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The CDC website is searchable and contains many policy briefs that are available in full text.

A private foundation that funds independent research on health care, including cost, access, and quality in the U.S. and elsewhere.

U.S. Congress' research arm that provides nonpartisan briefing papers. Search by topic to find detailed, thorough, and authoritative reports on a variety of health policy topics.

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Health Policy Briefs examine complex questions currently being debated in health policy and health services research. The health policy briefs provide a clear, comprehensive, and impartial overview that anyone can use to quickly get up to speed.

The world's most comprehensive, free access point for evidence to support policy makers, stakeholders and researchers interested in how to strengthen or reform health systems or in how to get cost-effective programs, services and drugs to those who need them. You can search, "policy brief" to find examples of policy briefs that are available in full text.

Health policy research and commentary from the Journal of the American Medical Association Network

Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. KFF develops and runs its own policy analysis, journalism and communications programs and serves as a nonpartisan source of facts, analysis and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health policy community and the public.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Pew conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research and they do not take policy positions.

Philanthropy focused solely on health that funds studies of insurance issues.

This organization has a catalog of policy briefs on various health-related topics.

The Urban Institute studies health care costs, access, quality, and coverage to guide state and federal health policy. Using microsimulation tools and rigorous data analysis, experts predict the trade-offs of reform proposals and policy decisions and identify solutions to get the most value from our health care system.