| 1. | 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.
www.cmwf.org |
| 4. | 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.
www.kaisernetwork.org |
| 6. | 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.
www.jhartfound.org |
| 7. | 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.
www.pcrm.org |
| 10. | 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.
www.health-care-reform.net |
| 11. | Families USA | | | A national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
www.familiesusa.org |
| 13. | YourDoctorintheFamily.com | | | Works toward advancing the level of debate as to what must be done to solve our growing crisis in health care.
www.yourdoctorinthefamily.com |
| 14. | Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights | | | California-based, non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization. Deals in insurance reform, healthcare reform, billing errors, and other issues.
www.consumerwatchdog.org |
| 17. | 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.
www.iwsp.org |
| 20. | Coalition for Nonprofit Health Care | | | CNHC is a national membership organization devoted to promoting the benefits of nonprofit health care. Web site contains significant resources on research, education, and advocacy initiatives related to nonprofit health care organizations.
www.cnhc.org |
| 21. | 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.
www.cert-uk.com |
| 22. | UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | | | 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
www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu |
| 25. | 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.
www.accessproject.org |
| 26. | Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | | | Independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. Includes fact sheets and publications on state health policy and the uninsured, as well as policy briefs on CHIP.
www.kff.org |
| 27. | 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.
www.healthlaw.org |
| 28. | Concerned Citizens For Care | | | A grass-roots organization for citizens who are concerned about healthcare issues and Pennsylvania medicine. It is organized by the Bucks County Physician Hospital Alliance in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
www.concernedcitizensforcare.org |
| 29. | Ward Advocacy Communications | | | Communications firm with a focus on health care issues. Site includes several free health-related e-newsletters.
www.wardadvocacy.com |
| 30. | RAND Health | | | Research on health and health policy by RAND, a nonprofit public policy institute.
rand.org |
| 31. | 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.
www.wbgh.com |
| 33. | 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.
www.bjbc.org |
| 34. | Protect Your Healthcare | | | Site that advocates against congressional legislation allowing Association Health Plans to take away current healthcare protections under state law.
www.protectyourhealthcare.org |
| 35. | Policy Reform Options Database | | | PROD is a database for health sector reform which has been developed as part of the Health and Family Welfare Programme in India supported by the European Commission.
www.prod-india.com |
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