USHCR News Volume 1 Issue 1   June 30, 2001

TODAY'S MAIN TOPIC: The U. S. Health Care Reform Web Site

The mission of U. S. Health Care Reform is to help health care reform activists  get "online," and to effectively use email, the Web and other tools to help reform the health care industry.   We've developed a Web site full of information, expertise, resources and other content that we think you'll find useful in your work as electronic activists. Following is a summary of what you'll find on our site:

• Hardware and Software Recommendations: To take the guess-work out of acquiring new technology, we provide specific purchase recommendations for new equipment (Mac and Windows computers, modems, software, etc.), including current costs and where you can get the best deal.
• "How To" Documents & Other Resources: A growing library of brief documents to help you become more effective online, covering such topics as "Sending Email Attachments", "Building an Effective Web Site", "Choosing an Internet Service Provider", "Writing Effective Action Alerts", "Publicizing Your Web Site", and "Sending Effective Email". We also provide links to quality resources for contacting elected officials and regional media representatives, and tracking legislation.
• Starting an Email list with U. S. Health Care Reform: U. S. Health Care Reform will host an email list (often called a "listserv") free-of-charge for your network of electronic activists, to make it easy for you to share information and organize. We're already hosting more than 20 lists for hundreds of activists; our Web site contains all the information you need to get the ball rolling.
• Information About U. S. Health Care Reform: Detailed information about us and our activities,  and information about the services we provide to the health care reform community.

Coming Soon: In the next few weeks, we'll add more "How To" documents, more pointers to useful resources, updates on our information areas, and several "Special Features". In the meantime, tell us what *you'd* like to see on our site, and what kind of information you need to be more effective online. Send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] .

A TECHIE TIDBIT:

• Did you know that many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) now provide as part of their standard package 5 megabytes or more of disk space for you to publish your own home page on the World Wide Web? If you have an account with an ISP, and want to get your organization or issue on the Web, be sure to ask your ISP if they offer this service.

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USHCR News is an email newsletter published by U. S. Health Care Reform, and designed to serve as a source of technology information for the health care reform community. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or read back issues, visit our Web site at http://www.geocities.com/s7ss/ .

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