early Intervention, Healthy Start, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services, Mental Health Consultative Services to the Department of Early Education and Care, and the
Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative.

™™ Preserved and expanded access to oral health when the Oral Health Advocacy Task Force successfully
advocated for the passage of the Omnibus Oral Health Bill. The new law broadens the scope of access to
dental care, and allows registered dental experts to provide dental services in public schools, community
health centers, nursing homes, and other public settings.

™™ Raised the visibility of the urgent need for quality oral health through our Watch Your Mouth campaign
(WYM) by honoring Senate President Therese Murray, Representative William “Smitty” Pignatelli, Medicaid
Director Tom Dehner, and Dr. Joel Pearlman, Associate Chief Dentist with Tufts Dental Facilities at its
annual Oral Health Heroes Event.

™™ Reached approximately 1.4 million readers when WYM ran four Boston Globe advertorials signed by key
policy makers.

™™ Educated and provided consumer-friendly information on health care options through HCFA’s HelpLine.
HCFA answered approximately 38,000 phone calls in 2009, sustaining some of its highest call volume since
health reform passed in 2006.

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Consumer Voice
Consumer Voice: Empowering consumers to be active participants in the
creation of a consumer-centered health care system is at the heart of HCFA’s
work. Highlights of 2009 include:

™™ Enacted the nation’s most comprehensive pharmaceutical marketing gifts ban and disclosure law; the
Massachusetts Prescription Reform Coalition organized consumer-led advocacy and provided policy
recommendations that helped shape the new law.

™™ Achieved a new level of transparency for consumers through public reporting of Serious Reportable Events
(SREs), so called “never events,” like wrong site surgery, and non-payment for care as a result of an SRE;
the Consumer Health Quality Council (CHQC) advocated for new regulations that require hospitals to
establish Rapid Response Methods and Patient and Family Advisory Councils.

™™ Educated the public and medical community about medical errors with personal videos by members of the
CHQC and examples of poor quality care.

™™ Highlighted the voice of consumers, teens, parents, teachers, advocates, providers, and clinicians at Children’s
Mental Health Campaign community forums held in Arlington, Jamaica Plain, and Brockton. Demonstrated
the need to continue reforming the children’s mental health system.

™™ Preserved $2.5 million dollars in Outreach and Enrollment Grants; dozens of community organizations,
statewide, use the grant money to help consumers navigate the health care system and access health coverage.

™™ Empowered HCFA HelpLine callers to become advocates for change. Deborah Thomas, who was sick and
did not have health insurance until she connected with the HelpLine, was a guest speaker at HCFA’s annual
For The People event. Eugenio Hernandez, a legal, permanent resident diagnosed with cancer, and Bazlul
Wahab (on behalf of his mother) were assisted by the HelpLine and shared their stories with key decisio
makers and the media.

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 Affordability
Affordability: Creating a health care system that Massachusetts consumers can
afford is a fundamental element of HCFA’s work.
Highlights of 2009 include:

™™ Maintained affordable premium levels and co-pays for consumers in Commonwealth Care through the
advocacy work of the Affordable Care Today Coalition (ACT!!) and collaboration with the Commonwealth
Health Insurance Connector Authority.

™™ Advocated and successfully preserved the 2008 income guidelines for state’s 2009 individual mandate
affordability schedule thus preventing an increase in consumers’ tax liability level.

™™ Sought protections for 27,000 legal immigrants dropped from Commonwealth Care because of state budget
cuts; worked with Governor and the legislature to find a temporary coverage remedy for this population;
while simultaneously advocating for restoration of this population to Commonwealth Care as soon as funds
are available.

™™ Launched the Campaign for Better Care bringing the consumer voice to health care payment reform;
educated legislators on tangible remedies to create a more consumer-centered system.

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HelpLine and HCFA Communications
HCFA HelpLine Call Volume A Healthy Blog Traffic FY 2009
40000
39500
35000 600
34781
30000 Governor Signs Amy Whitcomb Slemmer Final Senate Budget Debate
FY 2009 Budget Officially Announced as HCFA’s
25000 500 Last Day of Executive Director House Way & Means Releases
23000 Legislative Session Proposed FY10 Budget
20000
15000

Blog Visits
10000 400
5000
4000
0
FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 300
HelpLine volume has increased dramatically over
the past four years. Callers contact our staff directly.
Counselors answer questions, enroll individuals in 200
benefits programs and follow up on coverage con-
cerns. In FY 2009, HCFA HelpLine couselors an-
swered 39,500 calls.

