This site is meant to provide information about health care reform, including both information provided by RUPRI and links to external sites with useful information about the current health care reform debate.
RUPRI Resources
Visit our Legislative Update section for monthly updates about the health care reform debate. The updates are written by Jocelyn Richgels, Associate Director, RUPRI National Policy Programs.
November Update: The March to 60 Votes
October Update: Gaining Momentum for a Public Option
August Update: A Hot and Contentious August Recess for Health Reform
July Update: Vexing Questions: How do we Pay for Reform, and What Will the Public Plan Look Like?
June Update: Moving from Policy Options to Draft Legislation
May Update: Powerful Alliances and Unlikely Bedfellows
Our Rural Health Panel has authored several briefs on health care reform, including rural perspectives/commentary on the Senate Finance Committee Description of Policy Options, the House Tri-Committee Health Reform Discussions, and a policy brief, Assuring Health Coverage for Rural People through Health Reform. These call all be accessed on the RUPRI Health Panel webpage:
http://www.rupri.org/panelandnetworkviewer.php?id=9
Other Websites and Resources:
The White House Health Reform Webpage
Senate Finance Committee: Call to Action: Health Reform 2009
Center for Rural Affairs - Health Care Policy and Rural America
Alliance for Health Reform
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Reform Page
