Kaiser Family Foundation Documentaries
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- Profiles of Generation M2 - January 2010
This video explores the powerful force that media can be in the lives of teens
and tweens. The three young people who are profiled explain what types of media
they use—such as smart phones, computers, TV, video games—how much time they
spend with media and what impact it has on their lives.
- Oral Histories: Report from a Dental Fair - September 2009
This report profiles patients attending a dental fair in rural Virginia to highlight the impact of lack of coverage for oral health services on adults.
- On The Edge: Health Care in a Recession - August 2009
This video explores the financial and personal struggles of families who have suffered economic reversals and lost jobs and job-based health coverage.
- Women at Risk: A View from the Safety Net - June 2009
This video provides a snapshot of the Arlington (Va.) Free Clinic where, twice a month, medical personnel provide care and screenings exclusively to women. The video explores the hurdles that uninsured women face in accessing health care and the social issues, including work and family responsibilities, that create challenges for them. It is a companion to the report, "Putting Women's Health Care Disparities On The Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level."
- Snapshots from the Kitchen Table: Family Budgets and Health Care - February 2009
This documentary profiles several American families who are struggling to make ends meet. It depicts the narrow financial ledge on which millions of low- and middle- income working households stand even in normal economic times, and illustrates the central role that health care costs and coverage play in a household's economic stability.
- The Cost of Cancer - February 2009
This documentary explores the financial consequences faced by three people, all privately insured, after being diagnosed with cancer. It was released in conjunction with a joint Kaiser/American Cancer Society report, "Spending To Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System."
- Reporting on HIV/AIDS: Lessons from the Field - July 2008
This video features interviews with several reporters and a policy analyst who share their views on the unique challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS. Four journalists share their experiences covering HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world. They, along with a policy analyst, offer guidance about issues ranging from understanding data to considering the sensitivities of reporting on someone who is HIV-positive.
- Seryohza - January 2008
A documentary film about orphans living on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, some of whom are HIV-positive or have lost parents to AIDS. Filmmaker Denis Kuzmin follows the life of one orphan and through him tells the larger story of "street kids" exposed to drugs, sex and illnesses, including HIV/AIDS.
- Nursing Home Reform: Then and Now - December 2007
To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of landmark federal legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA 87), this video examines the history surrounding the law. The video includes a look at the state of nursing home care before the law, an overview of the legislative process that brought about the law, and recent developments in nursing home quality. The video features historical clips and new interviews of key individuals from government, the nursing home industry, and consumer advocates who were instrumental in the historical developments related to nursing home reform
- Voices of the Storm: Health Care After Katrina - August 2006
As the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall approached, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a forum with key policymakers and medical providers where new public opinion data on the response to Hurricane Katrina, a report profiling survivors' health care experiences, and an updated version of the short film Voices of the Storm were released.
- Transitions 2006 - May 2006
This 2006 video produced by the Foundation reports on the experiences of three dual enrollees as they transition from a Medicaid prescription drug benefit to the new Medicare drug benefit.
- Medicare and Medicaid at 40 - July 2005
The Kaiser Family Foundation produced three documentaries to mark the 40th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. The documentaries examine the social needs that led policymakers to create these programs, the expectations of what they would achieve and the reality of these programs today. Key policymakers, staff officials and members of Congress involved in the creation and implementation of Medicare and Medicaid are interviewed. Extensive use of historic video helps tell the story of these landmark social programs.
- Transitions 2005 - January 2005
A video that explores some of the issues and challenges "dual eligibles" may face during the transition from Medicaid drug coverage to Medicare.
- Olmstead: I Did It - June 2004
This Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured video segment returns to the plaintiffs of the Olmstead case five years after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision. It reports on the impact of the decision for individuals with disabilities and some of the challenges that remain in the implementation of the court ruling.
