Healthcare Policy

Help shape national, state, and local healthcare policy initiatives.

Opportunities

AARP

AARP’s mission is to empower people to choose how they live as they age.

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  • National

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD)

Accomplishing AFTD’s mission requires advocacy – speaking up on behalf of persons diagnosed and their families and caregivers. Help us spread the word about FTD – so that we can spread hope for a future without this disease.

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  • National

Alzheimer’s Association

Non-profit organization that leads dementia policy initiatives through an Ambassador program comprised of patients and family caregivers.   

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  • National

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

Use your passion for politics to help enact laws and policies that will make cancer a top national priority. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network℠, ACS CAN, volunteers work to make sure our leaders take real steps toward finishing the fight against cancer.

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  • National

American Heart Association

Our legislative and regulatory priorities help to mitigate risk factors and protect survivors in communities across the country. We advocate for federal, state and local policies that help Americans build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

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  • National

Autism Speaks

We’re working to create a kinder, more inclusive world for people with autism, and we invite you to join us. Autism Speaks influences policy at the state and federal government levels. To do this, we work with Congress, the White House, state legislators, agencies, and regulators.

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  • National

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation

We are dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis.

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  • National

Colorectal Cancer Alliance

Our advocacy and policy efforts are focused on finding ways to facilitate treatment, screen and prevent, and fund live-saving research because we believe tomorrow can’t wait.

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  • National

Genetic Alliance

Since its founding, Genetic Alliance has been the voice of advocacy in genetics. We empower others to make their voices heard. Advocacy in the 21st century, however, requires new definitions and new focus. We dissolve boundaries to foster dialogue that includes all stakeholders: from industry professionals, researchers, healthcare providers, and public policy leaders to individuals, families, and communities.

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  • National

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.

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  • National

Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC)

The mission of the PIPC is to advance the principles of patient-centeredness in an evolving healthcare system.

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  • National

Right Care Alliance

A grassroots coalition of clinicians, patients, and community members organizing to make health care institutions accountable to their communities and put patients, not profits, at the heart of health care.

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  • Grassroots