Health Insurance: MEDLINEplus - page provides links to directories, guides, insurance programs, and quality statistics.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Click here for DHHS agencies.

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) - site provides research findings, quality assessment, clinical information, and data.

Ethics Standards at the American Medical Association - includes information on the Institute for Ethics, the Ethics Resource Center, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, as well as the AMA's fellowship program.

American Medical Association (AMA) Health Policy - includes policy positions on Medicare, managed care, and market forces in medicine.

American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) - site includes initiatives, health care delivery information, and advocacy work. Other resources include maternal/child health links, chronic care, clinical trials agreement with the NIH, and categorized journal bibliography.

Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) - advocacy organization for the private health care system. Site provides news room, publications, insurance education program, and consumer information.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - administers Medicaid, Medicare, and Child Health Insurance.

Health Privacy Project - includes the news and updates on the drafting of the federal regulations on health privacy. Site also includes online articles and health policy web links.

Managed Care: MEDLINEplus - page provides links to guides, information on how managed care affects various groups, and law and policy.

American Medical Specialty Organization (AMSO) Managed Care Forum - site provides a place for the discussion of ethics and other issues in managed care.