• Tick-Tock: Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic, National Health Policy Forum Background Paper
• Guide to Community-based Long-Term Care in New Jersey, NJHSS
• New Jersey Long-Term Care Quick Facts, Forums Institute
• The Policy Implications of Medicare's New Measure of Financial Health, The Kaiser Family Foundation
• The Economic Benefits of the New Jersey Stem Cell Research Initiative, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers

Tick-Tock: Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic
Concerns regarding the potential for an influenza pandemic are growing, as a result of the spread of avian influenza in poultry flocks in Asia and rising numbers of human infections and fatalities linked to the avian flu strain. Experts are worried that the next influenza pandemic is developing. As a result, the National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) recently called attention once again to its background paper Tick-Tock: Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic, released in August 2004. "The document is a valuable resource for understanding the nature of pandemic influenza and the key challenges responding to this disease threat," according to NHPF. To download the 23-page pdf, click here. For more information on the National Health Policy Forum visit www.nhpf.org.

Guide to Community-based Long-Term Care in New Jersey Now Available
This guide provides information on housing settings and community services, financial programs and checklists to assist with decision-making. It was compiled by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Aging and Community Services. The resource guide is available in bulk and may be ordered by contacting the NJEASE hotline 1-877-222-3737 or by e-mailing mattie.blackwell@doh.state.nj.us.

New Jersey Long-Term Care Quick Facts
Forums Institute for Public Policy has gathered key statistics relating to long-term care in New Jersey. To access this information and a pdf, go to Long-Term Care Quick Facts.

The Policy Implications of Medicare's New Measure of Financial Health
A new report from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation "...examines a new measure of Medicare's financial health established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). The report, authored by Marilyn Moon, who was a public trustee for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds and is now with the American Institute for Research, takes an in-depth look at the program's new solvency test, which measures general revenues as a share of total Medicare spending." To download the 19-page pdf go to http://kff.org/medicare/7414.cfm.

The Economic Benefits of the New Jersey Stem Cell Research Initiative
As a non-partisan, policy neutral organization, Forums Institute for Public Policy does not endorse any law, bill, regulation or viewpoint. This link is provided to keep our readers abreast of information that impacts our state.

The report on The Economic Benefits of the New Jersey Stem Cell Research Initiative was requested by the Office of the Governor of New Jersey and prepared by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. It provides a preliminary analysis of the potential economic benefits of New Jersey's proposed stem cell initiative. According to the report's finding, New Jersey stands to benefit from an estimated $1.4 billion in new economic activity, approximately 20,000 new jobs and $71.9 million in state revenue over the next 20 years. To download the 61-page pdf, click here or visit www.policy.rutgers.edu.