April 25, 2013
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Program Result Report
From 2009 to 2011, the Rural Policy Research Institute examined the impact of health reform proposals and the Affordable Care Act on rural people, places, and providers, and gave policy-makers unbiased, nonpartisan analysis.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result Report
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
March 14, 2013
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Program Result Report
Researchers studied public health policies in New York City and elsewhere, including bans on transfats, limits on exhaust emissions, and taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, to determine how best to move such policies through the political process.
March 14, 2013
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Program Result Report
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) worked with a coalition of public health, business, and other partners to build consensus for a modernized public health system and to inform the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
February 20, 2013
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Program Result Report
SAPRP funded projects that identified and assessed policies to reduce the harm caused by substance abuse. The program helped ensure that the insights gained through these analyses would be used by decision-makers in the public and private sectors.
January 9, 2013
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Program Result Report
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation analyzed the state's health insurance market to inform development of its health insurance exchange. The Vermont legislature adopted all of the recommendations in the law to establish the exchange.
December 18, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers investigated existing state laws and policies that could help public health agencies win approval from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
December 18, 2012
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Program Result Report
The National Academy of Social Insurance assembled a panel of experts to develop model legislative language and issue briefs to help state policy-makers implement health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
December 14, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers analyzed state legislation on childhood obesity for factors that predict enactment and to understand the relationship between enacted policies and obesity rates. They developed tools to help others analyze legislation.
December 13, 2012
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Program Result Report
Faces & Voices of Recovery expanded the capacity of people in recovery to advocate for better understanding of addiction and recovery through a grassroots campaign, promoted access to treatment options, and informed coverage under health care reform.
