Policy Research

From 1992 to 1994, researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care documented the implicit criteria used to determine "medical necessity" related to mental health, and the influences of financial incentives and organizational arrangements on medical necessity decisions.

Key Findings

• In the field of mental health, adoption of a normal function model used for med...

During 1994 and 1995, staff at Rock the Vote took advantage of the highly visible policy debate about health reform to educate young people (ages 16 to 24), a disengaged group dubbed Generation X, about the health care system, various health reform proposals, and behaviorally linked health problems that disproportionately affect youth.

Rock the Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that engages youth in the...