The Philadelphia Area Committee to Defend Health Care is a group of doctors, nurses, health care workers, union members, activists, and others who are working together to build a health care system that guarantees accessible, quality health care for all Americans.
The Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care is a national organization of health professionals who agree on five principles first set forth in a 1997 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled "For Our Patients, Not for Profit: A Call to Action." Those principles are:
1. The healing professions must not be diverted from their primary purpose: the relief of suffering, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion of health.
2. Pursuit of corporate profit and personal fortune have no place in care giving.
3. Potent financial incentives that reward overcare or undercare weaken professional bonds, and should be prohibited.
4. A patient’s right to a health professional of choice must not be curtailed.
5. Access to health care must be the right of all.
The Philadelphia chapter has been working to promote these goals in the Delaware Valley since 1998.
Health Care for All Philadelphia is a coalition of health professionals and activists dedicated to achieving a publicly financed, single payer health plan that provides one standard of cost-effective, high quality care for all people. See "Where Do You Meet?" below.
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