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NASW Partners and Coalitions

NASW partners with hundreds of organizations every year supporting issues most important to social workers.  Many of these groups were dedicated to achieving national health care reform.

Sign-On Letter Participation

• 180 Groups Say “No Amendments” (03/25/10)
• Organizations unite in opposition to the establishment of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) (01/12/10)
• Medicare Enrollment Problems (11/16/2009)
• MHLG Statement on House Bill (H.R. 3962)
• CCD House Health Reform Letter (11/4/09)
• Include Medicaid Expansion in Health Reform (11/10/09)
• Letter of Support from NASW for H.R. 3962 "Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 (11/4/2009)
• Mental Health Liaison Group Conference Letter (10/29/09)
• Medicare Fee Schedule Payment Update (10/19/09)
• Non-physician Provider Participation in Health Care Reform Letter to Speaker Pelosi (10/8/09)
• Non-physician Provider Participation in Health Care Reform Letter to Majority Leader Reid (10/8/09)
• Final House Letter with Sign Ons Regarding Health Care & LTSS (10/8/09)
• Coalition for Whole Health (9/9/09)
• Letter to HELP Committee supporting Francis S. Collins (8/7/09)
• Congressional TriCaucus Health Disparities Bill Sign on Letter (7/24/09)
• Mental Health Liaison Group Sign On Letter (7/24/09)
• CCD Letter to Chairman Kennedy (7/24/09)
• CCD Letter to HELP Committee (7/17/09)
• Merkley Sign On Letter (7/13/09 pdf)
• Health Benefits Sign on Letter (6/16/09 pdf)
• Health Reform Coalition Affordability Letter (6/15/09)
• PARCA letter to HELP and Finance Committees on Non-Discrimination (6/10/09 - NASW members only)
• Aging Coalition’s Letter on Health Care Reform 5/22/09
• Mental Health Liaison Group Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader Reid, Leader Boehner, and Leader McConnell 5/12/09
• Leadership Council of Aging Organizations Recommendations for Health Care Reform and Older Americans 4/30/09 | pdf
• Principles for Health Reform and Language Access 4/23/09 | pdf
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Principles for Health Care Reform from a Disability Perspective 4/17/09 | pdf
• Letter Requesting a Hearing for Health Disparities 4/15/09 | pdf
• Patients’ Access to Responsible Care Alliance Letter to President-Elect Obama 11/25/08 | pdf
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities and Leadership Council of Aging Organization’s Statement of Principles 11/20/08 | pdf
• Families USA Letter to President-Elect Obama 11/19/08 | pdf
• Health Care for America Now Statement of Common Purpose 8/08 | pdf

Coalition Involvement

• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
• Families USA
• Health Care for America Now
• Leadership Council of Aging Organizations
• Mental Health Liaison Group
• Patients’ Access to Responsible Care Alliance

Partner Resources

• 5 Key Facts Every Senior Should Know About the Health Law (8/5/10)
• Update: Health Care Reform (10/19/09)
• MSNBC’s Health Care Glossary (9/2009)
• Families USA, The Clock Is Ticking: More Americans Losing Health Coverage (7/16/09)
• National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health: Health Reform and Adolescents (7/17/09)
• "Health Care Costs & the Entitlement Crisis" by Stephen Gorin (7/2/09)