Health Policy | State Health Policy
Concerned with a broad set of
issues affecting personal and environmental health, including federal and state funding for health
programs.
A source for state Medicaid news, research, and analysis.
Provides impartial policy analysis, research, training, facilitation and consultation on important state health policy issues.
Provides state-related Medicaid resources.
Promotes public policy, particularly at the state level, through education, communication and
research activities. The site offers the
New Jersey Health Policy Forums.
Offers a list of publications that provide policy makers with the most current
information available on specific trends, issues, and challenges in health policy.
Provides education, information, research, and technical assistance to local health departments and facilitates partnerships among local, state, and federal agencies.
A professional membership organization for
state finance officers that provides information on Medicaid, Medicare, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Serves as a focal point of communication between the states and the federal government and provides an information network among states on issues pertinent to the Medicaid program.
Provides information on a variety of health related topics and is a forum for Governors to exchange views and experiences.
NGA Center for Best Practices provides current
hot topics in state and legislative issues.
A site operated by the Pew Center on the States was founded in order to help journalists, policy makers and engaged citizens become better informed about innovative public policies. Provides health care information related to the states.
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-sponsored program aimed at improving the practical capabilities of state governments to: plan, execute, and sustain health care coverage expansions to the previously uninsured; plan, execute, and sustain mechanisms to improve the availability or affordability of health care coverage or access; and overcome intervening obstacles to design, implement, and sustain coverage expansions to improve the availability or affordability of coverage.
Contains the latest state-level demographic and health policy information available, including data on coverage, access, financing, and state legislative policies.
An online newsletter that provides a network for identifying and sharing ideas with state
leaders.
Tracks policy on Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cash
assistance programs and Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A joint project of the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Links to maternal and child health related contacts by state. Part of the National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse.
Provides information on state health departments.
A source for state legislative information, policy analysis and news.
Addresses critical
issues affecting hospitals and health care in New York City.
A multi-year Urban Institute research project to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services.
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