COBRA Coverage for Low-Income Unemployed Workers October 1, 2001 Fact Sheet Summarizes the COBRA health coverage law, how it is administered, what its limitations are, and how it impacts low-income workers. Fact Sheet
Medicaid and State Budgets: An October 2001 Update October 1, 2001 Report An update to “Medicaid Budgets Under Stress: Survey Findings for State Fiscal Year 2000, 2001, and 2002.” This paper was commissioned to evaluate how several states’ fiscal outlooks have changed since September 11.
Risk Selection Issues Under Medicare Reform Proposals December 30, 1995 Report This report compares the provisions designed to guard against risk selection among the Medicare population in both the Congressional Balanced Budget Act of 1995 and in the President's budget plan released in December 1995. The report also explores provisions in both that may exacerbate the potential for risk selection.Report:
What Shapes Lawmakers’ Views: A Survey of Members of Congress and Key Staff on Health Care Reform April 29, 1995 Report A report summarizing the findings of in-depths interviews conducted with Members of Congress and their staff who were actively involved in the health care reform debate about their opinions about what factors influenced the debate and shaped their views. The report finds that, among media sources, talk radio had the…
The New American Electorate and Health Reform January 30, 1995 Poll Finding An analysis of the electorate and health reform that considers how American voters’ values influenced their support or opposition toward health reform proposals and how those attitudes shifted over the course of the debate.
Covering the Uninsured in 2008: Key Facts About Current Costs, Sources of Payment and Incremental Costs August 1, 2008 Report This document summarizes key findings from a Kaiser study featured in Health Affairs that examines the current spending on care for the uninsured and projects additional medical spending if the population had health insurance coverage. Key Findings (.pdf)
Filling an Urgent Need: Improving Children’s Access to Dental Care in Medicaid and SCHIP July 1, 2008 Report In October 2007, the Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the National Academy for State Health Policy convened a day-long meeting of policy officials and oral health experts to discuss children’s access to dental care in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and exchange…
Medicaid, SCHIP and Economic Downturn: Policy Challenges and Policy Responses April 1, 2008 Report Medicaid, SCHIP and Economic Downturn: Policy Challenges and Policy ResponsesA new analysis conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured examines the implications of a downturn for health coverage and state programs and projects the impact of one percentage point rise in the national unemployment rate…
NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Survey: The Public on Requiring Individuals to Have Health Insurance – Toplines February 1, 2008 Poll Finding These toplines present detailed survey results from a February 2008 survey conducted jointly by NPR and public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health that examines how the public views different approaches for expanding health coverage, including provisions that would require individuals to…
Health Centers: An Overview and Analysis of Their Experiences With Private Health Insurance January 30, 2008 Report This policy brief provides an overview of health centers, with a special focus on the relationship between health centers and private health insurance. The analysis of 10 years of national data reveals that health centers do not receive adequate reimbursement from private insurers to cover the costs of treating commercially…