Council for Informed Drug-Spending Analysis is an independent, nonpartisan group of academic experts who analyze drug-spending policies without influence from pharmaceutical companies. Funded by the nonprofit and nonpartisan West Health Policy Center, the council uses a standard set of questions to gauge experts’ opinion on drug-spending policy options.
The Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS) from the Urban Institute is an Internet-based survey of the nonelderly population that monitors the effects of the Affordable Care Act before data from federal government surveys are available. With funding from the institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the site includes survey data on such topics as Medicare for all, a public option for health insurance, the effect of Medicaid work requirements and support for proposals to reduce premium growth.
Kalorama Information, a medical market researcher, publishes information on in vitrodiagnostics, imaging, biotechnology, health care, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Its research is useful for journalists writing about trends in costs and usage of health care technology.
The Geneva Association is an international insurance think tank that publishes research on insurance and risk management issues including research on health insurance and aging. In August 2021, the association published a report, New Care Models, outlining care delivery programs to improve consumer experiences and health outcomes and to reduce costs.
CAQH tracks trends and measures the effect of shifting from manual transactions in health care to electronic transactions.
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) is a non-partisan public health policy, research and advocacy organization that reports on the health and well-being of all and says illness prevention and health equity. TFAH takes no government or industry funding, relying instead on grants.
The National Palliative Care Research Center seeks to strengthen the evidence-based foundation needed for health policy and clinical practice in palliative care medicine.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute which works at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. Its health section covers health care and health insurance.