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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.
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.
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.
April 25, 2013
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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.
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.
March 1, 2003
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Dr. David Smith, a professor (emeritus) at Swarthmore College, conducted a study of the Medicare amendments contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
February 1, 1998
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The University of Massachusetts Medical Center analyzed the existing system of providing medical care and payments for workplace illnesses and injuries to government employees under the Federal Employees Compensation Act and made recommendations for improvements.
September 17, 2012
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The FRESH-Thinking project at Stanford University, directed by Victor Fuchs and Ezekiel Emanuel, sponsored a series of meetings in 2007–10 that addressed policy options essential to all health reform proposals.
January 31, 2011
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Georgetown University's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law analyzed the legal issues surrounding health reform and suggested ways to structure legislation so that it complied with existing laws and the U.S. Constitution.
January 17, 2011
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George Washington University started the Health Insurance Reform Project to help policy-makers and others in the health care field understand changes and innovations occurring in the health care and insurance markets.
October 8, 2010
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In May 2009, researchers at the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute produced a report providing a blueprint for what children and families need from health reform.
