Funding Opportunities

2010 General Support for Advocacy:

-Opens May 17, 2010

-Closes 4:00 pm on July 1, 2010

-Board of Directors funding decisions in September 2010

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Research & Publications

The Health Policy area provides research and data on health system issues for Missouri policymakers, advocates, and the general public. With fact-based, non-partisan research, the MFH Health Policy area works to inform long-term positive health system change.

View Health Policy publications in any of the following categories:

Overview of Coverage and the Uninsured

Expanding Coverage to the Uninsured

Medicaid and SCHIP

Health Disparities

Surveys

Health Care Delivery and Payment Reform

Advocacy Trainings

MFH works to build the capacity of Missouri nonprofits to provide a voice for the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved in the policymaking process. Learn more about training opportunities here.

Links & Resources

The MFH Resource Directory contains links and resources to helpful information in more than 30 health-related categories.
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More Information

For more information on MFH Health Policy, contact:

Christine Raborn
Administrative Assistant
314.345.5576
craborn@mffh.org

Surveys

Publications:

Views of Missouri Voters on Health Care

Presented at MFH's 2007 Health Summit, these survey findings provide information on the views of Missourians about health care. The findings are based on a May 10-14, 2007 telephone survey of 800 likely voters across the state of Missouri. Lake Research Partners (LRP) designed and conducted the survey. To analyze the data, LRP partnered with the Tarrance Group.

Views of Missouri Voters on Health Care Coverage

This summary provides an assessment of the attitudes of Missouri residents about health insurance. The results are based on a statewide survey of 500 registered voters in Missouri from April 9-12, 2005. Public Opinion Strategies conducted and analyzed the survey.

Missouri Employer Health Benefits Survey

This publication presents the results of a 2004 survey, conducted in Missouri with comparisons to data gathered by the same technique on the national level. The paper provides information on health insurance coverage gathered from a random sample of 404 interviews with employee benefits managers in private Missouri firms with three of more workers. Survey questions focus on the availability and cost of employee health insurance, cost-sharing mechanisms, types of health plans, retiree coverage and employer attitudes. Health Researchand Educational Trust (HRET) conducted and analyzed the survey.

Comparison of Missouri Uninsurance Survey Data Sources

This paper compares two recent surveys, the Missouri Health Care Insurance and Access (MHCIA) Survey and the Current Population Survey (CPS), which found differing percentages of Missourians that were uninsured in 2004. It discusses the sampling procedures and methodologies of each survey, concludes that the MHCIA provides a low estimate while CPS provides a high estimate and offers a new estimate for the numbers and percentages of Missourians that are uninsured.