Recommended Research Resources

Information On the US System and the Affordable Care Act

Health Affairs Journal Blog: Following the ACA
https://www.healthaffairs.org/topic/bms010

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Affordable Care Act in Action at CMS
https://www.cms.gov/about-cms/aca/affordable-care-act-in-action-at-cms.html

National Conference of State Legislatures: State Health Systems Innovations
https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-health-systems-innovations.aspx

Federal healthcare website glossary
https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/affordable-care-act/

Rand Corporation / Rand Healthcare: The Affordable Care Act In Depth
https://www.rand.org/health-care/key-topics/health-policy/aca/in-depth.html

National Conference of State Legislatures: The Affordable Care Act: A Brief Summary
http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/the-affordable-care-act-brief-summary.aspx

Urban Institute Health Policy Center: States and the Affordable Care Act
https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/health-policy-center/projects/states-and-affordable-care-act

US Dept of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ Healthcare Innovations Exchange
https://innovations.ahrq.gov/

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (independent foundation established by the Affordable Care Act)
https://www.pcori.org/
PCORI’s collection of research publications, articles, papers, commentaries, etc:
https://www.pcori.org/research-results/pcori-literature

The Commonwealth Fund: The ACA’s Innovation Waiver Program: A State-by-State Look
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/maps-and-interactives/2019/nov/acas-innovation-waiver-program-state-state-look

Hester, R.D. The successful innovations of the affordable care act of 2010. J Innov Entrep 6, 18 (2017) doi:10.1186/s13731-017-0076-x
https://innovation-entrepreneurship.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13731-017-0076-x

Kaiser Family Foundation, ““What is CMMI?” and 11 other FAQs about the CMS Innovation Center”
https://www.kff.org/medicare/fact-sheet/what-is-cmmi-and-11-other-faqs-about-the-cms-innovation-center/

Health Systems Research

The Commonwealth Fund
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
http://www.healthdata.org/

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Reform
https://www.kff.org/health-reform/

World Health Organization: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/observatory

European Observatory National Health System Reviews
http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/observatory/publications/health-system-reviews-hits/full-list-of-country-hits

Health Systems and Policy Monitor
https://www.hspm.org/hpj.aspx

Health Systems Global
https://www.healthsystemsglobal.org/

WHO: Europe: Health Systems
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems

European Commission: Health Systems Organization
https://ec.europa.eu/health/home_en

European Commission: Health Systems Performance Assessments
https://ec.europa.eu/health/systems_performance_assessment/health_systems_organisation/national_health_systems_en

University of Chile: What we can learn from National Health Insurance experiences: A comparative health system analysis
https://www.researchgate.net/project/What-we-can-learn-from-National-Health-Insurance-experiences-A-comparative-health-system-analysis

World Bank: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS

Comprehensive Comparisons of National Healthcare Systems

Healthcare Access and Quality Index (2018)
Sustainable Development Goals Health Index (2018)
Commonwealth Fund “Mirror Mirror” 2017 (2017)
World Health Organization’s World Health Report 2000 (2000)

Recommended Research Resources on Universal Health Coverage

Congressional Budget Office: Key Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55150

World Health Organization: Universal Health Coverage
https://www.who.int/healthsystems/universal_health_coverage/en/

Healthcare and Health Policy Journals

Health Affairs
https://www.healthaffairs.org/

Health Research Policy and Systems
https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/

The Lancet
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/home

Healthcare Reform Advocacy Organizations

Note: This list is in no way comprehensive. Inclusion does not equal an endorsement. Most of the links below were taken from the Wikipedia page on healthcare reform advocacy groups in the US, last accessed April 16, 2020.

Selected Healthcare and Health Policy Conferences and Videos

The Massachusetts Medical Society held a one-day seminar on universal health care in October 2018. Videos of the proceedings are available via Youtube. The list is at
http://www.massmed.org/uhc2018/

“Transforming Health Care: Understanding the Affordable Care Act and What Might Come Next”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC42uu9owXE

“Alternatives to the Affordable Care Act” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Afnk5rxMAs

“Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation Seminar: Sabotaging the Affordable Care Act” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2DaUjEEohc

“Looking ahead to health policy and politics in the 2020 election: A conversation with Julie Rovner.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Qu7xy17Pw&feature=youtu.be

Important Links and Articles on COVID-19 – from the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor website, accessed May 14, 2020