Surf these sites: Alpha Center -- National health policy resource center serving public and private sector leaders. American Academy of Family Physicians Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care -- Brings a family practice and primary care perspective to health policy deliberations. Birth Love -- Celebrating the revolutionary passion of mothering and traditional midwifery in British Columbia Citizens for Better Medicare -- A broad-based, bipartisan group representing the interests of patients, seniors, pharmaceutical research companies, doctors, caregivers, hospitals, employers, health care experts and many others concerned with the health of Americans and our Medicare system. Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions -- Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry. Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange -- Portal site for health policy information on the Web. Health Canada Population Health Development -- Resources and other publications regarding Health Canada''s population health policies. Health Care articles -- Articles about various health policy and health care reform topics, published in the American Prospect. Health Care for All (ACP-ASIM) -- The American College of physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine recently put statistical information as well as part of their efforts to sway Congress and 2000 Presidential candidiates on the internet. Interesting studies and information presented. Health Policy - Idea Central -- A project of the Electronic Policy Network. Health Policy: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation -- News and analysis on health policy topics including managed care, Medicare, Social Security, universal health insurance coverage, and patients rights. Health Publications of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities -- The Center is a research institute that conducts analyses on gov''t policies and programs. Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Board -- From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data is readily available, an independent, comprehensive, and systematic program of post-marketing drug surveillance does not exist." Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Health Research -- Studies that span the changes taking place in the health care system. Includes short-term policy projects as well as longer-term evaluations. Most evaluations also include a cost-effectiveness analysis. MedicareWatch -- A project of The Century Foundation, this website is designed to keep you informed of the important developments and debates surrounding America''s most important health care program. Minnesota COACT (Citizens Organized ACting Together) -- A grassroots, nonprofit membership organization that focuses on health care reform and farm policy. National Academy of Social Insurance - Medicare -- A project to produce neutral, timely analysis of the most important policy questions facing those who will change Medicare over the next several years. National Organization of Physicians Who Care -- PWC believes the responsibility for medical care belongs first and foremost to physicians and patients. 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. Physicians for a National Health Program -- A single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health care program. Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) -- International health education, policy research, and humanitarian assistance programs. The Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care -- National advocacy group who argue that access to health care must be the right of all. 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. The Lewin Group -- A healthcare policy research and management consulting firm. Universal Health Care Action Network -- UHCAN! provides a national resource center and facilitates information sharing and the development of strategies for health care justice, that is, universal, high quality, and publicly accountable health care. Virginia Birthing Freedom -- Grassroots effort to decriminalize midwifery in the Old Dominion. 1998, 1999, and 2000 legislative initiatives. YourDoctorintheFamily.com -- Works toward advancing the level of debate as to what must be done to solve our growing crisis in health care.
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