Links to Resources on
Health Care Issues

• AARP health care Web Site [American Association of Retired Persons]
  
• Death, dying and grief resources on the Internet
  
• Families USA Foundation - with overview of managed-care legislative activity
  
• Health Care Financing Administration [many links, Medicare hot-line, etc.]
  
• Health Education Center in Pittsburgh
  
• Health Pages offers comparative HMO data for nine regions of the USA
  
• Health Policy Page
  
• Healthtouch - links to consumer information
  
• HealthWise, the health and wellness program at Columbia University
  
• National Institutes of Health page of health resources
  
• Health Site of the Week
  
• Interreligious Health Care Access Campaign [PA Council of Churches is a member]
  
• Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  
• Links to many Mental Health resources
  
• Managed Care: Understanding Our Changing Health Care System
  
• Medicaid Clearing House
  
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
  
• Links for Older Persons including preventative and primary health care
  
• Pennsylvania Council of Churches Health Links
• PA Department of Health Home Page
  
• Social Health Ass'n (hot-lines and information about sexually transmitted diseases)
  
• Shape Up America! weight control and fitness site
  
• The Wellness Web and other health links
  
• Women's health links