This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities.  The update also summarizes recent journal articles and other research developments in the field and features a data slide from a relevant Kaiser Family Foundation publication.

This report draws on the experience of outreach and enrollment workers who serve immigrant communities to identify the role of Medicaid and CHIP for immigrant families; key barriers eligible, lawfully residing immigrant families face to enrolling in coverage and accessing care; successful strategies to overcome these barriers; and considerations for implementing the coverage expansions under health reform.

This data note examines public opinion among Washington, D.C.’s black residents about HIV/AIDS through a new analysis of the findings of the May 2011 Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation 2011 Survey of District of Columbia Residents.

This updated fact sheet highlights the epidemic’s impact on Black Americans, providing current data and trends over time.

This updated fact sheet highlights the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latinos in the United States, providing current data and trends over time.

State-based health insurance exchanges are a mechanism to buy private insurance beginning in 2014 under the health reform law. Through panel discussions with state leaders and stakeholders, this briefing explored progress on the exchanges and identified next steps.

The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation partnered to conduct a survey examining the opinions of Washington, DC residents on a wide range of issues including health care.

This fact sheet examines Medicaid's role for black Americans. It includes data on Medicaid's coverage of black Americans and its impact on their access to care, as well as the impacts of the recent recession and the coming expansion of Medicaid under health reform on enrollment in the program among black Americans.

This fact sheet examines Medicaid's role for Hispanic Americans. It includes data on Medicaid's coverage of Hispanic Americans and its impact on their access to care, as well as the impacts of the recent recession and the coming expansion of Medicaid under health reform on enrollment in Medicaid among Hispanic Americans.

This issue brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured analyzes data from a nationally representative survey of physicians to assess which adult-care primary care physicians are most likely to respond to health reform’s changes by serving additional Medicaid beneficiaries. It also profiles key aspects of their practices, patient care resources, and constraints on their capacity.