The Foundation is primarily an operating organization that develops and runs its own research and communications programs, often in partnership with outside organizations. The Foundation contracts with a wide range of outside individuals and organizations through its programs and also continues to make a small number of grants for unsolicited proposals each year. Through our in-house policy research and communications programs, and through contracts and grants, we work to provide reliable information in a health system in which the issues are increasingly complex and debate is often dominated by organized interests.
For more information, visit http://www.kff.org/
APHA has been influencing policies and setting priorities in public health for over 125 years. Throughout its history it has been in the forefront of numerous efforts to prevent disease and promote health. The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health.
For more information, visit http://www.apha.org
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Working at the national, state and community levels, Families USA has earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 15 years.
For more information, visit http://www.familiesusa.org/
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy research organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1968. The Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices.
Leaving politics to others, the Urban Institute brings three critical ingredients to public debates on domestic policy initiatives: accurate data, careful and objective analyses, and perspective. Our staff also evaluates government programs—practical work that grounds our policy research in the experiences of the people who create, run, and use these programs.
Our strong suits are rigorous analysis, innovative methodology, fresh thinking, and technical expertise. Much of our research spans several disciplines and blends quantitative and qualitative approaches to problem-solving. We are involved in research projects with partners in more than 45 states and 20 countries.
For more information, visit http://www.urban.org
The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. The Fund is dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care, and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, elderly people, low-income families, minority Americans, and the uninsured. The Fund’s two national program areas are improving health insurance coverage and access to care and improving the quality of health care services. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries. In its own community, New York City, the Fund makes grants to improve health care and enhance public spaces and services.
For more information, visit http://www.cmwf.org
The National Health Law Program
The National Health Law Program is a national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities. NHeLP serves legal services programs, community-based organizations, the private bar, providers and individuals who work to preserve a health care safety net for the millions of uninsured or underinsured low-income people.
For more information, visit http://www.healthlaw.org/
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