How Can Health Impact Assessments Lead to Better Policy Decisions?
March 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
Health impact assessments (HIAs) allows policymakers to consider how a new proposal—development of a new transit system, for example—affects health.
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How Does Employment, or Unemployment, Affect Health?
March 12, 2013 | Issue Brief/Infographic
A steady job in safe working conditions can provide numerous benefits critical to maintaining proper health, while unemployment is associated with negative health effects.
The CO-OP Health Insurance Program
March 11, 2013 | Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act's consumer operated and oriented plans, CO-OPs, are supposed to increase competition in the health insurance market. However, they face major challenges as they prepare for open enrollment in October, 2013.
Poll Finds Big Gap Between Parents and Experts: Parents Less Likely to Recognize Children as Overweight or Obese
February 25, 2013 | News Release
A new poll released today shows a large a gap between parents’ perceptions of their children’s weight and expert definitions.
A Poll About Children and Weight
February 25, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This poll provides new insights into the epidemic of childhood obesity and the challenges families face between school and sleep.
Patient Engagement
February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs. As a result, many public and private health care organizations are employing strategies to better engage patients.
Medicare Payments to Physicians
February 13, 2013 | Issue Brief
Medicare's per capita payments to physicians for patient services has been exceeding federal budget guidelines, but Congress has postponed a reduction in physician fees in recent years. Lawmakers are looking for a permanent solution to the problem.
Federally Facilitated Exchanges
January 31, 2013 | Issue Brief
More than a dozen states have chosen to forgo developing their own state-based health insurance exchanges in favor of a federal plan.
The Public's Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress
January 24, 2013 | Survey/Poll
In this comprehensive survey, researchers queried the public about their priorities for, and views on, a wide range of health and health policy issues that are currently preoccuping federal lawmakers.
Reducing Waste in Health Care
December 13, 2012 | Issue Brief
Eliminating waste in the health care system has become a major focal point in the effort to reduce health care costs. Waste has been broadly defined to many areas: unnecessary services, treatment of avoidable injuries and more.