About Us
Mission
The Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition is dedicated to establishing comprehensive single-payer health care for all Minnesotans through advocacy, education, lobbying, and community organizing.
Values
We believe that health care is an essential human need and that unequal access to health care is an injustice. A single-payer system is the only system that can provide comprehensive, affordable, high quality health care for each and every person.
Vision
We envision a comprehensive high quality health care system which:
- Provides universal and equal health care coverage.
- Uses the single-payer financing mechanism to control costs and reduce administrative waste.
- Provides permanent health care coverage regardless of health, financial or employment status.
- Covers all medically necessary care including prescription medication, mental health care and dental care.
- Restores to doctors and patients the ultimate authority over decisions about medical care.
- Ensures patients the freedom to choose among doctors, hospitals and other providers.
- Removes the power of private corporations to make health policy and gives this power to the community.
- Is progressively funded
MUHCC, a coalition of member organizations, is an independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)4 non-profit in Minnesota. MUHCC does not endorse candidates or work on political campaigns.
MUHCC Board
Lisa Nilles MD, Chair
Episcopal Homes
Susan Hasti MD, Vice Chair
Hennepin Faculty Associates
Alan Ingram JD, LICSW, Treasurer
National Association of Social Workers-MN
Steve Katz, MSSA, MAPL, Secretary
Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
Don Pylkkanen
Minnesota COACT
Flo Golod
Flo Golod & Associates
MUHCC Contract Staff
Zack Farley, Field Director
Cynthia Jepsen, Lobbyist
Amy Lange RN, MS, Executive Director
Julian Loscalzo MPA, Lobbyist
Ken Peterson JD, MPA, Lobbyist
MUHCC Steering Committee
Janet Asancheyev, Older Women's League-MN
Grace Baltich, AFSCME Council 65
Tim Carlson, Network of Spiritual Progressives-MN
Liz Doyle, TakeAction Minnesota
Elizabeth Frost MD, Physicians for a National Health Program-MN
Amber Garlan, Green Party of Minnesota
Rhoda Gilman, Saint Paul Green Party
Aashley Hase, MN Public Interest Research Group
Susan Hasti MD, MUHCC Board Vice Chair
Bernie Hesse, United Commercial Food Workers #789
Alan Ingram JD, LICSW, National Association of Social Workers-MN
Steve Katz, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
Tom Kelly RN, Individual Member
Faith Kidder, Individual Member
Ellen Lafans RN, MUHCC Community Organizing Committee Co-Chair
Glenda Larson RN, League of Women Voters-MN
Bruce Miller, Minnesota Farmers Union
James Moore, Minnesota Independent Field Staff and Clerical Association
Glen Peterson, MUHCC Community Organizing Committee Co-Chair
Don Pylkkanen, Minnesota COACT
Charlie Quick, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #110
Ann Settgast MD, Physicians for a National Health Program-MN
Bernice Vetsch, Individual Member