www.cms.hhs.gov
Federal Medicare and Medicaid internet home.
www.health.state.mn.us
Regulation of medical and health services, health and medical research, health
policy research, statistics, health economics are some of the things handled
by MDH.
www.dhs.state.mn.us
Minnesota’s Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, and General Assistance
Medical Care (GAMC) programs are administered by DHS.
www.mchamn.com
MCHA is Minnesota’s “high-risk” pool program. MCHA serves
individuals that are not eligible for group health plans and cannot buy individual
health insurance coverage due to pre-existing conditions. MCHA is a sate-created
program administered via a private non-profit organization with a board of directors
consisting, by statute, of a majority of members from the health insurance/HMO
industry. See link below for national directory of high-risk programs and information.
www.kff.org
Major independent research and funding organization. Familial, but not
affiliated, association with Kaiser Permanente.
www.rwjf.org
Major independent research and funding organization
www.ebri.org
Premier employee benefit research organization; the place for employer
health plan info.
www.healthinsuranceinfo.net
Consumer guides to getting and keeping health insurance for each state & D.C.
www.cmwf.org
Major research organization on public policy issues, including health care
www.urbaninstitute.org/health
Major research organization with comprehensive information, data, and studies
about the US health system
www.uhcan-mn.org
Minnesota single-payer/universal health system advocacy group. UHS and
its members are members of UHCAN-MN.
www.uhcan.org
National single-payer/universal health system advocacy group.
www.pnhp.org
Physician group for single/universal health system advocacy group.
www.nchc.org
Coalition of labor, business, academia, government, provider, insurance,
and non-profit sector groups. Information resource on various health
system data
and reports. Centrist, generic reform advocacy.
www.familiesusa.org
Health care consumer advocacy group.
www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/cal-medicare
California group advocating a “Medicare-for-All” system in
California.
www.harp.org
Managed Care “Watch” Site, Consumer Advocacy Resources, Provider
Advocacy Resources, Legal Reports and Resources.
http://www.cchconline.org
Minnesota group advocating a libertarian, market-based health system.
A UHS opponent in the health reform debate. Misguided and usually
wrong, but a
guide to the pro-market philosophy.
www.medhealthinsurance.com/state
Comprehensive source of information about health insurance regulations
in each state.
www.medhealthinsurance.com
Comprehensive source of information and resources about researching, getting,
and understanding private health insurance plan types (HMOs, PPOs, POS, High
Deductible, Commercial, Employer Self-Insured, HSAs, etc.). Links to major
health insurance companies.
www.careproviders.org
Information resource for Long Term Care services in Minnesota.
www.naschip.org
Association for state high-risk pool insurance plans, such as Minnesota
Comprehensive Health Association (MCHA). High-risk pool plans are created
by states to
provide coverage for those unable to buy private health insurance due to
being “high-risk,” a result of having pre-existing conditions.
www.mnhealthplans.org
An insurance industry organization consisting of major health insurance
companies and HMOs in Minnesota. Pro-market approach, pro-HMO.
www.healthaffairs.org
One of the leading health policy journals.
www.content.nejm.org
A leading medical journal that also includes health policy articles.
www.jama.ama-assn.org
One of the leading medical journals. Some health policy content.
www.jhppl.dukejournals.org
One of the top health policy journals.
www.baywood.com/journals/PreviewJournals.asp?Id=0020-7314
Journal with an international audience and content covering a variety of
disciplines and perspectives.
http://www.apha.org
Home of public health profession group.
www.cbpp.org
From the Center: “The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of
the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and
state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income
families and individuals.”
www.lib.law.washington.edu/ref/medmal.html#legal
A great number of links to medical malpractice information sources.
