Resources and Reports
Commonwealth Fund: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
08/28/08 This report, from 2008, looks at how growing medical debt is burdening families.
Congressional Research Service - Health Care Reform: An Introduction
05/12/09 The non-partisan research staff for Congress outlines issues to be considered in health reform.
Families USA
07/15/08 Consumer advocacy group and clearing house for health information, dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Also see its project Web site, Stand Up for Health Care.
Kaiser Family Foundation
07/15/08 A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., with a growing role in global health. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies. Kaiser Family Foundation serves as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public.
Kaiser Family Foundation: Glossary of Key Health Reform Terms
05/22/09 Adverse Selection? Case Management? Guaranteed Issue? Purchasing Pool? All the definitions you need to understand what the wonks in Washington are saying.
The Commonwealth Fund
07/15/08 The Commonwealth Fund is a private, charitable foundation created to promote a health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable populations. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practices and policies.
The National Coalition on Health Care
07/15/08 Coalition of large and small businesses, labor, consumer, religious and health provider groups, and the health and pension funds. CWA is a member.
Universal Health Care Action Network
07/15/08 National network of state advocacy groups supporting universal, affordable health coverage.
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