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 governmental 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.

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:

• Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD:  Chair
• Denise Finck-Rothman, MD: Membership Committee Chair; Chair-Elect
• Zach Thomas III, Treasurer
• George Bohmfalk, MD: Secretary; Education/Speakers Bureau Chair
• John Clarkson, MD: Finance Chair
• Margie Storch: Communications Co-Chair
• JoAnn Sieburg-Baker: Communications Co-Chair
• Susan Rucker, DHA: Legislative Co-Chair
• Michael Merenstein: Legislative Co-Chair
• Jacki Marshall: Cornwell Team Founder
• Andrea DeSantis, DO
• Shami Hariharan, MD
• Dimple Shah, BSN
• Tera Long

Student group representatives:

• Chiamaka Okonkwo - UNCC
• Andrea Badillo-Perez - UNCC
• Jackie Kincaid - Queens Univ.
• Irene Kuriakose - Queens Univ.

Our Board meets monthly and we invite leaders of our student groups to participate as non-voting members.