Health Care Policy and Research Sites (From Many Perspectives)
When we were engaged in the heat of the health care debate, you could hear the same story from different individuals all coming to different conclusions. It was interesting to watch, but confusing as well. Everybody has their own "spin" on what's going on and what needs to happen. We're including some of the primary policy and research sites in this section to allow individuals to do their own research and come to their own informed conclusions about what needs to happen to fix the health care crisis we are facing. We've posted some of the research and ideas from many of these organizations in our Library so be sure to check that out as well. As we all know, there is no single "right answer" to solve the problems we have in health care- but the problem must be solved- we really don't have a choice. These sites will provide a good starting point to evaluate the different thoughts and opinions- they are good sites to use to become "more informed."
Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kff.org) A good source of a variety of health care information covering many topics
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (www.rwjf.org) The foundation covers many policy perspectives related to health and health care
Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org) More to the right- focuses on free-market principles and less government to solve our challenges
Commonwealth Fund (www.commonwealthfund.org) More to the left- supports government involvement to solve our challenges
National Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov) A good resource to covering more of the clinical issues facing us today
Institute of Medicine (www.iom.edu) Nonprofit resource for health care research
Center for Studying Health System Change (www.hschange.com) Covers a variety of health care issues- some interesting stuff
Center for Value-Based Health Management (www.centervbhm.com) Value-based is a new buzzword- this provides some background
Employee Benefits Research Institute (www.ebri.org) Health care from the Employer perspective
National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/hchs/) A public resource for health care statistics and policy information
National Center for Policy Analysis (www.ncpa.org) Promotes private free-market approaches to address public policy issues
Ethics and Public Policy Center (www.eppc.org) Establishes positions to reinforce the bond between moral tradition and the public debate over domestic and foreign policy issues
