National Health Council

Liam Sturgess
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National Health Council

The National Health Council (NHC) is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is a coalition of pharmaceutical companies, medical societies, health agencies, other non-profit organizations and other associates. The NHC lobbies for health care reform in the United States.

History

In the 1960s, NHC participated as a member of the American Medical Association (AMA)'s Coordinating Conference on Health Information (CCHI).[1]

During the declared COVID-19 pandemic, NHC participated as a member of the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project to promote mass uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.[2] NHC continued to be a partner of the initiative when it rebranded to Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity and Progress (CVEEP).[3]

Organization

NHC is a member of AcademyHealth,[4] the CDC Coalition,[5] the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD)[6] and the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC),[7] a partner of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)[8] and National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD),[9] and an observer of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP).[10] NHC is also a Core Steering Committee member of the Long COVID Alliance.[11]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Nancy Brown Board Chair (2014)[12] American Heart Association (AHA), COVID Collaborative, Research!America, World Economic Forum (WEF), Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Matt Eyles Board Member (former)[13] COVID Collaborative, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Wyeth, Coventry Health Care, Avalere Health, Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Cynthia A. Bens Research and Programs Committee member (January 2022-December 2025)[14] Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), STRIPE Collaborative Community, Alliance for a Stronger FDA, Alliance for Aging Research, Loeffler Group

Members

Current and former member organizations of the National Health Council include:[15][16]

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative (ACHQC)
  • Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
  • AcademyHealth
  • Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis (ACP)
  • Accessia Health
  • Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)
  • Aimed Alliance
  • Alkermes
  • Allergy & Asthma Network
  • Alliance for Aging Research
  • Alpha-1 Foundation
  • ALS Association
  • Alzheimer's Association
  • Amazon
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
  • American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY)
  • American Association on Health and Disability
  • American Cancer Society
  • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
  • American Diabetes Association
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • American Heart Association (AHA)
  • American Kidney Fund
  • American Liver Foundation
  • American Lung Association
  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA)
  • American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED)
  • American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
  • American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
  • America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
  • Amgen
  • Amputee Coalition
  • Anthem
  • Ardelyx
  • Arthritis Foundation
  • Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • The Assistance Fund (TAF)
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
  • Association for Vascular Access (AVA)
  • Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
  • Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC)
  • Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)
  • Astellas Pharma
  • Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  • AstraZeneca
  • Autoimmune Association
  • Barth Syndrome Foundation
  • Bayer
  • BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
  • Biogen
  • Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
  • Blood Cancer United
  • Bluebird Bio
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOH)
  • Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)
  • Breakthrough T1D
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Cancer Support Community
  • Caregiver Action Network
  • Celiac Disease Foundation
  • Center for Innovation & Value Research
  • Cerevel
  • Cigna
  • Coalition of Skin Diseases (CSD)
  • COPD Foundation
  • Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
  • Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
  • Cure SMA
  • Dexcom
  • Diabetes Leadership Council
  • Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition
  • Easterseals
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • Eisai
  • Eli Lilly
  • Epilepsy Foundation
  • EQRx
  • EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
  • Exelixis
  • Family Heart Foundation
  • FasterCures
  • Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)
  • GBS/CIDP Foundation International
  • Genentech
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
  • Gilead Sciences
  • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  • Global Liver Institute (GLI)
  • GO2 for Lung Cancer
  • GRAIL
  • Grange Advocacy
  • Grifols
  • Haystack Project
  • HealthWell Foundation
  • HealthyWomen
  • Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA)
  • Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA)
  • Horizon Pharma
  • Huntington's Disease Society of America
  • Hydrocephalus Association
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA)
  • Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF)
  • International Rett Syndrome Foundation
  • International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP)
  • ISPOR
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Keenova
  • LAM Foundation
  • LUNGevity Foundation
  • Lupus Foundation of America
  • Lupus Research Alliance
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
  • Marfan Foundation
  • McKesson
  • Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC)
  • Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA)
  • Mental Health America (MHA)
  • Merck
  • Mission MSA
  • Mosaic
  • Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
  • Myositis Association
  • National Alliance for Caregiving
  • National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR)
  • National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  • National Alopecia Areata Foundation
  • National Association for Hearing and Speech Action (NAHSA)
  • National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
  • National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
  • National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
  • National Bleeding Disorders Foundation
  • National Blood Clot Alliance
  • National Consumers League (NCL)
  • National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
  • National Eczema Association
  • National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias (NFED)
  • National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
  • National Kidney Foundation
  • National Medical Association (NMA)
  • National Minority Quality Forum
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
  • National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
  • National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC)
  • National Psoriasis Foundation
  • Neurocrine Biosciences
  • Novartis
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)
  • Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical
  • Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
  • Parkinson's Foundation
  • Patient Access Network Foundation
  • Patient Empowerment Network
  • Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA)
  • Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC)
  • Pfizer
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA)
  • Prevent Blindness
  • Prevent Cancer Foundation
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • REGENXBIO
  • Research!America
  • RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
  • Rheumatology Research Foundation
  • Roche
  • Sangamo Therapeutics
  • Sanofi
  • Sjögren's Foundation
  • Society for Women's Health Research
  • Solve M.E.
  • Spina Bifida Association
  • Susan G. Komen
  • Syneos Health
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals
  • Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals
  • Tourette Association of America
  • Trevor Project
  • UCB
  • United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
  • Vasculitis Foundation
  • VHL Alliance
  • Viatris
  • WomenHeart

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  2. About The Project. COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project. Retrieved December 3, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201203190723/https://covidvaccineproject.org/about-the-project/ ↩︎

  3. Partners. Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity and Progress. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250420003807/https://cveep.org/about/partners/ ↩︎

  4. Current Organizational Members. AcademyHealth. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.05.08-091859/https://academyhealth.org/membership/organizational-members/current-organizational-members/page/current-organizational-members ↩︎

  5. Members. CDC Coalition. Retrieved May 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230510183705/http://www.cdccoalition.org/Members ↩︎

  6. Member Organizations. Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241214003205/https://www.c-c-d.org/rubriques.php?rub=organization.php ↩︎

  7. Current Members. Personalized Medicine Coalition. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210815032705/https://personalizedmedicinecoalition.org/Members/Current_Members ↩︎

  8. NFID Partner Organizations. (2022, January 6). National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. https://web.archive.org/web/20220716065253/https://www.nfid.org/partners/ ↩︎

  9. National Partnerships: NORD’s Partners and Alliances. NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders). Retrieved October 12, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221012043845/https://rarediseases.org/advocate/policy-priorities/national-partnerships/ ↩︎

  10. Members and Observers - BuysafeRx Online. ASOP Global. Retrieved April 18, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.04.18-220255/https://buysaferx.pharmacy/about-asop-global/members-and-observers-2/ ↩︎

  11. Partners. Long-COVID Alliance. Retrieved June 5, 2025, from http://archive.today/2025.06.05-191101/https://longcovidalliance.org/home/partners/ ↩︎

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  14. Experience | Cynthia A. Bens. LinkedIn. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbens/details/experience/ ↩︎

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Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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