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- American Council on Science Health - Presents health issue discussions, health news and publications, related events info, and a facts-and-fears sheet.
- When the Antibiotics Quit Working - Discusses the subject of bacterial or microbial resistance being a consequence of too much use of antibiotics.
- Health Watch - Promotes the assessment and testing of treatments, orthodox or alternative. With news, photos, and position papers.
- Partners in Health - Presents preferential health care options for the poor.
- Way 2 Hope - Find helps for concerns on addiction, mental health, obesity, and abuse recovery from this religious resource.
- RX for Survival - Learn about the concept of this project that aims to examine the reasons to sickness and health.
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Fraud
- What Doctors Don't Tell You - Learn about the truths and facts that medical doctors don't often mention to their clients. Search for information about alternative health as well.
- FDA-State AIDS Health Fraud Task Forces - Check out for findings and learn more about the facts behind medical therapies.
- Health Resources and Services Administration - Contains news and other articles of interest. Also answers questions related to health and the issues therewith.
- Diet Fraud - Independent endeavor aims to serve as a guide for diet program or product customers and users.
- Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse - Explores the governance, legal, and legislative aspects of health care issues.
- Health Watcher - Find out what this Canadian consumer health watchdog has to reveal. Go over the news, topical discussions, and other issues presented.
- Internet Healthcare Coalition - Find health tips for consumers, information about health care advocacy initiatives, and articles on health codes of ethics.
- National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association - Highlights the Association's endeavors, presents surveys and news, and provides updates on legislative efforts being undertaken.
- Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online - Offers tips on buying drugs in the Internet, provides relevant healthcare products information, and posts enforcement warning letters to online sellers.
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Medicare
- Fraud and Abuse Control Information System - Offers a risk management tool that aids in identifying sanctioned individuals and entities in the healthcare business.
- Medicare - Overview of the fraudulent activities going about the US Medicare system.
- The Shine Program - Features a Medicare outreach program that aims to provide free health insurance information, counseling, and assistance.
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- The Best Medicare - Featured book serves as a guide to getting the best advantages of one's medicare subscription.
- Chirobase - Skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and practices.
- Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health - Provides scientific examinations of yet unproven alternative medicine and mental health therapies.
- How to Spot Health Fraud - Paula Kurtzweil's guide to detecting and avoiding deceitful schemes in the healthcare field.
- National Council Against Health Fraud - Go over information about the advocacy of this nonprofit organization that focuses on health misinformation, fraud, and quackery.
- The Quack Files - Skeptical and biased presentation of alternative medicine, quackery, and health fraud.
- Quackwatch - Posts articles and legal and technical advisories on quackery, health fraud, and intelligent medical decisions.
- The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice (SRMHP) - Aims to provide objective investigations of controversial and unorthodox claims in clinical psychology, psychiatry, and social work.
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- The Access Project - Contains publications and stories about health access in the local communities.
- Better Jobs Better Care - Advocates for a stable long-term care workforce network that will aid the improvement of care quality in the United States.
- Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health - New York Academy of Medicine's health advancement site presents projects info, web-based self-assessment tools, and health resources.
- The Commonwealth Fund - Searchable database of health publications and related grants. Provides topical discussions on health related concerns as well.
- Council on Health Care Economics and Policy - Presents health policy topics and related publications. Also provides information pertinent to the research works being conducted.
- Health Care Beware - Offers a variety of health care resources and articles. Also lays out a health care plan.
- Information Waystations and Staging Posts (IWSP) - Posts healthcare questionnaires for intermediaries and centers and presents a directory of health information.
- Health Care for All - Advocates for the creation of a health care system that seeks to address the needs of low income and vulnerable people.
- The Health Promotion Policy Unit (HPPU) - Offers details about the organization's missions, projects, activities, and staff.
- Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research - Presents a program that aims to support researchers who foster innovative ideas helpful in improving health and health care policy.
- The Lewin Group - Overview of the services and activities of this national health care and human services consulting firm.
- National Health Law Program - Advocates for the promotion of health care justice for low income people.
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - Presents an organizational endeavor to promote preventive medicine, clinical research, and higher ethical and effectiveness standards for research.
- Piper Report - View Kevin B. Piper's health care business and policy news and commentaries.
- The Praxis Project - Hosts a health information and resource center. Presents policy advocacies and posts Praxis news and events info.
