A non-partisan, non-profit group for changing American health care with goals of extending health coverage to all Americans and containing health care costs.
"The Healthy People initiative began in 1979 when Surgeon General Julius Richmond issued a landmark report titled “Healthy People: The Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.” Healthy People 2030 is the fifth iteration of the initiative. It builds on knowledge gained and lessons learned to address the latest public health priorities."
A Kaiser Family Foundation resource for health data in all 50 states. State-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
The mission of the US Department of Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.
This group, coordinated by the American Medical Association, does legislative advocacy on issues surrounding the patient-doctor relationship and patients’ access to health care.
The Institute seeks to increase Americans' awareness of important public choices and improve the formulation and implementation of government decisions
To learn more about the health information and services provided by our sister agencies such as Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and Food & Drug Administration
You have the right to make decisions about the health care you get now and in the future. An advance directive is a written statement you prepare that expresses how you want medical decisions made in the future should you not be able to make them yourself.
