One Quarter Of Public Reports Having Problems Paying Medical Bills, Majority Have Delayed Care Due To Cost March 12, 2013 Slide
Testimony: An Overview of the Medicare Program and Medicare Beneficiaries’ Costs and Service Use February 27, 2013 Event Juliette Cubanski, Associate Director of the Foundation’s Program on Medicare Policy, testified on Feb. 27, 2013 before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to provide an overview of the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries’ costs and service utilization. Testimony (.pdf)
Visualizing Health Policy: Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) December 20, 2012 Report Related ResourcesStudy Highlights Role of Geography and Plan Shopping Under Medicare Premium Support SystemMedicare Part D: A First Look at Part D Plan Offerings in 2013The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit – An Updated Fact SheetOnline Consumer Guide to Medicare The latest Visualizing Health Policy infographic is a flowchart illustrating the mechanisms…
Health Care on the Brink of the Fiscal Cliff November 16, 2012 Event The Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation present a November 16 briefing to discuss the components of this key policy crossroads with a particular emphasis on the implications for health programs and the health care industry. Automatic cuts would not apply to Medicaid, but Medicare providers would…
Snapshots: Premiums, Cost-Sharing and Coverage at Public, Private and Non-Profit Firms November 9, 2012 Issue Brief There are important differences in the legal organization and mission of different employers in the United States. In addition to collecting information about premiums and employee cost sharing, the 2012 Employer Health Benefits Survey asked respondents to characterize their ownership structure. Respondents were asked to describe their organization as either a “private…
Snapshots: The Prevalence and Cost of Deductibles in Employer Sponsored Insurance November 2, 2012 Issue Brief Over the past several years enrollees in employer-sponsored health plans have contributed more towards their care through the use of increased cost sharing. The growth in deductibles is one of the more visible increases in employee cost sharing. A deductible is an amount that must be paid out-of-pocket by an…
Visualizing Health Policy: Health Care in the 2012 Election October 11, 2012 Infographic The October 2012 Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides a snapshot of how health care–related issues are shaping the 2012 presidential election, including the percentage of Democrats, Republicans, and independents who named health care or the economy as the issue that is most important in determining their vote for President; which…
Quantifying the Effects of Health Insurance Rate Review October 1, 2012 Report This report from the Kaiser Family Foundation analyzes the effect of government efforts to ensure that insurance premium increases are justifiable and provide value to consumers and small businesses. Rate review programs require insurers in the small group and individual markets to submit proposed rate increase requests to state or…
Visualizing Health Policy: Health Care Costs September 26, 2012 Infographic The September 2012 Visualizing Health Policy infographic examines health costs in the United States, including how costs have changed, how they compare to some other countries, and how they impact American families. See the full-size infographic at The Journal of the American Medical Association View the related Slideshow Visualizing Health Policy is…
