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Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH

The author is with the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, M&V 124, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111 (e-mail: anthony.schlaff{at}tufts.edu).

Coalitions are necessary for successful political change. Few national primary care provider organizations partner with community, consumer, or labor organizations, and very few do so to promote policy on access to health care. Many of these provider organizations do work on health care access policy issues and do work in partnership with a variety of organizations, suggesting that community–provider partnerships may be a promising but overlooked strategy for promoting health care reform.