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Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured - ERIU
The ERIU is a Robert Wood Johnson-funded research group that studies the economic causes and consequences of lacking health insurance.
http://www.umich.edu/~eriu/
New England Journal of Medicine - Health Policy
The Health Policy collection covers topics such as Medicare, Medicaid, and tobacco control and includes research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorial commentary.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/hea...
The Commonwealth Fund
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.
http://www.cmwf.org/
Protect Your Healthcare
Site that advocates against congressional legislation allowing Association Health Plans to take away current healthcare protections under state law.
http://www.protectyourhealthcare.org
What is Wrong With Our Health Care System?
A commentary on why the US health care system is the most expensive in the world but less effective than most people realize.
http://www.execpc.com/~squall1/MedDrg/medd...
Families USA
Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs
http://www.familiesusa.org
Kaisernetwork
News and information on health policy issues, including Medicare, Medicaid, children's health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, health care advertising, minority health, and health reform.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/
Piper Report
News and commentary of health care issues, including Medicare and Medicaid. Edited by Kevin B. Piper.
http://www.piperreport.com/
The Praxis Project
A national, nonprofit organization that builds partnerships with local groups to address the health gap facing communities of color. Site provides grants, tools and resources for advocates.
http://www.thepraxisproject.org
Minnesota COACT (Citizens Organized ACting Together)
A grassroots, nonprofit membership organization that focuses on health care reform and farm policy.
http://www.coact.org
M.I.S.S. Foundation's Legislative Reference Site
Information about legislation regarding birth certificates for parents of stillborn children and the 'MISSing Angels Bill'.
http://www.missingangelsbill.org
Institute of Health Law Studies
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.
http://www.ihls.org
Questionable Doctors
Public citizen effort to collect and make public information about questionable doctors in the United States. Data is available online.
http://www.questionabledoctors.org/
Center for Collaborative Research in Health Outcomes and Policy
Conducts research for the development, management and understanding of health improvement, outreach and promotion, as well as disease management, clinical outcomes and health policy analysis.
http://www.ccrhop.org/
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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.
http://www.healthpolicyohio.org
Almanac of Policy Issues: Health Policy
Background information and links on U.S. health policy.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/index....
Health Information for Development Project
Aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health information resource centres that will provide locally appropriate content on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health services and education systems, not replace them.
http://www.iwsp.org
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
A non-profit organization that promotes preventive medicine, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services.
http://www.pcrm.org/
Center for Health Policy Research
Strives to understand and advance public health policies that can improve access to health care as well as promote good health among diverse populations in the state and the nation. Also provides a list of major programs.
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
Health Care Beware
A digest of ideas concerning the growing health care crisis in America.
http://www.healthcarebeware.com
Health Care for All (MA)
Massachusetts organization dedicated to making adequate and affordable health care accessible to everyone, regardless of income, social or economic status.
http://www.hcfama.org/
YourDoctorintheFamily.com
Works toward advancing the level of debate as to what must be done to solve our growing crisis in health care.
http://www.yourdoctorinthefamily.com
The John A. Hartford Foundation
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.
http://www.jhartfound.org/
RAND Health
Research on health and health policy by RAND, a nonprofit public policy institute.
http://rand.org/health/
Doctors For Life
Non-profit making organisation which stands for the sanctity of life from conception till death and a basic Christian ethic.
http://www.dfl.org.za
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.
http://matthewholt.typepad.com/the_health_...
CERT Campaign for Effective and Rational Treatment
CERT (The Campaign for Effective and Rational Treatment) is a patient-centred organisation set up in response to concerns raised by senior clinicians about access to, and the quality of treatment.
http://www.cert-uk.com
Health Promotion Policy Unit
The HPPU at the University of Glasgow, led by Professor Ken Judge, undertakes health policy analysis and research about the effectiveness of interventions related to health inequality.
http://www.dph.gla.ac.uk/hppu
Death Is Inevitable
Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies.
http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/deathis...
Washington Business Group on Health
National non profit organization exclusively devoted to the analysis of health policy and related work site issues from the perspective of large employers.
http://www.wbgh.com/
Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change
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.
http://sihp.brandeis.edu/council
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
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.
http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/rwjf
The Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health
Conducts research studies, policy analyses, and joint learning activities to identify and explore key challenges associated with collaborative problem solving in the healthcare field.
http://www.cacsh.org/
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Interdisciplinary research Institute focusing on local, state and national health care and policy issues.
http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu
Harvard Health Caucus at the Harvard Medical School
A student-run interdisciplinary think tank dedicated to thoughtful discourse in health policy.
http://web.med.harvard.edu/healthcaucus
The Lewin Group
A healthcare policy research and management consulting firm.
http://www.lewin.com/
Health Publications of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center is a research institute that conducts analyses on gov't policies and programs.
http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/health.htm
Ward Health Strategies
Communications firm with a focus on health care issues. Site includes several free health-related e-newsletters.
http://www.wardhealth.com/
Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange
Portal site for health policy information on the Web.
http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
News and analysis on health policy topics including managed care, Medicare, Social Security, universal health insurance coverage, and patients rights.
http://www.kff.org/
Better Jobs Better Care
Research and demonstration program designed to create changes in policy and practice that will improve the recruitment and retention of direct care staff across the spectrum of long-term care settings.
http://www.bjbc.org
Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere)
International health education, policy research, and humanitarian assistance programs.
http://www.projhope.org/
National Health Law Program
Comprehensive information on health issues, with a substantive section on child health, including documents, as well as links to numerous other child health sites.
http://www.healthlaw.org/
National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations
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.
http://www.nassembly.org/
National Health Policy, Education, and Research Group
Devoted to increasing public awareness of alternatives to the market system of health insurance in the United States through research, education, and grassroots outreach.
http://nhperg.org
The Access Project
Focuses on promoting health access at the local community level. Reports and fact sheets on the uninsured, as well as updates on their local projects.
http://www.accessproject.org/
The Robert Graham Center
Brings a family practice and primary care perspective to health policy deliberations.
http://www.graham-center.org/
Health-Care Reform - A Mindful Approach
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.
http://www.health-care-reform.net
Texas Health, Education, Assistance, Resources and Training: Texas HEART
Committed to conducting health outreach to the chronically underserved as well as becoming recognized as a receptor site for multiple sources of assistance, including education, guidance, referral, and self-advocacy
http://www.txheart.org/
Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University
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.
http://www.cshp.rutgers.edu
New England Healthcare Institute
New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) is a health policy research organization focused on enabling innovation in health care.
http://www.nehi.net
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