Aimed Alliance

The vision of Aimed Alliance is a society in which consumers, in consultation with their health care providers and loved ones, can make informed and individually-appropriate decisions about their health care, and those decisions are not overridden by third parties.

Aimed Alliance works to improve patient outcomes in a nation that, on average, spends more per capita on health care than any other nation, yet ranks lower in life expectancy than other countries spending much less. Removing barriers to treatment, including the discriminatory practices of health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers; and promoting access to quality health care services and treatments are all core elements of Aimed Alliance's work. Aimed Alliance promotes patient-centered health care by conducting legal research and analysis to advance its policy priorities, educating and empowering health care consumers, promoting health care issue awareness, improving patient access to innovative treatments and technologies, and advocating for the rights of health care consumers and providers. We build coalitions of like-minded individuals, nonprofits, and commercial organizations to promote sound health care policy and practices across numerous sectors, including health care practitioners, business, and government.

At Aimed Alliance, we focus on developing sound patient-centered policy recommendations. Our work focuses on educating and informing policy makers and key decisions-makers about the impact proposed policy changes, legislation, or regulations may have on health care consumers. Through these efforts, we promote the adoption of our consumer-focused health care policy recommendations.

For our consumer advocacy work, we keep up-to-date on new treatment studies and technology research, analyze insurance industry policy and legislative and regulatory developments, conduct surveys and polls to gather necessary consumer information, stay informed of new developments in the fields of health care policy and health sciences research, collaborate with experts within our network, and monitor health care reform efforts at the state and national levels.

Extending our programmatic reach through existing initiatives and new initiatives is a priority for us. By expanding the reach of our ongoing consumer awareness campaigns, such as our “Know Your Health Insurance Rights" campaign, we will continue to inform consumers of their rights and teach them how to advocate for the quality health care that they deserve.

Our experienced and well-respected legal and policy staff lend their expertise to advancing our work through sound legal and policy research and analysis. Our staff provide expert analysis in the areas of state and national health care policy and health insurance industry regulation. We work closely with state officials to monitor and draft model legislation on bills addressing the true drivers of health care costs. Our legal staff draw on their expertise in consumer rights protection and advocate for insurance industry reform at all levels, including regulating the practices of third-party payers, pharmacy benefits managers, and hospitals.

Our work is disseminated through publications in scholarly journals; placements in media outlets, including editorials and opinion pieces; appearances on news and radio programs; and strategic use of social media. Our staff design and conduct surveys to improve our understanding of consumer health care needs to inform our research, policy recommendations, and consumer advocacy work. To maintain our leadership and to receive new feedback from our stakeholders, our organization hosts forums on timely legal and health policy issues. Our staff also present at national and international conferences and before state and federal policymakers.

Alliance Members are an essential part of our network and provide the resources needed to support our consumer awareness and education campaigns.

Our work is conducted on a national level. We have reached a wide audience of consumers, caregivers, patient advocates, advocacy groups, policymakers, health insurers, employers, and other key audiences though our websites and public materials. We have developed relationships with several other patient advocacy groups, health care providers, and industry groups to ensure that consumers have access to affordable health care delivered in a timely manner. Our work is disseminated through our scholarly articles (published in legal and policy journals), our op-eds, our legislative tracking maps, our national speaking engagements, our letter-writing campaigns, and our meetings.