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Side-By-Side Comparison Of Proposed Federal Legislation For Consumer Protection In Managed Care PlansNicole Tapay, Karen Pollitz, Jalena CurtisInstitute for Health Care Research and Policy Georgetown University Medical CenterJuly 18, 1997Issue SummaryOver the past decade, an increasing number of Americans have been receiving their health care coverage through HMOs, PPOs and…

Report: Little Knowledge and Limited Practice: Emergency Contraceptive Pills, the Public, and the Ob-Gyn

Understanding the Growth in Medicare's Home Health ExpendituresOverview Of Selected Medicare Provisions:A Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare Current Law with House and Senate Provisions to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997Prepared by: Health Policy Alternatives, Inc.Prepared for: The Henry J. Kaiser Family FoundationJuly 1997PrefaceThis report, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, presents…

Children's Health Insurance: 1997 Budget Reconciliation ProvisionsA side by side of children's health insurance budget reconciliation provisions comparing House and Senate bills as of 07/09/97.Report Report

This report provides information on key budgetary facts and trends and highlights federal spending in health care programs. It includes an overview of federal revenues and spending in fiscal year 1995, an overview of the budget “window” from fiscal year1996 through fiscal year 2002, and the historical context for the…

Contraception in the 90’s: Which Methods Are Most Widely Used? And, Who Uses What? A fact sheet and resource list on new contraceptive use data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) from a briefing on the topic held in New York City on June 20, 1997. Contraception…

The June 1997 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard Health News Index includes questions about major health issues covered in the news,including questions about Late-Term Abortions, Sexual Activity among Teens and the Tobacco Industry. The survey is based on a national random sample of 1,202 Americans conducted from April 28…

Preventing Unintended Pregnancies: The Cost-Effectiveness of Three Methods of Emergency Contraception Report: Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: The Cost-Effectiveness of Three Methods of Emergency Contraception

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A national random sample telephone survey of 700 regular ER viewers before and after the April 10th episode, featuring a date rape victim who learns that she still has contraceptive options to help prevent pregnancy, even after having unprotected sex. While in the emergency room, she learns that if she…