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	HEALTH CARE
	PUBLICLY PROVIDED	PRIVATELY PROVIDED
	Everybody In, Nobody Out Families USA Physicians for a National Health Program Progressive Policy Institute: Health Care Universal Health Care Action Network	American Enterprise Institute: Health Policy Americans for Free Choice in Medicine Cato Institute: Health Care Studies Heritage Foundation: Center for Health Policy Studies National Center for Policy Analysis: Health Reform
	OTHER
	Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundadtion OOOProvides a wealth of information on a wide variety of health care issues.
	Health Affairs: the Policy Journal of the Health Sphere OOOMany aspects of the American healthcare system including malpractice, privacy and issues surrounding the uninsured. Some articles are by subscription, but many are not, and all represent serious, scholarly analysis of their subjects.
	Institute of Medicine OOOPart of the National Academies, the Institute is a research organization addressing most major topics. Under the present topic we recommend its major six-part, three-year study of the costs of the uninsured: Consequences of Uninsurance. Unfortunately, the full reports must be purchased, however report briefs are free and worthwhile.


p	HOMOSEXUALITY/GAY RIGHTS
	PRO	ANTI
	Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network Independent Gay Forum Log Cabin Republicans National Gay & Lebian Task Force Service Members Legal Defense Network Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Queer by Choice Queer Theory	American Family Assn: Homosexual Agenda Family Research Council For Faith & Family: Homosexuality Jeff Lindsey.com: Homosexuality: Seeing Past the Propaganda Leadership U: The Gay '90s Marriage Debate National Assn. for the Reasearch & Therapy of Homosexuality
	OTHER
	Bridges Across the Divide OOOAn attempt at dialogue between those who support and those who oppose homosexuality, gay identity and gay rights. Justice & Repsect OOOConservative Christian call for truce in the culture war over homosexuality.


p	SOCIAL SECURITY
	PUBLIC / MIXED FUNDING	PRIVATIZED
	AARP: Social Security Alliance for Retired Americans Center for Budget & Policy Priorities: Social Security Century Foundation: Social Security Network Concord Coaltion: Social Security Institute for America's Future: Social Security National Center for Policy Analysis: Social Security Ntnl Comm. to Preserve Social Security & Medicare	60 Plus Associaltion: Social Security Cato Institute: Social Security Reform Citizens for a Sound Economy: Social Security Heritage Foundation: Social Security Social Security Choice
	OTHER
	Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Security OOOConcise collection of documents and relevant web sites. American Academy of Actuaries: Social Security OOOFascinating reading on current issues and the possible social and economic effects of the several reform proposals. Common Sense on Social Security OOOInteresting and intelligent discussion of the issues and reform plans. Employee Benefit Research Institute: Social Security Links OOORelevant laws and extensive list of articles on policy and reform. National Academy of Social Insurance: Social Security OOONumerous documents exploring issues and public opinion. Public Agenda Online: Social Security OOOExcellent framing of issues, facts, players and opinions.


p	TAXES
	PRO -TAX / TAX EQUITY	ANTI - TAX / TAX RELIEF / TAX REFORM
	Atlantic Monthly: Can We Afford a Tax Cut? Brookings Institute: A Tax Cut Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Federal Tax Citizens for Tax Justice OMB Watch: Social Investment Initiative OMB Watch: Estate Tax United for a Fair Economy	Americans for Tax Reform Americans for Fair Taxation Cato Institute: ABCs of Capital Gains Tax Cato Institute: Tax Policy Death Tax Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation National Taxpayers' Union Tax Foundation
	OTHER
	Almanac of Policy Issues: Budgets & Taxes OOOGood collection of interrelated links. Citizens Against Government Waste OOOCommitted to excising "pork and boondoggle" from both sides of the political aisle. Concord Coalition OOOBi-partisan organization advocation fiscal responsibility at the national level. Congressional Budget Office OOOBi-partisan arm of congress providing research and analysis on federal fiscal and economic policies. Joint Committee on Taxation OOOO Composed of members of the House Committee on Ways & Means and the Senate Finance Committee, the Joint Committee on Taxation oversees the operation of internal revenue taxes, proposes change in those taxes, and provides the official revenue estimation for all tax legislation. Tax Policy OOODiscover your own tax agenda by submitting answers to a set of questions. Taxpayers for Common Sense OOOCritique of government policies it considers wasteful. Urban / Brookings Tax Policy Center OOOLiberal-leaning look at tax policy from the Urban and Brookings Institutes.