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Healthcare Reform Links & Resources

Disclaimer: Central Health does not endorse any of the statements or positions on the websites set out below but offers them as information only. They are just a sample of available information that discusses health reform.

The new Federal Web site on national healthcare reform.
http://www.healthcare.gov/

The federal government anticipates having pricing information available in October on this site.

National Perspective

To see a side-by-side comparison of the two Congressional bills that address health reform, visit this website:
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/healthreform_tri_full.pdf.
To see a side-by-side comparison of all the current proposals, visit this website:
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/healthreform_sbs_full.pdf
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. The foundation serves “as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge – from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to information young people can use to improve their health or elderly people can use to understand their Medicare benefits.” The foundation’s website on health reform is: http://healthreform.kff.org/.
The Obama Administration’s website on health reform is: http://www.healthreform.gov/
The Alliance for Health Reform is “a nonpartisan, nonprofit group that believes that all in the U.S. should have health coverage at a reasonable cost.” The alliance’s website on health reform is: http://www.allhealth.org/
The mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is “improve the health and health care of all Americans.” The foundation’s goal is: To help Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need. The foundation’s website on health reform is: http://www.rwjf.org/healthreform/

State Perspective

The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) is a “nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of low- and moderate-income Texans. The center pursues this mission through independent research, policy analysis and development, public education, advocacy, and technical assistance.” The center focuses “solely on evaluating public policy as it affects low- and moderate-income Texans.” The center’s website is: http://www.cppp.org/
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a “non-profit, non-partisan research institute. The Foundation’s mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas by educating and affecting policymakers and the Texas public policy debate with academically sound research and outreach.” The foundation’s website is: http://www.texaspolicy.com/