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8. Health Care Policy

Explore

Suggested Web Sites

www.cms.gov. Health and Human Services site for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, formerly HCFA, with valuable links to federal and state health care programs.

www.ahip.org. American Association of Health Plans, a leading industry trade association, with excellent coverage of and links to the full range of health care policy issues.

www.citizen.org/hrg. Public Citizen's Health Research Group site, with extensive links to policy issues and citizen activism.

www.kaisernetwork.org. One of the best sites for timely, in-depth coverage of health care news and policy debates, with extensive links to policy organizations, research, public opinion, and advocacy.

www.kff.org. Kaiser Family Foundation, respected by both liberals and conservatives for its health care studies and reports. Written for the general public.

www.milbank.org/quarterly/links.html. Health care policy journals.

www.rwjf.org. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Web site. Research and policy analysis on health care issues, with a progressive leaning.

www.iom.edu. The Institute of Medicine, a component of the National Academies and a major source for reliable health care studies. Also includes links to related sites for health care studies and reports.

www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html. New York Times health news page.

www.policyalmanac.org/health/index.shtml. Almanac of Policy Issues health care page, with many useful links to news, organizations, government agencies, health care statistics, and a range of health policy issues.

www.medicare.gov. Medicare home page.

www.va.gov. Veterans Association

www.fda.gov. Food and Drug Administration

www.phrma.org. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

www.stemcellresearchnews.com. A private site that covers stem cell research around the world.

http://stemcells.nih.gov/research/Scilit/highlights/. A National Institutes of Health Web site that covers presidential and congressional statements and actions on stem cell research, and issues in federal guidelines for research in this area.

www.ahrq.gov/qual/measurix.htm. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

www.cdc.gov. Center for Disease Control and Prevention