Demand Real Healthcare
Objectives
Choose Respectful Providers
Choose healthcare providers that respect privacy and data rights.
Support Mental Health
Support mental health initiatives that don’t monetize your data.
Advocate for Universal Care
Advocate for universal, accessible, and preventative care. Push for transparency in healthcare pricing and practices.
Educate on Root Causes
Educate yourself and others on root causes, not just symptoms, to promote holistic health.
What You Can Do
Choose privacy-respecting providers
Ask healthcare providers how they handle your medical data. Use clinics or apps that comply with HIPAA and support apps like CommonHealth that give patients more control.
Protect your health data
Avoid “free” health apps that sell data. Use privacy-first options like Bearable (symptom tracking) or Apple Health with data stored locally.
Support mental health without exploitation
Back community-based programs, crisis lines like 988 (U.S.), or nonprofits like NAMI instead of for-profit apps that monetize sensitive data.
Advocate for universal healthcare
Join campaigns like Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) or Healthcare-NOW! pushing for Medicare for All and accessible care.
Push for transparency in pricing
Use resources like Healthcare Bluebook or Fair Health Consumer to compare procedure costs and advocate for clear pricing.
Prioritize preventative and holistic care
Support community clinics, fitness programs, and food-as-medicine initiatives that focus on long-term well-being.
Educate on root causes
Learn about social determinants of health (housing, food access, and environment) through groups like the World Health Organization (WHO) or Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Support health justice movements
Back organizations like Health Justice Commons, Partners In Health, or The People’s Health Movement working for equity worldwide.
Helpful Tools
7 Cups
7cups.com
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988lifeline.org
Alternative Nature Herbal
altnature.com
Apple Health
apple.com
Basic First Aid by Red Cross
redcross.org
Bearable
bearable.app
Better Movement
bettermovement.org
Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine
chestnutherbs.com
CommonHealth
commonhealth.org
Doctors Without Borders
doctorswithoutborders.org
FAIR Health Consumer
fairhealthconsumer.org
Fitness Blender
fitnessblender.com
Free Medical Videos
osmosis.org
Global Health Media Project
globalhealthmedia.org
Health Justice Commons
healthjusticecommons.org
Healthcare Bluebook
healthcarebluebook.com
Healthcare-NOW!
healthcare-now.org
HealthyLife
healthylife.com
Herb Rally
herbrally.com
NAMI
nami.org
OpenNotes
opennotes.org
OpenWHO
openwho.org
Partners In Health
pih.org
People's Health Movement
phmovement.org
Physicians for a National Health Program
pnhp.org
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
rwjf.org
UNICEF Health Resources
unicef.org
World Health Organization (WHO)
who.int