Organizations and Research Institutions
State Coverage Initiatives
The State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) program is a national initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that helps states improve the availability and affordability of health insurance through grants, technical assistance, workshops, and written products.
Covering America: Real Remedies for the Uninsured
A project of the Economic and Social Research Institute, Covering America promotes serious consideration of a diverse range of comprehensive proposals to provide affordable health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. The project is made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Center for Studying Health System Change - Insurance Coverage & Costs
HSC analyses focus on both private and public insurance coverage, the uninsured and the cost of health care. HSC research provides insight into a range of topics, including how health care costs are changing, why the nation's number of uninsured continues to rise and how employer-sponsored coverage is changing. This area also includes analyses of incremental public insurance expansions, both proposed and implemented.
National Coalition on Health Care
The National Coalition on Health Care is a broadly representative alliance working to improve America's health care. The Coalition, which was founded in 1990 and is non-profit and rigorously non-partisan, is comprised of almost 96 groups, employing or representing approximately 100 million Americans. Members are united in the belief that we need and can achieve better, more affordable health care for all Americans.
National Center for Policy Analysis: Health Policy and the Uninsured
The National Center of Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Seeks to advance the knowledge and understanding of employee benefits.
Families USA - The Uninsured
A non-profit organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Families USA offers a wide range of information and publications on the uninsured.
The Commonwealth Fund
Emphasizes prevention and promotion of healthy behavior. The Fund's two national program areas are 1) improving health insurance coverage and access to care and 2) improving the quality of health care services.
CoveringTheUninsured.org
National campaign of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and twelve major national organizations to raise awareness of the challenges facing the 39 million Americans with no health insurance.
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