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Department of Health Care Policy
Serves the nation as a source for scientific knowledge about the health care system.

Institute for Health Care Research and Policy
Conducts research on health policy and service issues. Provides published research papers, overview of faculty and staff, and contacts information.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Offers health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues.

The Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation
The Center's mission is to generate objective information that will contribute to improving health care delivery, advancing the health of the public, ...

Health Care Policy - Health News - New York Times
Find breaking news & health care policy news on insurance, the FDA, doctors, politics, hospitals & medical centers, Centers for Disease Control and drugs. ... Fitness & Nutrition. Health Care Policy. Mental Health & Behavior ... Health Care Policy. Questions Are Raised About the Safety of a Major Heart Drug ...

Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Interdisciplinary research Institute focusing on local, state and national health care and policy issues.

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Mission Statement. Our mission is to purchase cost-effective health care for qualified, low-income Coloradans. Department of Health Care Policy and Financing




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Obama, New Congress Face Legislative Push by Consumer Advocates - Bloomberg

Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer advocates say the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama and a new Congress may be their best chance in years to pursue reforms from credit cards to health care. “We’re hoping to play offense rather ...

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Tickets for Obama Parade Seats Go on Sale Today - Washington Post

Tickets to President-elect Barack Obama 's inauguration parade go on sale today. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that 5,000 tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster at 1 p.m. Tickets are $25 apiece, and paradegoers can purchase up ...

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Brown calls for health care hearings - Billings Gazette

HELENA - In the face of rising health care costs and national momentum for health care reforms, state Sen. Roy Brown, R-Billings, is holding two hearings next week at which he'll ask health industry people what they're doing to solve the problem. "I ...

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DeGette gets leading role with climate, health care - Denver Post

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette has been reappointed vice chair of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, a position that will give her significant sway over two of the biggest issues facing the next Congress — climate change policy and health ...

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Congressional health-care reform proposals would offer coverage to ... - EurekAlert

New York, NY, January 9, 2009—With health reform high on the agenda of the incoming Congress and President, a new analysis of legislative proposals—including the plans of President-elect Barack Obama and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max ...

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Changes could be in store for W.Va. health care - Charleston Daily Mail

Health care coverage for all West Virginians has long been the Holy Grail of health policy in the state, and if the optimism of advocates and policymakers is any guide, 2009 could see them advance closer to that goal. With a governor pledging to find ...

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