For 28 years Health & Medicine has operated as an independent, freestanding,
non-profit center driven by a singular mission: formulating health policy, advocacy and
health systems to enhance the health of the public.
We have earned a reputation as a trusted source for analysis on health reform at the local,
regional and state level, and as a convener, honest broker and leader of coalitions and
collaborative efforts to promote health justice. We are willing to take on the significant
challenges... we have achieved equally significant victories... and we will stay with important
struggles until we achieve our goals.
Our work is grounded in the following core beliefs:
Our work is grounded in the following core beliefs:
- Universal health care
- Quality and effective delivery systems
- Adequately funded and compensated primary health care providers
- Special role for County, other public sector, and other safety net providers
- Recognition that health is ultimately dependent on material conditions more so than medical care
- Elimination of health disparities
