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Resources in This Category

• Alan Katz Health Insurance Blog

  http://www.alankatz.wordpress.com/
  A blog for health insurance agents and others written by Alan Katz concerning health care reform and other health insurance related issues

• Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University

  http://www.cshp.rutgers.edu/
  Center focusing on health services research, public health, health policy and the social sciences with a strong set of applied research and policy analysis initiatives.

• Council on Health Care Economics and Policy

  http://council.brandeis.edu/
  The Council, based at Brandeis University, presents the findings of nationally-recognized health policy experts on emerging health policy issues, such as medicare reform, managed care regulation and the uninsured.

• Death Is Inevitable

  http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/deathisinevitable/
  Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies.

• Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured - ERIU

  http://www.umich.edu/~eriu/
  The ERIU is a Robert Wood Johnson-funded research group that studies the economic causes and consequences of lacking health insurance.

• Georgetown University - Health Policy Institute

  http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/
  Conducts research on health policy and service issues including health care financing, federal health insurance reforms, the quality of care and outcomes research, mental health services research, and the impact of changes in the health care market on providers and patients.

• Harvard Health Caucus at the Harvard Medical School

  http://web.med.harvard.edu/healthcaucus
  A student-run interdisciplinary think tank dedicated to thoughtful discourse in health policy.

• Health Care for All (MA)

  http://www.hcfama.org/
  Massachusetts organization dedicated to making adequate and affordable health care accessible to everyone, regardless of income, social or economic status.

• Health Policy Institute of Ohio

  http://www.healthpolicyohio.org/
  An independent, nonpartisan, statewide center that informs Ohio health policy by forecasting health trends, analyzing key health issues, and communicating current research to policymakers, state agencies, and other decision makers.

• Health-Care Reform - A Mindful Approach

  http://www.health-care-reform.net/
  A detailed, revolutionary plan is presented by a medical doctor to reform the health-care system by restructuring medical education. The program would be individualized, cost free, and open to any motivated person.

• Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research

  http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/
  Interdisciplinary research Institute focusing on local, state and national health care and policy issues.

• Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research

  http://www.investigatorawards.org/
  This site provides information about Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Investigator Awards program, the investigators who have been funded through the program to conduct broad studies of the most challenging health policy issues facing America, and the results of some of their work on a wide range of topics.

• M.I.S.S. Foundation's Legislative Reference Site

  http://www.missingangelsbill.org/
  Information about legislation regarding birth certificates for parents of stillborn children and the 'MISSing Angels Bill'.

• Minnesota COACT (Citizens Organized ACting Together)

  http://www.coact.org/
  A grassroots, nonprofit membership organization that focuses on health care reform and farm policy.

• National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations

  http://www.nassembly.org/
  An association of national nonprofit health and human service organizations bound by a common concern for the effective delivery of health and human services to the American people, especially those in need.

• National Health Law Program

  http://www.healthlaw.org/
  Comprehensive information on health issues, with a substantive section on child health, including documents, as well as links to numerous other child health sites.

• New England Healthcare Institute

  http://www.nehi.net/
  New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) is a health policy research organization focused on enabling innovation in health care.

• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

  http://www.pcrm.org/
  A non-profit organization that promotes preventive medicine, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services.

• Piper Report

  http://www.piperreport.com/
  News and commentary of health care issues, including Medicare and Medicaid. Edited by Kevin B. Piper.

• RAND Health

  http://www.rand.org/health/
  Research on health and health policy by RAND, a nonprofit public policy institute.

• The Commonwealth Fund

  http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
  The Commonwealth Fund is a private nonpartisan foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.

• The Health Care Blog

  http://matthewholt.typepad.com/the_health_care_blog/
  Musings about the goings-on in American health care from a general health care consultant. Topics can include policy, health insurers, technology and eHealth, physicians, pharma and anything else that grips the author's fancy.

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

  http://www.kff.org/
  News and analysis on health policy topics including managed care, Medicare, Social Security, universal health insurance coverage, and patients rights.

• The John A. Hartford Foundation

  http://www.jhartfound.org/
  Focuses on increasing the nation's capacity to provide effective and affordable elder care, and concentrates on the practice of health care as the point where policy becomes reality for every older American.

• The Lewin Group

  http://www.lewin.com/
  A healthcare policy research and management consulting firm.

• The Robert Graham Center

  http://www.graham-center.org/
  Brings a family practice and primary care perspective to health policy deliberations.

• U.S. Health Policy Gateway

  http://ushealthpolicygateway.wordpress.com/
  Portal site for health policy information on the Web.

• UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

  http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
  The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research applies the extensive expertise of faculty and researchers from UCLA's leading professional schools and academic departments to meet the needs of the nation, states, and local communities for health policy-related research and information

• Ward Health Strategies

  http://wardhealth.com/
  Communications firm with a focus on health care issues. Free health-related e-newsletters.

• YourDoctorintheFamily.com

  http://www.yourdoctorinthefamily.com/
  Works toward advancing the level of debate as to what must be done to solve our growing crisis in health care.

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