Champions of Change

Champions of Change: Affordable Care Act

The White House honors 10 Champions of Change who are dedicated to improving access to health care. These individuals are helping others in their community understand the impact and opportunities from the health care law, the Affordable Care Act. The President's health law gives hardworking, middle-class families the security they deserve and forces insurance companies to play by the rules. Thanks to these Champions, Americans across the country are learning more about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and getting the health care they need.

Dr. John Casey is currently the Chief Resident of Emergency Medicine at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. After graduating from Virginia Tech, he served as a paramedic in Pulaski County,...

As the Founder and Executive Director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health (WAWH), Sara Finger works to advance comprehensive women’s health in Wisconsin by engaging, educating, empowering...

JoAnne Fischer is a community activist and nationally recognized leader advocating for women, children and families. She is the Executive Director of the Maternity Care Coalition (MCC), a...

Katherlyn Geter has been the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Regional Coordinator in Chattanooga, TN for the past 10 years. She is employed by the Southeast Tennessee Development...

Jan Gilbert, a Washoe Valley resident for over two decades, graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. She is co-founder and the Northern Nevada Coordinator of the...

Alice Kitchen is the Volunteer Co-Chair of the Affordable Care Public Education Committee for the Metropolitan Kansas City MO/KS) area. Kitchen coordinated (with Sarah Starnes) over 35...

Carmen Morales-Board is a Surgery Department Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Diabetes Educator at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, CA. Ms. Morales-Board has been an RN since 1991 and a...

Adam Searing serves as Director of the Health Access Coalition for the North Carolina Justice Center. The Health Access Coalition is North Carolina’s leading voice for progressive health care...

Born in Malawi, Josephine Underwood possesses a deep understanding of how the lack of proper access to quality health care impacts every sphere of a person's life. With a degree in Sociology from...

Rev. Linda Hanna Walling is the Executive Director of Faithful Reform in Health Care, the largest interfaith coalition of national, state and local organizations and individuals working for a...