> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # National Health Council - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/national-health-council/ - Published: 1999-01-02T20:47:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-02-09T04:10:30.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization 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).[\[1\]](#fn1) During the declared COVID-19 pandemic, NHC participated as a member of the [COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/champions-for-vaccine-education-equity-and-progress/) to promote mass uptake of [COVID-19 vaccines](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-vaccine).[\[2\]](#fn2) NHC continued to be a partner of the initiative when it rebranded to [Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity and Progress](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/champions-for-vaccine-education-equity-and-progress/) (CVEEP).[\[3\]](#fn3) ## Organization NHC is a member of [AcademyHealth](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AcademyHealth.),[\[4\]](#fn4) the [CDC Coalition](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CDC-Coalition),[\[5\]](#fn5) the [Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Consortium-for-Constituents-with-Disabilities) (CCD)[\[6\]](#fn6) and the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC),[\[7\]](#fn7) a partner of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)[\[8\]](#fn8) and National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD),[\[9\]](#fn9) and an observer of the [Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Safe-Online-Pharmacies) (ASOP).[\[10\]](#fn10) NHC is also a Core Steering Committee member of the [Long COVID Alliance](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Long-Covid-Alliance).[\[11\]](#fn11) ### Personnel | Name | Position | Notes | | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Nancy Brown | Board Chair (2014)[\[12\]](#fn12) | [American Heart Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Heart-Association) (AHA), [COVID Collaborative](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-Collaborative), Research!America, [World Economic Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Economic-Forum) (WEF), [Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Centre-for-the-Fourth-Industrial-Revolution) | | Matt Eyles | Board Member (former)[\[13\]](#fn13) | [COVID Collaborative](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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)[\[14\]](#fn14) | Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), STRIPE Collaborative Community, [Alliance for a Stronger FDA](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-a-Stronger-FDA), [Alliance for Aging Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Aging-Research), Loeffler Group | ### Members Current and former member organizations of the National Health Council include:[\[15\]](#fn15)[\[16\]](#fn16) - [Abbott Laboratories](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Abbott-Laboratories) - Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative (ACHQC) - [Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Academy-of-Managed-Care-Pharmacy) (AMCP) - [AcademyHealth](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AcademyHealth) - Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis (ACP) - Accessia Health - [Advanced Medical Technology Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Advanced-Medical-Technology-Association) (AdvaMed) - Aimed Alliance - Alkermes - Allergy & Asthma Network - [Alliance for Aging Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Diabetes-Association) - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - [American Heart Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Pharmacists-Association) (APhA) - American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) - America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) - [Amgen](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Astellas-Pharma) - Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - [AstraZeneca](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AstraZeneca) - Autoimmune Association - Barth Syndrome Foundation - [Bayer](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bayer) - BioCryst Pharmaceuticals - Biogen - [Biotechnology Innovation Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Biotechnology-Innovation-Organization) (BIO) - Blood Cancer United - Bluebird Bio - [Boehringer Ingelheim](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Boehringer-Ingelheim) - Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOH) - Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) - Breakthrough T1D - [Bristol-Myers Squibb](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pfizer) - [Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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 ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=national%5Fhealth%5Fcouncil) - [Website](https://nationalhealthcouncil.org/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%5FHealth%5FCouncil) --- 1. Lisa, P. J., & Cooter, S. *Reviews of P.J. Lisa’s “The Assault on Medical Freedom.”* Massachusetts CFIDS & FM Association. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *About The Project*. COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project. Retrieved December 3, 2020, from [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Partners*. Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity and Progress. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Current Organizational Members.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Members*. CDC Coalition. Retrieved May 10, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Member Organizations.* Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Current Members.* Personalized Medicine Coalition. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *NFID Partner Organizations.* (2022, January 6). National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *National Partnerships: NORD’s Partners and Alliances.* NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders). Retrieved October 12, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *Members and Observers - BuysafeRx Online.* ASOP Global. Retrieved April 18, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. *Partners*. Long-COVID Alliance. Retrieved June 5, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. *Board of Directors.* National Health Council. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. *Matthew D. Eyles Bio.* America’s Physician Groups. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. *Experience | Cynthia A. Bens.* LinkedIn. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. *Our Members.* National Health Council. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref15) 16. *Our Members.* National Health Council. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref16)