Relative Contributions of Different Types of Health Services to Total Growth in National Health Expenditures, 2002-2012 March 6, 2014 Slide
Distribution of National Health Expenditures, by Type of Service (in Billions), 2012 March 6, 2014 Slide
Percent Annual Increase in National Health Expenditures (NHE) per Capita vs. Increase in Consumer Price Index (CPI), 1980-2012 March 6, 2014 Slide
Summary of Medicare Provisions in the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 March 11, 2014 Issue Brief On March 4, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget released President Obama’s budget for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which includes provisions related to federal spending and revenues, including Medicare savings. The President’s budget would use federal savings and revenues to reduce the federal debt and replace sequestration of Medicare and other federal programs for 2015 through 2024. This brief summarizes the Medicare provisions included in the President’s budget proposal for FY 2015.
Health Cost Growth Is Down, Or Not. It Depends Who You Ask. March 5, 2014 Perspective In this Policy Insight, Kaiser President and CEO Drew Altman explores the disconnect between experts, national studies and the public about whether health care costs are slowing or accelerating—it’s a matter of perspective.
Webinar for Media: The President’s FY 2015 Budget Request and Global Health Programs March 19, 2014 Event This Kaiser Family Foundation webinar for journalists examined President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, how it will impact existing U.S. global health programs and specific countries around the globe, and how it fits into the larger foreign policy efforts of the U.S. government.
CANCELLED: March 17 Event: U.S. Global Health Diplomacy and the Role of Ambassadors March 17, 2014 Event The Kaiser Family Foundation is hosting a panel discussion of U.S. Ambassadors to look at how diplomacy intersects with global health, how the U.S. government’s new focus on global health diplomacy is reshaping the work of U.S. Ambassadors with partner countries, and how the new Office of Global Health Diplomacy relates to and coordinates with other parts of the U.S. government’s global health architecture and foreign policy.