List of state health care reform groups in the United States

This is a list of state health care reform groups in the United States that are working at the state level and whose primary focus is health care reform. Health care reform is a major public policy topic in the United States, but almost all of the reforms have been occurring with the states individually and not in the U.S. as a whole. The health care system in the U.S. is the most expensive in the world, with the U.S. spending more on health care, both as a proportion of and on a per capita basis, than any other nation. Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 16% of GDP. In 2007, the U.S. spent a projected $2.26 trillion on health care, or $7,439 per person.
Health care costs are rising faster than wages or inflation, and the health share of GDP is expected to continue its historical upward trend, reaching 19.5 percent of GDP by 2017. Americans without health insurance coverage at some time during 2006 totaled about 16% of the population, or 47 million people.

These groups often address issues such as universal health insurance, publicly-funded health care, single-payer health care, the high cost of health insurance, and the high number of people who are uninsured. The following organizations serve as sources of information and advocates for health care reform in their respective states.

California
*California Universal Health Care Organizing Project
*Health Access California
*Health Care for All-California
:Health Care for All-California regards health care as a human right and is dedicated to ensuring that all Californians have comprehensive, reliable, and affordable health insurance. They believe that universal health care is critical to the health and economic well-being of California.

Colorado
*Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
*Colorado for Health Care
*Health Care For All Colorado
:Health Care for All Colorado (HCAC) is a nonprofit organization in Colorado which began in 2001 in response to the increasing numbers of Coloradans who are not able to secure basic health care in our current health care system. HCAC views health care reform as both a human rights issue and an economic necessity, advocating for the adoption of a single-payer system which ensures that all Coloradans have access to affordable and comprehensive health care services.

Connecticut
*Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care
:The Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care was formed in January, 1999 and represents citizen, labor, political, business, and health care professional organizations. The Coalition supports and promotes universal health care for residents of Connecticut.
*Health Care for All Coalition
*Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
:The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut is an independent, nonprofit charity dedicated to making the health care system work for all Connecticut residents. The Foundation believes that health care is a fundamental right. It sees its work as part of a larger movement for social and economic justice.

Nevada
*Nevada for Health Care
:Nevada for Health Care supports quality, affordable health care. They call on elected officials to work with consumers, businesses, and health care providers to find a common sense solution to health care crisis.

New Mexico
New Mexico has the second highest percentage of residents without health insurance in the U.S. (22% in 2005-2006).
*Health Action New Mexico
:Health Action New Mexico advocates for consumers on affordable, accessible, and accountable health care coverage for all people living in New Mexico.
*Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign
:The Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign is a broad grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals around New Mexico that believes it is time for our state to set up its own health plan - like a cooperative - with freedom of choice of doctor and a comprehensive benefit package.

Texas
Texas has the highest percentage of residents without health insurance in the U.S. (24% in 2005-2006).
:Health Care For All Texas believes that the only affordable and real solution to the health care crisis in Texas is through single-payer.

Utah
*Utah Health Policy Project
:The Utah Health Policy Project is a resource for the public, community leaders, businesses, health care providers, and policy makers interested in strengthening the health care system while working to develop visionary and systemic solutions to the crisis of the uninsured and under-insured in Utah.

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