HCFA Fans on Facebook

2000 0
1605 July 1, 2008 June 30, 2009
1500 A Healthy Blog HCFA’s website - www.hcfama.org
In 2007 HCFA wanted to develop a site to post up-to- Health Care For All’s website is the central location
919
1000 the-minute information about swiftly changing health for information on all aspects of Massachusetts health
reform issues. By writing entries daily and enabling care policy. Each of the organization’s coalitions has
500 readers to post comments, we were able to draw the dedicated space on the site with updated information,
164
attention of health policy advocates and generate fact sheets and priorities. In addition, feeds from
115 132
discussion. Our organization also reached out to HCFA’s social media channels are posted to the site.
0
May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Aug 2009 Sept 2009 other health care related blogs to set up reciprocal
Social Media has grown over the past year. HCFA links, provide content and occasionally recruit guest eNewsletters
Tweets special events, posts video of hearings and blog posts for A Healthy Blog. Finally, we added a Each month HCFA sends an electronic newsletter to
rallys to the HCFA YouTube Channel and consumer “share this button” in early 2009 to allow our readers over 4,000 recipients. Coalition updates, top stories
stories to the HCFAQuality Channel. HCFA’s use of to share our blog entries. Our efforts have established and volunteer profiles combine to bring a powerful
Facebook has grown exponentially over the past few HCFA’s blog as one of the leading sites for Massa- resource to Massachusetts consumers, politicians and
months with visits to the HCFA Facebook page ex- chusetts health care politics with over 7,500 visitors advocates. Links embedded in the newsletter make it
ceeding visits to our blog and over 1,500 fans. a month. easy for readers to find more information and access
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2009 Annual Report Report
 Membership
Financial Highlights
2.3% Micellaneous
0.7%
Events & Gifts
8.8%

Contracts
10%

Project Grants
78.1%
REVENUES

Project Grants $2,438,811
Contracts $313,390
Events & Gifts $275,216
Membership $70,592
Miscellaneous $22,991
Administration 4% Total: $3,121,001
Development

9%

EXPENSES

Policy and Programs $2,755,620
Policy & Programs Development $284,737
87% Administration $136,119
Total: $3,176,476

