UMMS Health Policy and Health Economics Path of Excellence - An Information Resource Starter Kit

Find information resources, skills and strategies to support the University of Michigan Medical School's Health Economics and Policy Path of Excellence.

Spotlight: Commonwealth Fund Health System Profiles

Read full profiles of health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, reduce disparities, and promote care coordination.

Affordable Care Act and Health Equity: Recent Articles from PubMed

Overview

United States Health System Profile
Health Insurance Resources (National Conference State Legislatures)
Health Insurance Reform
A dozen Facts about the economics of the us health system
How Does the US Health System Compare
Coverage and Access
History of US Health System: Public Health Archives
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Affordable Care Act

Summary of the Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act: Legislative History
Sabotage Watch: Tracking Efforts to Undermine the ACA
Legal Cases and State Legislative Actions Related to the ACA

Statistics and Data

See Taubman's Health Statistics Guide for a comprehensive set of health statistics.

Health Insurance Coverage (FastStats)
MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey)
Census Bureau Data
Private Health Insurance
Distribution of Expenditure by Payer
Kaiser-Peterson Health Tracker
State Health and Values Strategies Reports
Financing (RAND reports)
Health Care Costs 101
State Health Compare