Key Databases for Health Policy Research
- PolicyFileOffering access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
- EconLitThe American Economic Association's electronic database and the foremost source of references to economic literature.
Affordable Care Act
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActThe Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010.
On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court rendered a final decision to uphold the health care law. - About the Affordable Care Act--from U.S. Health & Human ServicesAbout the law, insurance marketplace, facts & features for racial & ethnic minorities, prevention & wellness. Implications for consumers. State statistics.
Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
Kaiser's Focus on Specific Health Policy Issues
Each module features related headlines, key data, relevant reports and more. From the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Advocacy and Policy
- EconLitThe American Economic Association's electronic database and the foremost source of references to economic literature.
- Massachusetts Nurses AssociationInformation on Scope of Practice, Decision-Making Guidance, Advisory Rulings, APRN Practice, and Prescriptive Authority.
- PolicyFileAccess to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies
- State Action CoalitionsRobert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP.