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September 17, 2012
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Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
March 19, 2012
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Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
April 15, 2011
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Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
October 8, 2010
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In January 2009, with the U.S. Congress and president Barack Obama's new administration preparing to consider national health care legislation, Families USA organized Health Action 2009 around the theme "Winning Historic Health Care Reform."
April 25, 2013
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The Coverage Ideas from the Field call for proposals sought projects to increase the likelihood that the nation's health care debate would lead to solutions and build momentum to drive federal policy-makers to act.
January 23, 2009
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From 1999 to 2007, the Alliance for Health Reform conducted issue briefings on health topics for congressional staff and journalists, and created additional resources for news reporters seeking unbiased information on health issues.
November 22, 2005
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The Alpha Center for Health Planning compiled and analyzed data on the number and types of insurers in each state that provided health insurance policies directly to individuals or through employers or other groups.
March 1, 2003
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In 2001, Health Policy Alternatives, a Washington consulting firm specializing in health policy strategies and options, created side-by-side comparison charts of federal legislation relating to health care coverage.
January 1, 2001
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To understand the effect of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on both competition and consumers, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, examined data on more than 500 HMOs operating in the United States from 1986 through 1993, focusing on the 90 mergers for which data were available.
October 1, 2000
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From 1996 to 1998, Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., conducted research in three areas:
July 31, 2008
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In 2002, the U.S. Congress enacted the Health Coverage Tax Credit to subsidize the purchase of coverage for certain individuals, particularly early retirees and workers displaced by international trade, who might otherwise be uninsured.
