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    • Home
    • About Us
      • Who We Are
      • Letter from our Chair
      • Past Newsletters
      • Request a HCJ Speaker
      • HCJ partners
      • Members in the Media
      • Black Lives Matter info
    • The Plan
      • Medicare for All 101
      • Why aren't we there yet?
      • Bills in Congress
      • Additional Resources
      • FAQ
      • How can I help?
    • Contact Us
    • Calendar
    • Recent Events
    • Donate
    • MEDICARE THREAT
    • Downloads
    • Videos

HCJusticeNC@gmail.com

Health Care Justice – NC
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Letter from our Chair
    • Past Newsletters
    • Request a HCJ Speaker
    • HCJ partners
    • Members in the Media
    • Black Lives Matter info
  • The Plan
    • Medicare for All 101
    • Why aren't we there yet?
    • Bills in Congress
    • Additional Resources
    • FAQ
    • How can I help?
  • Contact Us
  • Calendar
  • Recent Events
  • Donate
  • MEDICARE THREAT
  • Downloads
  • Videos

Who we are

Health Care Justice--NC is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to high-quality  medical care. Health care is a social good, much like education. It is too critical to be treated as a commodity and left to the whims of the market. We care that our neighbors have health care for their own well-being.  And just as we all benefit by having educated neighbors, we also all benefit by having healthy neighbors. When our neighbors are able to take care of their health without undue expense or anxiety, they can be more productive members of society. 


In our wealthy nation, we can afford to provide health care to all in a financially sustainable way. Our organization's name - Health Care Justice - expresses our conviction that health care is an issue of social justice.


We support Medicare for All, a single-payer universal health care system that covers everyone. In a single-payer system, one government agency is responsible for the financing of health care, while health care delivery remains primarily private, by doctors and hospitals that run their own businesses.  Among the many advantages would be universal coverage and improved health of millions, while saving billions of dollars through administrative efficiencies and savings on drugs and devices. See What's the Plan? for more information about Medicare for All.


Until we get Medicare for All, we support Medicaid expansion and oppose privatization of original Medicare by Medicare Advantage and the ACO/REACH program. Click here to learn more about privatization efforts .


We also oppose racism and support equity for racial, ethnic, and gender minorities and other underserved groups.


We are a  chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), which has been working on this cause with its 22,000 members for more than 25 years. See our HCJ Partners page to learn about our regional, national, and student affiliates.


Our Board members are:

  • George Bohmfalk, MD: Chair
  • Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD:  Founder & Immediate Past-Chair
  • John Clarkson, MD: Secretary
  • Dimple Shah, BSN: Treasurer
  • Denise Finck-Rothman, MD: Membership Committee Chair
  • Royce Wolfe: Legislative & Communications Co-Chair
  • Doug Robinson, MD: Legislative & Communications Co-Chair
  • Susan Rucker, DHA: Education Committee & Speakers Bureau Chair
  • JoAnn Sieburg-Baker
  • Megan Dunn, RN, BSN, IBCLC
  • Andrea DeSantis, DO
  • Shami Hariharan, MD
  • Zach Thomas III
  • Tera Long
  • Zahra Bahrani-Mostafavi
  • Lori Tiberio
  • Julie Noh-Smith

Student group representatives:

  • Kayla Walker - UNCC
  • Hassan Nagda - UNCC
  • Maria Garcia-Castillo - Queens Univ.
  • Sydney Lash - Queens Univ.


Our Board meets several times per year. Leaders of our student groups participate with one vote per group.

More about PNHP

Check out Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), our national parent organization of over 22,000 physicians and other advocates. Their website has a wealth of  information about the advantages of single-payer, universal health  care. We hope you'll join PNHP. Students and all healthcare reform advocates are welcome!

PNHP website

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Please join us! Sign our resolution in support of a single-payer Medicare for All system. Everyone is welcome. Membership in HCJNC is free. We also encourage you to join PNHP (for which there are annual dues based on membership category). 

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We need you and your unique skills! We especially need help with communications, social media, and website support.  Are you a public speaker? Join our Speakers Bureau and help spread the word. Are you a meeting planner? Help us plan our membership meetings. There's a place for you!

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