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Family Health Premiums Rise 3 Percent to $13,770 in 2010, but Workers’ Share Jumps 14 Percent
Workers on average are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage – an increase of 14 percent, or $482, above what they paid last year, according to the benchmark 2010 Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey. In comparison, total premiums for family coverage, including what employers themselves contribute, rose a modest 3 percent to $13,770.

August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll Finds Support for Health Reform Dipped in August, Returning Public Opinion to the Even Split Last Seen in the Spring
The latest Health Tracking Poll finds that public support for health reform fell over the past month, dipping from a 50 percent favorability rating in July to 43 percent in August, while 45 percent reported unfavorable views. The dip in favorability returned public opinion on the new law to the even split last seen in May before a modest uptick in support in June and July.

New Orleans Five Years After the Levees Broke; The Latest “Pulling It Together, From Drew Altman”; Kaiser’s 2010 Post-Katrina Poll of New Orleans Residents Finds Progress and Challenges

In his latest column, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s President and CEO reflects on results of the Foundation’s third comprehensive survey of the lives of the people of New Orleans since Katrina, the challenges that remain and why the nation should care. The survey finds an increasing majority of residents says the rebuilding process is going well, but substantial majorities still report that the city has not recovered and feel the nation has forgotten them, and the Gulf Coast oil spill presents a new challenge.

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Liking The Pieces, Not The Package: Contradictions In Public Opinion During Health Reform Explaining Health Reform: Eligibility And Enrollment Processes For Medicaid, CHIP and Subsidies in the Exchange Reform Law Summary and Implementation Timeline
KaiserEDU.org Tutorial — Health Reform: How Will Medicaid Change? Reports Examine Medicaid Benefits and Enrollment Systems Under Health Reform State Medicaid Agencies Prepare for Health Care Reform While Continuing to Face Challenges from the Recession
New Tutorial: Health Reform and Medicare Medicare Advantage Data Spotlight: Plan Enrollment Patterns and Trends Medicare: A Primer
2010 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey Survey Examines Premiums, Benefits and Experiences of People with Non-Group Health Insurance Updated Prescription Drug Trends Fact Sheet
Explaining Health Reform: Questions and Answers About the Extension of Dependent Coverage to Age 26 Uninsured and Untreated: A Look at Uninsured Adults Who Received No Medical Care for Two Years Summary of Coverage Provisions in the New Health Reform Law
Kaiser's Monthly Update on Health Disparities 2010 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars The Role of Health Coverage for Communities of Color
Updated: Emergency Contraception Fact Sheet HPV Vaccines and Cancer Issue Module Health Reform: Implications for Women's Access to Coverage and Care

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