Open Directory - Society: Issues: Health: Health Policy
See also: - A blog for health insurance agents and others written by Alan Katz concerning health care reform and other health insurance related issues - Represents an effort to stimulate dialogue with leading Republican and Democratic policymakers and advocates in order to develop meaningful, incremental reform to the nation’s health care system. - 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. - 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. - Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies. - The ERIU is a Robert Wood Johnson-funded research group that studies the economic causes and consequences of lacking health insurance. - 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. - A student-run interdisciplinary think tank dedicated to thoughtful discourse in health policy. - A digest of ideas concerning the growing health care crisis in America. - Massachusetts organization dedicated to making adequate and affordable health care accessible to everyone, regardless of income, social or economic status. - 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. - The Center is a research institute that conducts analyses on gov't policies and programs. - 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. - Interdisciplinary research Institute focusing on local, state and national health care and policy issues. - The Institute of Health Law Studies, based at the California Western School of Law, is a nonprofit organization performing research, advocacy, and community service to promote quality and safety in health care. - 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. - Information about legislation regarding birth certificates for parents of stillborn children and the 'MISSing Angels Bill'. - A grassroots, nonprofit membership organization that focuses on health care reform and farm policy. - 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. - 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 (NEHI) is a health policy research organization focused on enabling innovation in health care. - A non-profit organization that promotes preventive medicine, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services. - News and commentary of health care issues, including Medicare and Medicaid. Edited by Kevin B. Piper. - Research on health and health policy by RAND, a nonprofit public policy institute. - Resource center for local communities working to improve health and healthcare access. Free assistance in negotiating medical bills. Publications on the uninsured and underinsured, as well as updates on local projects. - Conducts research studies, policy analyses, and joint learning activities to identify and explore key challenges associated with collaborative problem solving in the healthcare field. - 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. - 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. - News and analysis on health policy topics including managed care, Medicare, Social Security, universal health insurance coverage, and patients rights. - 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. - A healthcare policy research and management consulting firm. - Brings a family practice and primary care perspective to health policy deliberations. - Portal site for health policy information on the Web. - 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 - Communications firm with a focus on health care issues. Free health-related e-newsletters. - Works toward advancing the level of debate as to what must be done to solve our growing crisis in health care.
