Health Policy - government information - Health Policy: A Guide

Major resources from the U. S. Government (.gov)

HealthCare.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) AHRQ offers robust data sources that may be of interest to researchers, clinicians, purchasers, policymakers, or consumers.
Affordable Care Act. Dept. of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration, EBSA) Employee Benefits Security Administration. Affordable Care Act - Information for Workers and Families - 2013
CMS.gov The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center) with CMS supports the development and testing of innovative health care payment and service delivery models.
CAHPS Home @ AHRQ - [Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems] CAHPS database, plus CAHPS surveys ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their health care experiences. Surveys cover topics important to consumers and focus on those aspects of quality that consumers are best qualified to assess.
Census.gov - Health Insurance he Census Bureau collects health insurance data using three national surveys: the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), American Community Survey (ACS), and Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Health Information Privacy (HIPAA) HHS.gov - HIPPA rights and complaints. Office for Civil Rights Headquarters U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Toll Free Call Center: 1-800-368-1019 TTD Number: 1-800-537-7697
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) A nonpartisan legislative branch agency that provides the U.S. Congress with analysis and policy advice on the Medicare program.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical preventive health care services (such as screening, counseling, and preventive medications) and recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems. The USPSTF is an independent panel of non-Federal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine and is composed of primary care providers (such as internists, pediatricians, family physicians, gynecologists/obstetricians, nurses, and health behavior specialists).
President Biden to Announce Strategy to Address Our National Mental Health Crisis, As Part of Unity Agenda in his First State of the Union MARCH 01, 2022 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Improving Health for All Americans, Obama White House. Archived page from the White House website under President Barack Obama

International - Health Coverage

Health is an important cross-cutting policy issue in the international agenda, as it is a precondition and an outcome and indicator of all three dimensions of sustainable development. - http://www.who.int/universal_health_coverage/un_resolution/en/

Global Health Observatory (GHO) data World Health Organization
WHO Universal Health Coverage Data Portal - Supporting the Universal Health Coverage Coalition Data and analyses from the Global Health Observatory (GHO) . The World Health Organization (WHO) has a data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) around the world. The UHC Portal provides current data on access to health services and equity in access globally and in individual countries. Also available as a free mobile app.
United Nations document: A/67/L.36 (6 December 2012)
Universal Health Coverage Coalition. (The Rockefeller Foundation) - Movement for universal health coverage Universal health coverage means everyone can access quality health services without financial hardship. It is an inherently political goal rooted in the human right to health. It also makes economic sense. Universal Health Coverage Day on 12 December has become the annual rallying point for the growing movement for health for all. It marks the anniversary of the United Nations’ historic and unanimous endorsement of universal health coverage in 2012.
Universal Health Coverage- WHO The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that all UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2030. This includes financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

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ACA Resources (Kaiser Family Foundation - KFF.org) Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues… Affordable Care Act Resources
AAMC. Advocacy and Policy Policy priorities to improve the nation's health.
AAMC. Physician Workforce Projections/Shortages Annual physician workforce supply & demand projections for primary & specialty care in the US. Looks at potential future shortages, impact of demographic, health system, policy changes on future workforce. Includes multiple scenarios, updated data each year, section on health care utilization equity.
Commonwealth Fund A private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.
CQ Researcher - Browse Reports by Topic: Health This database, CQ Researcher, provides award winning in-depth coverage on issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students.
Families USA Families USA works hard to achieve high-quality, comprehensive, and affordable health care for all Americans. ... While the Affordable Care Act is a huge step forward in making access to health care a reality, Families USA is working hard to ensure that all Americans enroll and that their health coverage is high-quality.
Health in Our Hands (Louisiana Initiative) An Louisiana initiative to build a community that influences improvements and innovations in healthcare. Brings together patients, doctors and researchers to work together to improve healthcare and provides individuals with up-to-date information and resources on issues that affect their health.
LPHI, Aligning action for health (Louisiana Public Health Institute) LPHI is a public health institute that champions health for people, within systems, and throughout communities. The Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) team works to align efforts, develop human capital, enhance systems and deliver high quality initiatives to improve health. for all.
Kaiser Family Foundation Kaiser is a non-profit, private operating foundation. KFF programs involve policy analysis, polling, journalism and communication. Website topis: Disparities Policy, Global Health Policy, Health Costs, Health Reform, HIV/AIDS, Medicaid and Medicare, Private Insurance, Uninsured and Women’s Health Policy.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Bureau associates concentrate on four types of empirical research: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the economic effects of public policies, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals.
New York Times - Health Care Reform To access the Academic Pass to NYTimes.com, each user must follow these steps: Go to nytimes.com/passes Create a free NYTimes.com account using your Tulane email (tulane.edu) address. If you already have an NYTimes.com account using your Tulane email address, you may log in with those credentials. You have successfully claimed a Pass when you see the Start Your Access screen Now you can enjoy seamless full access to NYTimes.com, INYT.com and NYT mobile apps just by logging into your NYTimes.com account from any location, on or off campus. Download NYTimes.com mobile apps at nytimes.com/mobile
RAND Health Care Reform (Rand Corporation) The debate within the U.S. government about reforming the health care system centers on ways to control rising costs and assure high-quality, affordable care. RAND Health and its health care reform initiative—RAND COMPARE (Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts)—provide objective research and analysis on topics that can inform the health care reform debate, including financing; increasing access, insurance coverage, and quality; decreasing costs; and promoting wellness and prevention.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Focus on improving both the health of everyone in America and their health care—how it's delivered, how it's paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Urban Institute Health & Health Policy @ the Urban Institute.