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How Does Health Reform Affect Rural America?

April 25, 2013 | 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.

When Should Government Step in?

January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

The Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Waltham, Mass., hosted a three-day conference, March 5-7, 1998 at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., on the role of regulation in a market-oriented health care system.

Can the Federal Government Mandate Health Insurance Coverage?: And Other Legal Issues in Health Reform

January 31, 2011 | Program Result Report

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.

Preparing Staff of Congressional Committees for the Health Reform Debate

January 13, 2010 | Program Result Report

The Alliance for Health Reform held briefing sessions on the anticipated 2009 Congressional debate on health care reform. The sessions prepared staff of congressional committees with primary jurisdiction over health care policy for the debate.

Child Advocacy Group Makes Case that Youth Programs Reduce Crime

March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national, non-profit child advocacy organization, conducted an educational campaign to increase policymakers' awareness of the value of publicly funded programs to strengthen youth and fragile families.

Campaign Educates Policy-Makers and Health Professionals on Public Health Threats

December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine worked to educate and promote communications among medical and public health professionals and policy-makers about bioterrorism, emerging infections and emergency preparedness.

Hundreds of Events Raise National Awareness During Covering the Uninsured Week 2003

April 17, 2007 | Program Result Report

Cover the Uninsured Week, March 10-16, 2003, focused national media attention on the coverage problem and featured hundreds of town meetings, health fairs and other public events in communities across the nation.

Report Outlines Who Should Protect Managed Care Consumers

March 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Bernstein produced a report evaluating state legislative initiatives intended to preserve the autonomy of the physician-patient relationship within the new cost and clinical constraints of managed care.

Policy-Makers Identify Keys to Promoting Family Support Interventions

July 1, 1998 | Program Result Report

The Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington conducted two state leadership policy forums on systemic reforms to improve state and state-federal services for families and children.