Health Care for All Illinois

Health Care for All Illinois (HCAI) is a statewide coalition advocating a single-payer "Medicare for All" health system to guarantee access to comprehensive, equal health care for all Illinoisians. HCAI's diverse membership includes physician, nurse, disability, labor, women's, consumer, political and civic groups.

HCAI was founded in 2006 in response to the need for public education and advocacy on behalf of a single-payer statewide insurance system for Illinois. Member organizations include the National Nurses Organizing Committee, Illinois Physicians for a National Health Program, the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, the Cook County Nurses, Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), Access Living, the Progress Center for Independent Living, the Illinois Older Women's League, Metro Seniors in Action, Rainbow/PUSH, Illinois locals of the Service Employees' International Union, the Illinois Greens, the Illinois Progressive Democrats of America, Illinois Gray Panthers, Illinois chapters of the American Medical Students' Association, and the United Electrical Workers Western Region.

HCAI holds monthly meetings (the third Thursday of every month) which are open to the public. For more information, email info (at) healthcareforallillinois.org

Health Care for All Illinois Steering Committee

Founding Chair: Quentin Young, MD
Secretary: Nicholas Skala

Steering Committee Members

Mike Brennan
Martese Chism, RN
Prajwal Ciryam
Claudia Fegan, MD
Sheilah Garland, RN
Pamella S. Gronemeyer, MD
Charlie Howe
Lorin Klugman
Christopher Masi, MD (Chair, 2006-2007)
Laura McAlpine
Mary Ann Millhone
Jim Rhodes
Marcia Rothenberg, RN
Elizabeth Salisbury, MD
Margie Schapps
Anne Scheetz, MD
Nicholas Skala
Greg Vachon, MD
Richard Whitney, JD
Giudi Weiss
Tom Wilson
Quentin Young, MD

Steering Committee Members Emeriti

Robert McKersie, MD
Gordon Schiff, MD

Downstate Leadership

Chair: Rich Whitney
Vice-Chair: Charlie Howe
Treasurer: E.G. Huges
Secretary:Sabrina Hardenbergh