VoteHealthcare.org promotes guaranteed affordable healthcare for all U.S. residents through citizen education and voter registration. We educate citizens so they can be informed participants in the debate about our nation's healthcare crisis.
Our Vision:
• cradle-to-grave medical coverage
• choice of medical providers
• no discrimination based on pre-existing conditions
• access to affordable medications
• choice of comprehensive plans
VoteHealthcare.org is an independent, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization, not connected to any insurance or drug company. VoteHealthcare.org is a member of the Universal Health Care Action Network (www.uhcan.org).
Our Board
Kathie McClure, Founder of VoteHealthcare.org, is an Atlanta attorney and the mother of Chris and Caitlin. Healthcare is her issue, and her passion is personal. Kathie's son, Chris, was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes at age 14, and Caitlin developed Epilepsy at 15 as the result of a soccer injury. Chris and Caitlin now face a lifetime of health insurance crises, unaffordable insurance premiums, medical expenses, and drug costs. Millions of Americans are faced with similar and worse predicaments. Kathie believes that healthcare reform which serves the needs of individuals is possible if Americans get educated and speak up for reform. Kathie will be taking time off from her law practice to travel the country on the Bandwagon. Email Kathie at kathie@votehealthcare.org.
Robert Altman is a litigation attorney and mediator in Atlanta, Georgia who has spent his career representing and assisting the less fortunate in society. He is recognized for representing individuals against some of the nation's largest insurance companies, exposing unfair and fraudulent claims practices by those insurers. Service on the board of VoteHealthcare.org continues his long commitment to a just society and the cause of affordable healthcare for all Americans.
Mary Lynn Hemphill has worked in healthcare for over thirty years as a direct service provider, educator, advocate and medical social worker. Her areas of experience include women's health, HIV/AIDS, clinical trials and oncology in nonprofit settings including a university, grassroots advocacy organizations, & a large inner-city teaching hospital. Mary Lynn's passion for healthcare sprang from activism in the women's health movement of the 1970's where she was instrumental in the creation of specialized programs for women ranging from fertility health services to safe sex instruction for women in response to the HIV crisis. As a licensed social worker she has worked with AIDS and cancer patients at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital. Dedicated to the empowerment of health care consumers, Mary Lynn's service on the board of VoteHealthcare.org embodies her commitment to the right of all people to compassionate, informed, affordable and dignified healthcare.
Ian H. Moncaster is currently the President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Puget Sound. From 1981 to 1993, Ian lived in Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Haiti, and Sri Lanka, working in a variety of sectors including international relief and development, foreign policy, and diplomatic relations for CARE and the Canadian government. Ian's responsibilities were diverse, from Project Coordinator for Care's Rural Maintenance Program in Bangladesh to management of the Haiti Food Program. Ian moved to the United States in 1993 and rejoined CARE, spending the next eight years in organizational and fiscal management, including management of the major gifts operation and strategic operations planning in South Asia. In 1997, he moved to Seattle with CARE, assuming responsibilities in public education, fundraising and social corporate responsibility. Ian joined the World Affairs Council in 2001 as President and CEO to promote international understanding and discussion in the Puget Sound area.
Lynn Thogersen has a Masters in Healthcare Policy and Management from Mercer University. In 1976, she co-founded and was administrator of the Feminist Women's Health Center, a reproductive health center in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1993, Lynn started her own consulting company and has provided healthcare policy and management services to women's clinics, physicians and non-profit corporations across the country. Lynn has expertise in regulation compliance, women's health, human resource management and contract management. She is also a healthcare policy advocate who monitors the Georgia State Legislature for numerous consumer healthcare non-profits and has worked on the federal level with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Lynn is the recipient of the Let's Get Together Inc. Award for Excellence in Service and Volunteerism and the Margaret Sanger Award for Leadership in Women's Health.
Jane Danny Vincent, MPH, a graduate of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, is committed to improving the health of communities and is passionate about eliminating health disparities locally and globally. Danny's interest in health issues began during her undergraduate career at the University of California, Berkeley where she received her degree in Health, Science, and Society. At Rollins, Danny focused on Global Health and was active in the Emory chapter of Universities Allied for Access to Essential Medicine. She graduated with honors as a member of Delta Omega, the honorary society for public health.
Danny is currently the Executive Director for Health Students Taking Action Together (HealthSTAT), a statewide, student-run non-profit organization. HealthSTAT represents graduate students in nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health, nutrition, and law and works to increase civic engagement among students by linking education, service and advocacy on three issues: health disparities and access to care, childhood obesity prevention, and HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy. Danny also worked at The Carter Center in the office of public information disseminating health program information to a wide range of audiences and taught sexual education in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Contact Us
VoteHealthcare.org
P.O. Box 95128
Atlanta, GA 30347
Phone (404) 660-7475
Fax (404) 875-0027
Info@VoteHealthcare.org