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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A Healthier America 2013
January 29, 2013 | Report
New report from Trust for America's Health provides high-impact recommendations to the public health community to make prevention a priority.
Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series
March 30, 2012 | Journal Article
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has collected annual data on Americans since 1957 but multiyear analysis of the data has been problematic. This paper examines the recent Integrated Health Interview Series, which provides online access to ...
Participation in the New Mexico State Coverage Insurance (SCI) Program
November 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Researchers evaluate New Mexico’s State Coverage Insurance (SCI) program, a public/private partnership that provides access to subsidized health insurance for adults living below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
State of the States
February 1, 2011 | Report
Report highlights early achievements in implementing the Affordable Care Act.
School-Based Body Mass Index Screening and Parent Notification
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Current methods for reporting students' BMI to parents do not seem to have an impact on pediatric obesity in California.
The Impact of State Dependent Coverage Expansions on Young Adult Insurance Status
April 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This issue brief investigates existing state-level dependent coverage expansion programs and explores how the impact of measures undertaken by states might differ from the impact of the federal dependent coverage expansion.
Health Affairs Supported by RWJF Since 1992
February 1, 2012 | Program Result
RWJF has supported Health Affairs, a health policy journal, for 20 years.
How Would States be Affected by Health Reform?
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This issue brief from Urban Institute examines various pathways through which individuals could gain coverage because of the health reform proposals that have passed the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Implementing State Health Reform
March 1, 2010 | Report
Report identifies the key questions that policy-makers should consider when implementing health care reform, and also provides a set of related takeaways.
State Boards of Health
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The governance structures of state public health systems vary as much as the states themselves, including the existence and role of state boards of health. Understanding these differences is essential to a complete understanding of the governmental public health enterprise.