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Health Policy Picks is a monthly selection of recent publications, such as technical reports, conference proceedings, and other material produced by organizations and government agencies that conduct health care policy analysis and research. Health Policy Picks is a partnership between KaiserEDU.org and the New York Academy of Medicine Library's Grey Literature Collection. The New York Academy of Medicine


April 2008 Picks

Health Systems

Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy, “The Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance: How Much Worse Off Are Small Firms?”
The Commonwealth Fund, “States' Roles in Shaping High Performance Health Systems”
U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Health Insurance: Most College Students Are Covered through Employer-Sponsored Plans, and Some Colleges and States Are Taking Steps to Increase Coverage”
Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, “Health and Prisoner Reentry: How Physical, Mental, and Substance Abuse Conditions Shape the Process of Reintegration”
World Bank, “Measuring Financial Protection in Health”
HIV/AIDS

Center for Strategic & International Studies, “U.S. Policy Options for Strengthening Coordination between Global HIV/AIDS and TB Programs”
Kaiser Family Foundation, National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors, “National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report”
Medicaid/SCHIP

Alan Guttmacher Institute, “State Government Innovation in the Design and Implementation of Medicaid Family Planning Expansions”
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, “The Administration's Medicaid Regulations: State-by-State Impacts”
 
Medicare

AARP Public Policy Institute, “Rx Watchdog Report: Trends in Manufacturer Prices of Brand Name Prescription Drugs Used by Medicare Beneficiaries 2002 to 2007”
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, “Medicare's Bad News: Is Anyone Listening?”
The Commonwealth Fund, “Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs: Can Private Savings Incentives Solve the Problem?”
Uninsured

Kaiser Family Foundation, “Health Care Affordability and the Uninsured: Testimony of Diane Rowland before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means”
The Lewin Group, “Cost Impact Analysis for the 'Health Care for America' Proposal”
Urban Institute, “Are We Heading toward Socialized Medicine?”
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