Consumer Groups
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CONSUMER GROUPS / ASSOCIATIONS
AIDS - for information on AIDS and HIV transmission
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
American
College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)
818 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite
900
Washington, DC 20006
(212) 728-9860
http://www.midwife.org
American
Health Information Management Association - general information on medical
records and state statutes regarding patient access
919 North Michigan
Avenue
#1400
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 787-2672
http://www.ahima.org
Center for
Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) - nutrition, food, additives
1875
Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20009
(202)
332-9110
http://www.cspinet.org
Center for
Medical Consumers - information clearinghouse on common surgical
procedures
237 Thompson Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 674-7105
http://www.medicalconsumers.org
Medicare
Rights Center (formerly Medicare Beneficiaries Defense Fund) - Medicare
counseling hotline and informational pamphlets
1460 Broadway
8th
floor
New York, NY 10036-7393
(212) 869-3850
National Health Law
Program - legislative changes affecting low-income health consumers;
information about Medicaid, managed care, federal funding for children's
preventive care, government responsibility to provide care, how to understand
state and local health care systems
http://www.healthlaw.org
National
Women's Health Network - a consumer advocacy group giving women a greater
voice in the health care system
1325 G Street N.W.
Washington, DC
20005
(202) 347-1140
Physicians for a National Health Program
(PNHP) - membership group of physicians and health care workers promoting
single-payer national health insurance and access to health care
332 S.
Michigan, Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 554-0382; fax (312)
554-0383
http://www.pnhp.org/