MassCare Competitors

Health Care For All (HCFA) is one of the nation's leading state-based, non-profit consumer health care advocacy organizations. HCFA advocates for health justice in Massachusetts by working to promote health equity and ensure coverage and access for all. HCFA envisions a day when everyone in Massachusetts has the equitable, affordable, and comprehensive care they need to be healthy. HCFA's direct service program, the Consumer Assistance HelpLine, assists individuals and families statewide, and informs HCFA’s coalition and policy work to develop solutions that address health care access barriers at the systemic level. The HelpLine takes an average of 20,000 calls per year from residents of the Commonwealth seeking to enroll in or troubleshoot issues with health coverage. HCFA HelpLine counselors are experts in all facets of public and private health insurance and they provide services in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.

MIRA works to advocate for the rights and opportunities of immigrants and refugees. In partnership with its members, MIRA advances this mission through education, training, leadership development, organizing, policy analysis and advocacy.. MIRA succeeds in mobilizing community groups and immigrant leaders to speak out with one voice about issues that affect them. Combining capacity building, technical assistance, community education and policy advocacy with community organizing and civic participation, we are committed to fairness for immigrants and to sound public policies. With more than 100 organizational members, MIRA is a respected state and national leader on immigrant issues, and an authoritative source of information for policymakers, the media, and immigrant communities. The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) is the only organization in Massachusetts that brings together groups serving immigrants and refugees from many parts of the world, of various nationalities, races, and ethnicities. MIRA is a dynamic, multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition that actively involves hundreds of grassroots immigrant organizations, human services agencies, legal service providers, religious groups, and human rights groups in cooperative efforts to improve the lives of immigrants and refugees.

Health Access is comprised of two organizations: HEALTH ACCESS CALIFORNIA is the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, advocating for quality, affordable health care for all Californians. HEALTH ACCESS FOUNDATION undertakes community organizing and education, applied research and policy analysis, and advocates for reform to benefit health care consumers, both insured and uninsured.