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Our Donors
We gratefully acknowledge and Grantors
thank the individuals, organizations
and foundations who have gener- American Cancer Society Cancer
ously contributed to Health Care For Action Network, Inc.
American Cancer Society, New
All. Without their support, much of England Division, Inc.
the momentum of health reform in Barr Foundation
Massachusetts would not have been pos- Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
sible. Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Foundation
Health Care For All relies on support- The Boston Foundation
Boston University’s Center of
ers, who, like you, believe that quality,
Excellence in Women’s Health
affordable, accessible health care is the Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser
right of every Massachusetts resident.
Foundation
Children’s Hospital Boston
Gifts, large and small, are essential to our The Commonwealth of
mission and greatly appreciated. Becom- Massachusetts
ing a memeber of Health Care For All Community Catalyst
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
strengthens our work and provides un-
DentaQuest Ventures LLC
restricted support. By contribuiting to DentaQuest Foundation
HCFA, you can make a difference and Eastern Bank
bring postitive change to our health care The Health Foundation of
system. If you would like to support Central MA
Health Law Advocates
HCFA, please visit our website at www.
The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth
hcfama.org. Thank you very much for Foundation
your generosity and support. John Snow, Inc.
Leo H. Bendit Charitable
We have done our best to make sure Foundation
these lists are accurate and com- Metrowest Community Health Care
plete. If, however, we have inadver- Foundation
tently omitted or misspelled the names Milbank Memorial Fund
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
of any donors, please accept our
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
apologies, and let us know by calling us The Plymouth Rock Foundation
at 617-275-2929 or sending an email to The Procter & Gamble Company
freitas@hcfama.org. So that each and Public Welfare Foundation
every donor’s generosity is acknowledged, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
we will list any omitted names in the next State Street Foundation, Inc.
Tufts Health Plan
issue of our newsletter, A Healthy Voice.
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
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Wal-Mart Foundation
Gifts of $10,000 or more Aetna Student Health
Katherine and Philippe Villers
SEIU Local 1199
Gifts of $5,000-$9,999 Homeless
AARP Massachusetts
Baystate Health
Boston Medical Center HealthNet
Plan
CRICO/Risk Management
Foundation
Neighborhood Health Plan
Stephen Rosenfeld
Daniel Rothenberg
Tufts Medical Center
William Gallagher Associates
Gifts of $2,500-$4,999 Justice Resource Institute
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
CeltiCare Health Plan
Community Works
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Andrew Dreyfus
Norbert Goldfield
Grossman Marketing Group
Roy and Sylvia Hammer
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
MA League of Community Health
Centers
Mary B. Dunn Charitable Trust
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
and Popeo, P.C.
PARTNERS + simons
Partners for a Healthier Community
Senior Whole Health, LLC.
The Fife Cragin Charitable Trust
The MENTOR Network
Gifts of $1,000-$2,499
Bender Strategies, LLC
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center
Boston Health Care for the
Boston Public Health Commission
Boston University School of Dental
Medicine
Commonwealth Care Alliance
Denterlein Worldwide
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Chester and Joy Douglass
Fallon Community Health Plan
Raul Garcia
Greater New Bedford Community
Health Center
Harvard Vanguard Medical
Associates
John Hancock Financial Services
Keystone Partners
Kindred Healthcare
KOOL Smiles
Robin Lipson and Matthew
Fishman
MA Dental Society
MA eHealth Collaborative, Inc.
MA Health and Educational
Facilities Authority
MA Hospital Association
MA Medical Society
MA Nurses Association
John Maher
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Corporations of MA, Inc.
William Mergendahl
Meridian Family Dental
Network Health
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Philip W. Johnston Associates Healthcare Management Mehreen Butt SEIU Local 509--COPE Julie Brown
Robert Restuccia and Emily Association of MA Robert Buxbaum Melissa Shannon Bruce and Betty Campbell
Feinberg Hebrew SeniorLife M. Laurie Cammisa Donald and Jill Shulman Lucy Candib
Nancy & Stephen Ridley Joint Comm. for Children’s Daniel Carlat and Bonnie Helene Solomon Harry Castleman
Abby Rockefeller and Lee Health Care in Everett Bottner South Cove Community Carol Cerf
Halprin Kelley Habib John - Brand & Ellen Cohen Health Center Elaine Cinelli
Ropes and Gray, LLP Beyond James Conway John Straus Roberta Clarke
Susan Sherry P. Reed and Jane Larsen Cresa Partners Mary Sutula Committee to Elect Liz Malia
The Bostonian Group/ MA Organization of Nurse Neil Cronin and Stephen Charles Waelde Community Healthlink, Inc.
Bostonian Solutions Executives Barrus Wendy Warring Mary Connelly
The Forsyth Institute MA Senior Care Association Michele David William and Mildred Joanna Connolly
Tufts University School of Barry Major Disparities Solutions Center Feinbloom Fund Council of Social Agencies
Dental Medicine Margolis and Bloom, LLP Paula Friedman Ellen Zane of Hampshire County
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Dobroth Furlong Josh Greenberg and Kate Ellis
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Professions Dorcas Grigg-Saito Cross Cultural
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Rosman Marcia Hertz Ruth Aaron Bruce Davis
