State Health Access Data Assistance Center
The State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota provides information and analysis about health insurance coverage with state-by-state profiles.
Category: Law & courts
“Pulling it Together: The Experts vs. The Public on Health Reform”
Read an analysis by Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, about differences in public and expert perceptions of the current American health care system.
“Struggling With Financing: The Recession and National Health Reform Dominate State Medicaid Concerns”
Read an analysis a July poll registers both support for and doubts about health care reform as debate intensifies. The poll was conducted by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which specializes in health care issues. A main focus of the foundation is health reform. Drew Altman is president and CEO.
Universal Health Care Action Network
The Universal Health Care Action Network is an education and advocacy group working to provide comprehensive health care for all Americans. Its comprehensive Web site links to other health care reform campaigns, including Faithful Reform in Health Care. Rachel DeGolia is executive director.
PICO National Network
PICO National Network is a network of faith-based community organizations. It was one of the leaders of the 40 Days for Health Reform campaign. Gordon Whitman is director of public policy and communications. Contact 866-550-7426 ext. 713.
CitizenLink
Focus on the Family’s Action Center arm CitizenLink.com asked people to tell their representatives to exclude abortion services from health care reform. Focus also lists Family Policy Councils in many states.
Gary Dorrien
Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and is an advocate of a single-payer system, as he wrote in a July 14, 2009, article in The Christian Century titled “Health-Care Fix.”
James R. Thobaben
James R. Thobaben, a professor of church in society at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., is author of a new volume, Health-Care Ethics: A Comprehensive Christian Resource. The work focuses on evangelical Christian views on health care policy.
Leonard J. Nelson III
Leonard J. Nelson III is a professor at the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University and an affiliated scholar with the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. He is a specialist in health care law and author of the 2009 book Diagnosis Critical: The Urgent Threats Confronting […]