New Jersey

State Consumer Health Advocacy Program

Through the Consumer Voices for Coverage initiative, New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund (NJCAEF) is a coalition of community and political organizations promoting the empowerment of low and middle-income people through research, education and training around public policy issues and through direct counseling and services for 1.2 million uninsured individuals throughout New Jersey.

Collaborative Partners:
AARP-New Jersey, Camden Churches Organized for People, Communications Workers of America Local 1037, Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey, NAACP-New Jersey, New Jersey Appleseed, New Jersey Catholic Concerns, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, New Jersey Policy Perspective, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, Women’s Fund of New Jersey

Prescription Access Litigation Project

Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) member organizations participate in PAL’s work by joining class action lawsuits as plaintiffs, educating their members about the pharmaceutical industry’s tactics, publicizing PAL projects and successes, and signing on to “friend of the Court” briefs and regulatory testimony/comments submitted by PAL.

Coalition Members:
New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, New Jersey PIRG, New Jersey Citizen Action

• March 19, 2010 Gains in the States: Consumer Advocacy and Federal-State Alliances Help Expand Health Coverage Despite a deep economic recession and the promise of national health care reform, states advanced access to quality affordable health care in 2009.
• October 01, 2006 Consumer Health Advocacy: A View from 16 States This report looks at state health reform in 16 states addressing the following questions: What is actually happening in state capitals and communities across the nation as these trends play out and crucial health policy decisions are being made? Can health care consumers actively participate in health policymaking? What political, economic, and organizational factors are making consumer health advocacy successful in some states and extremely challenging in others?

• Community Catalyst's Free Care Compendium This web resource summarizes free care laws and regulations in New Jersey and in states across the country. It also includes a national snapshot of trends across the states, recommendations for free care standards and best practices, fact sheets, and tools.
• August 08, 2008 State Coverage Matrix: Strategies Used to Expand Health Insurance Coverage Across the United States from RWJF State Coverage Initiative This research tool organizes available information on specific strategies states have used to expand or sustain insurance coverage.
• August 08, 2008 State Health Facts Find data on highlighted health and health care topics available in a 50-state comparison and through individual state profiles and fact sheets provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

• October 03, 2006 Benchmark Report Highlights Impact of the Consumer Voice in Addressing Health Care Reform Recent passage of major healthcare coverage expansions in Massachusetts, Colorado, and Illinois suggests that momentum for significant policy change will increasingly take place in states rather than in the federal government.