Organizational Affiliation [OLD]

How to Become a Healthcare-NOW! Affiliate – OlD PAGE

Healthcare-NOW! is always looking for volunteers and organizers who are committed to passing single-payer legislation in the US. We believe that if grassroots activists have access to tools, resources, and training they will become more effective in organizing for single-payer healthcare.

If you’re already organized, officially affiliating with Healthcare-NOW! guarantees you the rights listed below.

If you’re not part of a group, we can help! As a national organization, we are connected to over 700 activists in all fifty states and over 50,000 supporters. We work with 43 local single-payer organizations and 23 national organizations. Healthcare-NOW!’s affiliation with the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care connects us to 20 million people nationwide.

Healthcare-NOW! asks that your organization agree to our mission and vision and pay an organizational membership fee every year. Affiliation details are listed below.

Please contact Healthcare-NOW! staff at 800-453-1305 or info@healthcare-now.org with questions or to let us know that you’d like to affiliate.

To join by check, please mail your payment to: Healthcare-NOW!, 1315 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Organizational Affiliation Rights and Amounts

$200 a Year – Basic Affiliation
– Invitations to monthly single-payer activist conference calls (first Sunday of the month)
– Invitations to monthly activist training sessions
– Announcements of your events/meetings on our website and by email to our supporters in your area
– Organizational listing in our local contacts page of our website
– Discounted registration to Healthcare-NOW!’s yearly National Strategy Conference
– Secure donation webpage that matches your website and allows you to accept Visa and Master Card donations (15% of your donations cover processing fees)
– Ability to accept recurring donations
– Monthly donation report and check
– Printed materials for your events: Sign in sheets, petitions, postcards to Congress, informational handouts, pins, stickers, guides, signs, etc.

Additional $250 a Year – Technical Support
– Database management
– Mass emails sent to your list of supporters
– Custom email template
– Email sign up and unsubscribe webpages
– Email discussion group/listserv (similar to Google Group)
– Detailed open rate, click, unsubscribe, and bounce data after every email
– Website built from our template (See MDSinglePayer.org and PhillyHealth.org for examples.)
– Website management (we can do all the updating for you, just tell us what to post)
– Website tech support
– Custom URL
– Online letter to editor campaign – Online petitions
– Online targeted actions