The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Health Policy, Media Resources, Public Health Education & South Africa

Kaiser Releases Mid-Year State Medicaid Budget Update for FY 2012 & A Look Forward to FY 2013
A new KCMU report finds that, while most states are on track with their Medicaid budget and enrollment trends for FY 2012, some states are trying to close budget gaps by making mid-year revisions, including restricting additional benefits and provider payment rates. The report builds on findings from Kaiser's most recent comprehensive 50-state Medicaid budget survey.

Analysis Examines Options For Raising Medicare Premiums for Higher-Income Beneficiaries
This analysis examines proposals to increase the number of Medicare beneficiaries who pay income-related premiums and the amount they pay to reduce federal Medicare spending.

Brief Examines Legal Issues In Supreme Court Case on Health Reform
With the Supreme Court preparing to hear challenges to the 2010 Affordable Care Act in March, this Foundation brief provides an overview of the pending case, the key constitutional questions issues, and the parties' legal arguments.

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Summary of Benefits and Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act Implementing Health Insurance Exchanges: State Profiles Reform Law Summary and Implementation Timeline
Performing Under Pressure: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, And Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2011-2012 Implications of Health Reform for Medicaid’s Role in Diabetes Care Faces of Medicaid: Online Resource Profiles Medicaid Beneficiaries
Restructuring Medicare's Benefit Design: Implications for Beneficiaries and Spending Medicare Advantage Plan Star Ratings and Bonus Payments in 2012 The Budget Control Act of 2011: Implications for Medicare
2011 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey Health Affairs Article: The Growth In Cost Per Case Explains Far More Of US Health Spending Increases Than Rising Disease Prevalence Health Care Spending in the U.S. and Selected OECD Countries
Brief Examines Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession Five Facts on the Uninsured Updated to Include Latest Census Data The Uninsured: A Primer
Health Reform in Communities of Color Kaiser's Monthly Update on Health Disparities Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Medicaid's Role for Women Across the Lifespan Tutorial: Reproductive Health Care Policy for Women in the U.S. Impact of Health Reform on Women’s Access to Coverage and Care

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