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Related Sites

Section: Related Sites

Thanks to Universal Health Care Action Network which listed and described many of these resources on their website. www.uncan.org/files/national/organizations/html.

  • Alliance for Health Reform. A nonpartisan. nonprofit group, that believes all in the US should have health coverage at a reasonable cost. The Alliance which exists to provide information offers opinion leaders an unbiased source of information so they can understand the roots of the nation's health problems. www.allhealth.org
  • American Medical Students Association. An organization of medical students committed to the principle that every person has a right to basic health care. www.amsa.org
  • American Public Health Association. The oldest and largest organization of public health professional which is committed to providing public health for everyone. www.apha.org
  • The Arc. A voluntary organization committed to the welfare of children and adults with mental retardation and their families. www.thearc.org
  • America's Health Together. A new bipartisan public policy educational group focused on making sure everyone has good health care. www.healthtogether.org
  • Assocation of Academic Health Centers. A coalition of academic associations of major health professions, educations and university presidents calling for insurance coverage for the entire population within the next decade and an annual goal of reducing the rolls of the uninsured by at least 5 million persons. www.ahcnet.org
  • Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). A nonpartisan policy research organization which designs and conducts studies focused on the US health care system to inform the thinking and decisions of policy makers in government and private industry. www.hschange.org
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. A nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low and moderate income people. www.cbpp.org
  • Children's Defense Fund. An organization which works to create a nation in which the web of family, community, private sector, and government supports for children provides for the needs of all the children of America, especially poor and minority children and those with disabilities. www.childrendefense.org
  • Commonwealth Foundation. A private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. www.cmwf.org
  • Everybody In, Nobody Out. Its misson is the education and mobilization of the Public, the stimulation of debate, and the encouragement of moving the states and country towards a more humane and equitable system which guarantees universal access to health care for all. www.everybodyinnobodyout.org
  • Shape the Future of Health Care. Homepage of the Commission for the Future of Health Care in Canada. Provides information and solicits input of Canadians on how to achieve a sustainable, universal, accessible, publicly funded health system. www.healthcarecommission.ca
  • Families USA. A nonpartisan consumer organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. www.familiesusa.org
  • George Washington University Institute for Health Service Research and Policy. A research center dedicated to health policy research. www.gwu.edu/_chsrip.
  • Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy. A multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health policy and health services research. www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrip
  • Institute of Medicine. In search typle in "coverage matters" to access Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care 2001. The first of six reports to be issued over the next two years that present a wide-angle view of health insurance. www.iom.edu
  • Just Health Care. This is the Labor Party's campaign for national health insurance that guarantees lifetime coverage to every resident of the United States. www.justhealthcare.org
  • The Kaiser Family Foundation. an independent health care philanthropy which focuses on health policy. www.kff.org
  • National Coalition on Health Care. Non-profit and non-partisan. Comprised of almost 100 groups employing or representing approximately 100 million Americans. Members are united in the belief that we need and can achieve more affordable health care for all Americans. www.americashealth.org
  • National Council on Disability. An independent federal agency working to increse the inclusion, independence, and empowerment of all Americans with disabilities. www.ncd.gov
  • National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc. An organization of health care providers that provides opportunities for education, peer support and networking , as well as seeks to bring about reform of the health care system to serve the needs of the homeless. www.nhchc.org
  • National Health Law Program, Inc. Seeks to meet the health care needs of minorities and people with low income or disabilities through advocacy, policy analysis, technical assistance and litigation. www.healthlaw.org
  • Physicians for a National Health Program. Educates physicians, other health workers, and the general public on the need for a comprehensive, publicly-funded health care program, accessible to all residents of the US. www.pnhp.org
  • Partners in Health. Partners in Health has a preferential treatment option for the poor in Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the United States. Drawing on the resources of the world's elite medical and academic institutions, and on the lived experience of the world's poorest and sickest communities, PIH's team of physicians, scholars and activists tackles health crises that"can't be solved" and does whatever it takes to solve them. www.pih.org
  • Public Agenda. A nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization. Its mission is to help leaders better understand the public's point of view on major policy issues and help citizensbetter understand critical policy issues so they can make ltheir own more informed and thoughtful decisions. www.publicagenda.org
  • Universal Health Care Action Network. UHCAN's core mission is centeron health care justice - achieving comprehensive, quality, affordable, publicly accountable health care for all. www.uncan.org
  • Urban Institute Health Policy Center. A research organization which investigates and seeks to sharpen thinking regarding the social and economic problems confronting the nation and government policies and public and private programs designated to alleviate them. www.urban.org

Congressional Resources

  • Library of Congress. The Library offers this on-line catalogue to those interested in historical research. http://catalog.loc.gov
  • Thomas. A searchable database maintained by the Library of Congress that provides information on federal legislative activity. http://thomas.loc.gov
  • U.S. House of Representatives. The official web site of the U.S. House of Representatives. www.house.gov
  • U.S. Senate The official web site of the U.S. Senate. www.senate.gov