Anonymous (1) James Perrin Jay Himmelstein and Ellen Lori Abrams Berry Janet Dillon
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Anna Jacques Hospital Schneider Institute for Health Home Care Alliance of MA Mark Allan James Dorsey
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Boston Center for South Shore Hospital Charles and Ellen Barbara Anthony Kathy Eklund
Independent Living Upham’s Corner Health Joffe-Halpern Cary Armistead Deborah Enos
Ellen Bruce and Richard Center John King Jacqueline Arocho Seth Evans
Segan Whittier Street Neighborhood Sandra Knowles Arlene Ash Jack and Sheila Evjy
Center for Community Health Center Russell Kopp Richard Averbach Barbara Fain
Health Education Research Lynn and Barbara Wickwire Lower Merrimack Valley Carol Axelrod David Falcone
and Service Janice Yost PHO Inc.- WELLPORT Enrique Balaguer Michael Foley
Committee of Interns & MA Life Sciences Center Christine Barber Victoria Fortino
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Healthcare Thomas Manning Barry Electric & Cathy and Richard Freedberg
Committee to Elect Therese Mr. and Ms. Thomas Martin Communications Kathleen Fuda
Murray Anonymous (1) Paul McGill Elmer Bartels Jane Gallagher
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Forba AIDS Action Committee of Mount Auburn Hospital Bay Cove Human Services, Leonard Glantz
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Harvard School of Dental John and Sara Bachman of MA Rosemarie Boardman Madeleine Grant
Medicine Anna Baxstrom Joseph and Marlene Prates Carolyn Britt Martin Greenstein
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David Hoffman Moore II Resolutions Peter Sturges and Sasha Susan Assmann Keila Coelho
Peg Holda Marilyn Morrissey Lauterbach Steven Auerbach Arnoldo Coelho
Melissa Hurley MTA Benefits, Inc. Stephen and Joan Subrin Abby Averbach Sandra Coelho
Jobs for the Future John Mudd Jean Sullivan Jody Avtges Leslie Cohen
Johnson Haley LLP Samuel Nagler Kathleen Sullivan Bradley Backer Alan Cohen
Michael Kan Lonnie Norris The Maureen Feeney Maria Ballista Elizabeth Cohen and
Amy Katzen Northeast Health System Committee Ellen Barbosa David Cohen Pratt
Susan Kaufman James O’Connell UMass Boston Center for Rosemarie Barker Ann Marie Colageo
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Eric Kramer Mittelman Dorothy Weitzman Steven Berardino Robert Coulam
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Hope Lewis Maria Prates Ernest and Roswitha Dori Bingham Barbara L Cullen
W. Scott Liebert Public Policy Institute Winsor Czarina Biton Wilson Cunha
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Keri Heitner Len and Marilyn Raymond Su Joung Yoon Edgar Boliva Suzanne Curry
Lower Merrimack Valley Stancel Riley Heather Zacker and David Jorge Bomfim Jessica Curtis
PHO Inc.- WELLPORT Allan Rodgers Harlow Jose Borborema Marilyn Daly
MA Bar Association Dolores Root Laura Zimmerman Joao Borges Ruth Daniels
MA Coalition of Nurse Marc and Amy Rosenthal Linda Bormuth Carolyn Darack
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MA Immigrant and Refugee Jonathan Saxto Peter Braun Celia DaSilva
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Myrna and Michael Malec David Shactman Ron Ackerman Kevin Callaghan Eva De Paz
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Eastern MA Abortion Fund Terry Grund Barbara Kohin Maria Mejia George Pillsbury
Patricia Edraos Martha Jane Hackett Milton Kotelchuck Gregory Mencoff Deusdete Pinheiro
Adel Eldehni Jack Hamilton Iris Krauthamer Tom Mendelsohn Lisa Pollack
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ACT – A statewide coalition of over 75 diverse
organizations including community and religious
organizations, labor unions, doctors, hospitals,
community health centers, public health advo-
cates and consumers committed to implementing
comprehensive health reform.
CHAC – HCFA’s longest-running coalition is a
group of more than 50 organizations from across
the state committed to ensuring that all of Mas-
sachusetts’ children get affordable and compre-
hensive health services.
CHMC – A coalition of 135 family organiza-
tions, advocates, health care providers, educators,
and consumers from across Massachusetts dedi-
cated to comprehensive reform of the children’s
mental health system.
CHQC - A consumer only coalition empower-
ing those impacted by health care quality issues
to have a voice in our health care system, to en-
gage fellow consumers to be active partners in
their health care and to advocate for high quality,
safe, and accessible health care for all Massachu-
setts residents.
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DAN – A statewide coalition of over 65 ad-
vocates, researchers, providers and organizations
working to reduce health disparities through leg-
islative advocacy and education.
The Massachusetts Campaign for
Better Care - A growing network of con-
sumer advocates to be the voice of patients in
the Massachusetts payment reform debate and to
ensure that everyone receives the highest quality
care and that doctors and hospitals are rewarded
for keeping patients healthy.
MPRC - A diverse group of non-profit na-
tional and local organizations, community orga-
nizations, healthcare advocates, private insurers,
public payors, and healthcare providers work-
ing to shape public policy to reduce rising pre-
scription drug costs that threaten the stability
of health care reform and the Commonwealth’s
budget.
Oral Health Advocacy Taskforce – A
statewide coalition of 1,400 consumers, advo-
cates, health care professionals, academics, and
insurers working to improve oral health for all
persons in the Commonwealth through public
policy advocacy.
WYM - An education campaign to raise aware-
ness on the issue of children’s oral health
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