Today’s Topics In Health Disparities March 2, 2009 Event The Kaiser Family Foundation presents a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion will feature a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers. 2011…
Survey of AHCJ Members, March 2009 February 28, 2009 Poll Finding A survey of members of the Association of Health Care Journalists about the future of health care journalism reports the tremendous turmoil and huge cutbacks that are roiling the news business have created increasingly challenging conditions with staff cutbacks, less time for reporting, fewer resources for training, and more pressure…
Medicaid’s Role for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries August 28, 2013 Issue Brief This brief examines the role of Medicaid in providing health coverage to the 9.6 million Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid. The brief explains the role Medicaid plays in providing supplemental coverage to fill in the gaps in Medicare’s coverage for these dual-eligible beneficiaries.
Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2009 January 1, 2009 Report Overall, more than one-third of the states (19 states) took steps last year to increase access to health coverage for low-income children, pregnant women and parents –- including 15 states that authorized or implemented coverage expansions. At the same time, 10 states enacted at least one measure to restrict access.…
Toplines — The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress December 31, 2008 Poll Finding Toplines — The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and CongressThis document contains the detailed toplines from The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress poll. The poll involved a nationally representative random sample of 1,628 adults ages 18 and older who were interviewed by…
Cost Sharing for Health Care: France, Germany, and Switzerland December 31, 2008 Issue Brief As policymakers in the United States weigh options for reform to the nation’s health care system, the level of cost sharing that consumers face when they receive services covered by their health plans is a major consideration, especially for those with serious health conditions. This background brief authored by Kaiser…
Emerging Health Information Technology for Children in Medicaid and SCHIP Programs October 31, 2008 Report This report highlights states' innovative use of health information technology in their Medicaid and SCHIP programs to improve their ability to reach and enroll eligible children, improve the quality of care for children, increase communications with families, and continue to modernize their programs. Although many of these efforts are still…
Pre-Election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election October 2, 2008 Poll Finding This document contains the detailed toplines from the “Pre-election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election” designed and analyzed by researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. The study’s findings are featured in an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The…
2008 Update on Consumers’ Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information – Toplines September 30, 2008 Poll Finding 2008 Update on Consumers’ Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information – ToplinesThese toplines provide complete survey questions and findings on the updated examination of consumers’ views on health care quality information reveals major challenges remain in providing the public with comparative quality information and encouraging its use. The 2008…
Report: New Orleans Three Years After the Storm: The Second Kaiser Post-Katrina Survey, 2008 July 31, 2008 Poll Finding This comprehensive Kaiser Family Foundation survey is the second of at least three that the Foundation will conduct to track New Orleans residents’ experiences and views as the city rebuilds after Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee breaches that devastated huge sections in August 2005. By providing an over-time assessment…