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Updates

Healthy People 2020 has launched!
For more than 30 years, Healthy People has provided a public health road-map and compass for the country. Review the US Department of Health and Human Services report and the health promotion and disease prevention objectives for the decade at the Healthy People 2020 website.


Health Reform

The California Academy of Family Physicians has a full analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Check out the report and other information at the link above.

Check out the latest analysis from the New England Journal, at the NEJM Health Policy and Reform website.


Get the latest updates on Health Reform, including implementation timelines and debates on the current reform challenges, at Kaiser Family Foundation's Health Reform Source.

Review the legislation (HR 3590 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) at THOMAS, the catalog of all legislation maintained by the Library of Congress.


Other Blogs on Health Policy


Check out Adam Dougherty's blog offering information about health policy from a medical student's perspective at http://www.adammd.org/

For a unique perspective and further information about health policy issues in California, check out http://www.healthycal.org/

Check out http://www.reportingonhealth.org/ for more information about current issues in health journalism.

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