Our Mission
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. VoteHealthcare.org is an independent, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.
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
Our Board
Kathie McClure, Founder of VoteHealthcare.org, is an Atlanta attorney. Healthcare is her issue, and her passion is personal. Kathie's son, Chris, has Type I Diabetes, and her daughter, Caitlin, has Epilepsy. Kathie's children are uninsurable in the private insurance market and face a lifetime of health insurance crises, unaffordable insurance premiums, medical expenses, and drug costs. Kathie believes that healthcare reform which serves the needs of individuals is possible if Americans get educated and speak up for reform. Kathie is taking time off from her law practice to travel the country in the Purple Bus.
Kathie has been a frequent contributer on CNN. She also serves on the Board of Directors for UHCAN, the Universal Health Care Action Network (www.UHCAN.org). A recent kidney donor, Kathie is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Kidney Foundation's Living Donor Council. Email Kathie at purplebuslady@votehealthcare.org.
Robert Altman is a litigation attorney and mediator in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mary Lynn Hemphill, LMSW, has more thirty years experience as a direct service provider, educator, and advocate in the areas of women's health, HIV/AIDS, clinical trials and oncology in nonprofit settings including a university, grassroots advocacy organizations, and a large inner-city teaching hospital.
Joseph LaMountain is President of SparkLight Communications. The firm develops and implements advocacy, media relations and marketing campaigns for a range of clients, particularly non-profit health care agencies. He is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University and sits on several boards and committees. LaMountain previously served as Vice President of the Vision Council of America and National Director of Advocacy for the American Diabetes Association.
Ian H. Moncaster is President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Puget Sound. Ian has extensive expertise in management, fundraising, and social corporate responsibility, as well as international relief, development, and relations.
Jessica Petro is a fundraising professional in the Washington, D.C. area. She currently works in development for the national office of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and has worked with a variety of non-profit health and human services organization in the District of Columbia and in the state of Florida.
Lynn Thogersen, MHA, is a healthcare consultant with extensive expertise in advocacy, regulation compliance, women’s health, human resource management, and contract management. Lynn serves on the Board of the Healthcare Georgia Foundation.
Jane Danny Vincent, MPH, is Executive Director for Health Students Taking Action Together (HealthSTAT), a statewide, student-run non-profit organization whose members are graduate students in nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health, nutrition, and law engaged in public education, service and advocacy in health disparities and access to care, childhood obesity prevention, and HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy.
Contact Us
VoteHealthcare.org
P.O. Box 133131
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone (404) 660-7475
Fax (404) 875-0027
Info@VoteHealthcare.org