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.
August 1, 2011
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PolicyLink, in partnership with the Food Trust and the Reinvestment Fund, developed and promoted model federal policies to improve local food environments and increase access to healthy, affordable foods.
April 18, 2011
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The National Health Policy Forum provides a nonpartisan, informal and private exchange of information and ideas about health policy among congressional and executive agency policy-makers and their staffs.
November 24, 2010
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The Council on Foundations and its consultants identified the lessons learned about successfully expanding programs that can be used to inform the structure of the national Social Innovation Fund.
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.
September 1, 2006
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From 1999 to 2000, researchers at the New York Academy of Medicine conducted a study of the history of the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
May 1, 2007
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The Congressional Research Service strengthened its capacity to analyze major demographic, economic and social changes on health care issues pertaining to the elderly, children and the uninsured.
January 1, 1997
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Norman J. Ornstein, Ph.D. of the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, and Thomas E. Mann, Ph.D. of the Brookings Institution, Washington, wrote a book, Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy (AEI/Brookings, 1995), about how Congress could improve its work in health policy.
February 16, 2012
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The RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program awards six fellowships per year to mid-career health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health to take part in the health policy process at the federal level.
February 15, 2012
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From 2008 to 2011, the Alliance for Health Reform conducted briefings, created resources, and distributed materials for journalists and national policy-makers seeking a range of perspectives on health policy challenges.