Uninsured Web Links

Research and information on the growing population lacking health insurance and the impact of the problem on the economy, local communities and the health care delivery system are available online from the following organizations, government agencies, foundations and journals.

American Hospital Association
www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/coverage/index.html

Families USA
www.familiesusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Uninsured_Index

The Gilead Outreach and Referral Center
www.gileadcenter.org/resources/index.html

Health Affairs
content.healthaffairs.org/collections/

Healthcare Financial Management Association
www.hfma.org

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org/uninsured/index.cfm

Institute of Medicine
www.iom.edu

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org

Standard & Poor’s Corp.
www.standardandpoors.com

United States Census Bureau
www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins.html

The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/content/PolicyCenters/HealthPolicy/Overview.htm

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
www.wkkf.org/Programming/NewsList.aspx?CID=1

Recent Reports on the Uninsured

Data cited about the uninsured in the tool kit materials can be found online in the following reports.

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States : 2003 (August 2004)
www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf

One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans Without Health Insurance, 2002-2003 (June 2004)
www.familiesusa.org/site/DocServer/82million_uninsured_report.pdf?docID=3641

The Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What do We Spend, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending? (May 2004)
www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/35965_1.pdf

Insuring America 's Health: Principles and Recommendations (January 2004)
www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=17632

Analysis of 2003 data on the uninsured: Assessing Illinois ' Uninsurance Crisis
www.gileadcenter.org/resources/gileadreport/Assessing_Uninsurance_2003.pdf

Covering the Uninsured: How Much Would it Cost? (June 2003)

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