- Project Hope - Health Opportunities for People Everywhere. Learn about the programs, services, and activities.
- Protect Your Healthcare - Information about this Organization's goals, services, and activities. Also accommodates advocacy story contributions.
- Questionable Doctors - Cites the medical practitioners that have been sanctioned by federal governments. With a FAQs section and technical helps.
- RAND Health - Site of a research organization that serves as a think tank for health policy and decision making improvement.
- Texas Heart - Houses a collection of education assistance resources and training offers related to health care.
- Ward Health Strategies - Features a newsletter that tackles the innovation of the Canadian health care system. Also presents related statistical data and other pertinent particulars.
- Your Doctor in the Family - Outlines a guide to understanding and living by the American health care system.
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Anti-Regulation
- Americans for Free Choice in Medicine - Contains commentaries and news releases pertinent to the promotion of personal responsibility and free market economics in the health care sector.
- Citizens' Council on Health Care - Posts news and announcements, presents publications and issue discussions, and provides policy briefs to offer consumers a grasp of their impact and role in the healthcare industry.
- CNE Health - Search for publications, articles, and topical discussions related to health care system reforms, regulations, and policies.
- Council for Affordable Health Insurance - Advocates for the availability of affordable health insurance to all Americans. Healthcare industry news, publications, and resources presented.
- Free-Market Medicine - Proposes a scenario of free economics where enterprises provide for quality and affordable medicine even without government intervention.
- Galen Institute - Site of an innovative research organization that focuses on health and tax policy. Presents news, publications, advocacies, and contact details.
- Heartland Institute - Campaigns for the discovery and promotion of free-market solutions to social and economic problems, the healthcare industry covered.
- Institute for Health Freedom - Source for information about policies affecting health care choice freedom. Also campaigns for the protection of health care privacy.
- International Advocates for Health Freedom - Facilitates the networking of health freedom activists from around the world to foster anti-healthcare regulation advocacies.
- The Problems with Socialized Health Care - Contains background information discussing the issues associated with government regulation of the social healthcare sector.
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- State Children's Health Insurance Program - Houses a collection of resources that provides information and represent children's welfare in the healthcare sector.
- Children's Health Matters - Subscribe for health policy updates, and learn about the activities and services of this advocacy program that aims to ensure children's access to quality health care.
- Covering Kids and Families - Publicizes the mission, works, and achievements of an effort to bring health insurance benefits to children.
- Family Access to Medical Insurance Security - Introduces Virginia State's health insurance program for kids. Program details, reports, and other relevant materials also presented.
- Insure Kids Now - View updates on this national initiative to bring affordable insurance programs to families.
- MCH Policy - Information about the services and advocacy of MCH - a health policy group that financing and service delivery issue analyses for policymakers, health officials, and health groups to peruse.
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- Clinician Task Force - Information about a group of seating and mobility clinicians' efforts to bring about improvement on medicare coverage guidelines.
- Fair Medicare - Inquire about fair medicare benefits, go over the resources and reports presented, and find ways to support medicare outreach.
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Organizations
- The Robert Graham Center - Resource for policy studies in family medicine and primary care. With publications, data tables, maps, and news releases.
- Rutgers Center for State Health Policy - Contains faculty and staff information, publications and presentations, technical assistance and training offers, and a host of related healthcare resources.
- Doctors for Life International - Introduces healthcare programs and aims to answer inquiries related to health and nutrition concerns.
- World Health Education Initiative - Offers educational health reform materials, articles, and a list of related topical discussions.
- Kaiser Family Foundation - See the presented health topics and go over the collection of socially relevant articles that explore health policies and public health education.
- Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research - Posts announcements, features related publications, and lists health advocacy centers and programs.
- Institute of Health Law Studies - Features member publications, presentations, and testimonies related to health law.
- The John A. Hartford Foundation - Information about the Foundation's grant programs, services, and activities. With news and events info.
- Kaiser Network - Contains daily reports, activity highlights, and health advocacy materials. AIDS and HIV topics covered.
- MISS Foundation - Legislative reference site for support of families with issues of stillborn child deaths.
- National Health Policy, Education, and Research Group - Campaigns for the availability of affordable health insurance schemes to all.
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research - Group profile with faculty and staff info, program details, and overview of missions and services.
- National Business Group on Health - Offers creative health benefit solutions and strong policy guidelines. With press materials and a host of policy discussions.
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