How You Can Help

Tell Congress to support the president's plan to reform health care!

Contact your members of Congress. Tell them it’s their turn to make history. Tell them to get health reform legislation to the President's desk...now!

Overview

Every year, Americans pay more and more but get less and less when it comes to health care.

Spiraling health care costs have driven the average job-based family insurance plan to more than $12,000 a year, and that price tag and is expected to double by 2016.

America’s health care system is structured for drug industry, insurance company, and medical specialty profits, not better health outcomes for you. 

U.S. PIRG is fighting for affordable health care that every family can depend on by:

• Stopping insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions.
 
• Trimming costly red tape and overhead through simplified insurance forms, information technology and insurer-efficiency standards.
 
• Rewarding personalized care from your provider and prevention, not just endless tests, procedures and emergency room visits.
 
• Giving every patient and doctor the most up-to-date information on which treatments and medicines work best.
 
• Making insurance plans compete for your business, by letting Americans choose the care that’s right for them

Our Coalition

At the national level, U.S. PIRG participates in these coalitions:

Health Care for America NOW!, is a national grassroots coalition of unions, citizen groups, and advocacy organizations organizing millions of Americans to win a guarantee of quality, affordable health care for all.

The National Coalition on Health Care, is comprised of more than 70 organizations, employing or representing about 150 million Americans. Members, including businesses, pension funds, unions, consumer groups, and health care provider groups are united in the belief that we need better, more affordable health care for all Americans.