Related Links
Listed below are websites that may be helpful to your company.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND HEALTH ISSUES
- Kaiser Family Foundation
Tracks a number of health issues and health government programs.
www.kff.org - Rx List
Provides an internet-based drug index that offers a list of the top 200 drugs dispensed, information on drug interactions, and major prescription industry headlines.
www.rxlist.com - Web MD
Offers information on numerous medical conditions.
www.webmd.com - Worst Pills Best Pills (Public Citizen’s Health Research Group)
Offers an on-line or hard copy subscription providing up-to-date scientific research on numerous dangerous prescription drugs. Also offers email alerts about newly discovered drug dangers.
www.worstpills.org - Taxpayers Against Fraud
Tracks whistleblower suits related to health care issues, including drug issues.
www.taf.org - National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices
Covers state legislation and litigation concerning prescription drugs and other health issues.
www.nlarx.org - State Health Facts
Provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-use data on health topics for all 50 states.
www.StateHealthFacts.org - Families USA
Comments on key health issues, including prescription drugs.
www.familiesUSA.org - Consumers Union
Provides information on efficacy, safety and price for commonly prescribed drugs.
www.crbestbuydrugs.org - Minnesota Seniors Federation
Offers web reimportation information on prescription drug programs, and the latest on reimportation policy.
www.mnseniors.org
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RESEARCH TOOLS
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
Provides, among other matters, information related to employee benefit plan issues, search capabilities for articles, and a bookstore on benefit textbooks.
www.ifebp.org - Benefits Link
Offers numerous articles on employee benefit issues. Also, enables you to sign up for a daily email newsletter.
www.benefitslink.com - Employee Benefit Institute of America
Supplies information on seminars and publications related to employee benefits. Also, allows you to sign up for a weekly newsletter and to search for articles.
www.ebia.com - Employee Benefit Research Institute
Provides access to survey data on numerous issues, including health care issues.
www.ebri.org
GOVERNMENT AND LEGAL SITES
- Food and Drug Administration
Provides information on all products the FDA regulates, including prescription medications. Select “drugs”, and find information on a variety of prescription issues, including new drug approvals, drug shortages, etc. - Medicare
Contains key publications describing the government’s Medicare program and a frequently asked questions section.
www.medicare.gov - United States Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov - Economic Statistics Briefing Room
www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html - FCC Daily Digest
www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/1997/welcome.html - United States Code
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ - Findlaw: Internet Legal Resources
www.findlaw.com