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February 15, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
June 3, 2013 | Staff and Leadership
The five-term New Jersey lawmaker is recalled as a passionate advocate for public health.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Texas Health Institute began in 1964 as a subsidiary of the Texas Hospital Association.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
In Kansas, the project director credited a forum on obesity in February 2003 for helping to "place the issue on the policy agenda." A couple of important changes resulted.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
In Massachusetts, the Commonwealth's many public health, health policy and medical graduate programs presented multifaceted opportunities for partnership and integration with forum activities.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
In March 2005, a teen gunman from the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota shot and killed nine people at Red Lake Senior High School before killing himself.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
When the anthrax attacks occurred in September 2001, shortly after the bombing of the World Trade Center Towers, the Texas Health Institute responded by rescheduling a forum planned on long-term care and replacing it with one on bioterrorism.
May 22, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Alliance for Health Reform provided impartial information about health policy to national policy-makers and journalists. Amidst the heated political rhetoric of health reform, its nonpartisan briefings and other resources offered clarity.
May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States are allowed under the Affordable Care Act to customize their own health insurance plans to meet a required 10 categories of “essential health benefits.” While states like the flexible approach, patient advocates prefer a national standard.
April 18, 2013 | Issue Brief
A proposal to limit the ballooning costs of Medicaid would put a cap on the amount of federal spending per beneficiary. Critics contend that a per capita cap would shift costs to the states and thereby limit access to care.