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Medical Liability Reforms: Comparison of Candidate's Proposals Bush-Cheney1 Kerry-Edwards2 Supports a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages and a reasonable cap on punitive damages. Supports limiting a party's share of total damages to their proportionate share of blame for the injury inflicted. Supports action to allow providers to review best practices without fear of litigation.
This report provides information about the individual health insurance market using data from the largest vendor of this type of insurance, eHealthInsurance. The report includes who is buying individual insurance, what they are actually paying for the insurance, and buying patterns.
Statement by Drew Altman, President and CEO, Kaiser Family Foundation on the Selected Survey Findings of the Medicare Rx Drug Law A number of reports have interpreted our recent poll on the public's knowledge of the new Medicare prescription drug law as suggesting that the more seniors learn about the law the more unfavorable they…
For Immediate Release:Monday, March 1, 2004 For further information contact:Chris Peacock or Rob Graham, (650) 854-9400 22-YEAR ANALYSIS SHOWS OVERALL MEDIA COVERAGE OF HIV/AIDS DECREASING, BUT FOCUS ON GLOBAL EPIDEMIC INCREASING People Most Affected by HIV/AIDS Are Rarely the Focus of Media Coverage Menlo Park, CA – Are the media experiencing "AIDS fatigue?" A new…
Embargoed for release until:February 26, 2004, 12:00 pm EST For further information contact:Jennifer Morales or Sara Knoll, (202) 347-5270Chris Peacock, (650) 854-9400 NEW KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION SURVEY SHOWS SENIORSCONFUSED ABOUT MEDICARE RX DRUG LAW Nearly 7 In 10 Seniors Say They Do Not Know Drug LegislationWas Passed and Signed Into Law Washington, D.C.
Text of plenary speech prepared by Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman, Ph.D., for the National Medicare Prescription Drug Congress (Washington, D.C., February 26, 2004).
- Issue Brief State and federal budget pressures, rising health care costs, and new waiver initiatives have promoted debate over restructuring Medicaid at the federal and state level. Questions about how Medicaid is financed are central to this debate.
Embargoed for release until:January 26, 2004, 9:30 am ET For further information contact:Devon Scanlon or Jennifer Morales, Kaiser Family Foundation, (202) 347-5270Margarita Studemeister, Pew Hispanic Center, (202) 452-8967Barbara Beck, Pew Hispanic Center, (215) 569-3793 LATINOS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION Attitudes Differ from Whites and African Americans on a Range of Education Issues WASHINGTON,…
This survey, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Hewitt Associates between June and September 2003 provides detailed information on retiree health programs offered by large private-sector employers.
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