Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Support for a Nonpartisan, Informal Information Exchange
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
The National Health Policy Forum provides a nonpartisan, informal and private exchange of information and ideas about health policy among congressional and executive agency policy-makers and their staffs.
The National Health Policy Forum
January 1, 2004 | Book
The National Health Policy Forum, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since 1973, provides high-quality non-partisan information and analysis that allows different viewpoints to be heard.
Reauthorizing SCHIP
January 8, 2009 | Issue Brief
This document provides a brief overview of some of the policy and programmatic issues that were addressed in legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program during the summer and fall of 2007.
Recent Proposals to Limit Medigap Coverage and Modify Medicare Cost Sharing
February 24, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper discusses Medicare’s current cost-sharing requirements, Medigap insurance, and proposals to modify Medicare’s cost-sharing and eliminate first-dollar coverage in Medigap plans. It reviews the evidence on the effects of first-dollar covera ...
How Do Term Limits Impact Health Policy?
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
The National Conference of State Legislatures created the Institute for Professional Health Staff Development, which conducts annual seven-day conferences to educate professional state legislative staff members on the basics of health policy.
We've Seen the Future
July 13, 2012 | Presentation Material
In this group session, Ellen Zane, chief executive officer emeritus of Tufts Medical Center, shares insights into the dynamics of health care markets and how those dynamics might affect the implementation of health reform and efforts to reduce cost ...
Preparing Staff of Congressional Committees for the Health Reform Debate
January 13, 2010 | Program Result
The Alliance for Health Reform held briefing sessions on the anticipated 2009 Congressional debate on health care reform. The sessions prepared staff of congressional committees with primary jurisdiction over health care policy for the debate.
Making the Smoking Cessation Guideline a Routine Part of Prenatal Care
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.
Putting Media in the Health Care Picture
May 1, 1997 | Program Result
American Health Line, a daily electronic newsletter in Falls Church, Va., which focuses on health policy, hosted and moderated a one-day media seminar on February 2, 1994.