Health Care
Labor Center Reports
Health Care Resources
San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance Resources
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Health Care Data
Health Care Organizations
Summaries of State Health Reform Legislation
Employer Health Benefits Annual Survey (chart packs)
Annual survey provides wealth of data on national trends in employer-sponsored health insurance, including costs of premiums and prescription drugs, retiree health benefits, employer changes to health care coverage in light of rising costs, and employer cost-sharing models, among other features.
National insurance coverage data: US Census Bureau “Health Insurance Data”
Site offers national figures on the percentage of the population insured (both employer- and government-sponsored) and uninsured, as well as year-over-year changes in insurance coverage. Also includes “Table Creator” function, allowing for creation of unique tables from a wide range of user-defined categories.
California insurance coverage data: California Health Interview Survey
Site offers data on wide range of California health care issues, including insured and uninsured populations, disaggregated by demographic and geographic characteristics. “Ask CHIS” function provides a wealth of data on trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. Note: access to CHIS data requires (free) web sign-up and log-in.
Health Care Costs: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Data on nationwide health care use and costs from the comprehensive federal survey of households, nursing homes, medical providers, and employers.
Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts Web Site
Statehealthfacts.org provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states and on more than 500 health topics. The data are collected from a variety of public and private sources. To improve users’ ability to make comparisons across the states, statehealthfacts.org attempts to provide information that is collected with a consistent methodology across the states and DC.
National Health Interview Survey
Conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, this continuous survey illuminates the health care status of the US civilian population. Data on illness and disability, and utilization of health care services.
| Health Care Organizations |
FamiliesUSA
National think tank and advocacy organization, dedicated to the goal of affordable, quality health care for all Americans. Website includes recent health care news, resources and publications on relevant health care issues (nationally and state-by-state), and advocacy tools for grassroots orgs.
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
University-based center offers a wealth of publications and data sources on health care issues, particularly relating to underserved populations—immigrants, racial and ethnic minorities, low-income communities, people with disabilities, the elderly, women and children.
The Commonwealth Fund
A national grant-making organization and think-tank, working towards affordable and efficient health care access for vulnerable populations. Website includes a wealth of content tracking new developments in health care, and policy reports on topics such as children’s health, Medicare, and state health policy.
Employee Benefits Research Institute
Non-partisan center offers reports and extensive data on national health care issues. Particularly notable are the annual EBRI “Health Confidence” and “Small Employer Health Benefits” surveys, and the organization’s ongoing research project, “Exploring the Business Case for Offering Health Benefits.
Kaiser Family Foundation
A non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
California HealthCare Foundation
An independent philanthropy; website provides resources for independent research, analysis, and news on issues affecting health care delivery and financing.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is one of the largest funders of health and health care research in the United States. The website’s research center provides tools for conducting health care research, including original data sets from sponsored research, articles on methodology, reports of sponsored research, and more.
| Summaries of State Health Reform Legislation |
Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act 
New York's Healthy New York Program
Maine’s Dirigo Health Reform
Minnesota’s Smart-Buy Alliance
Massachusetts’s Health Care Reform Plan
Vermont’s Health Care Affordability Act
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