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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Health Policy collection covers topics such as Medicare, Medicaid, and tobacco control and includes research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorial commentary.
A non-profit organization that promotes preventive medicine, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services.
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.
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
National non profit organization exclusively devoted to the analysis of health policy and related work site issues from the perspective of large employers.
