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  • Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Medical Liability Reform

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    Medical Liability Reform   Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Medical Liability Reform. IssueBackgroundOptions for Assuring Access to Affordable Liability CoverageAssessing Candidate PositionsIssue Sharp increases in medical liability insurance premiums in recent years, and the withdrawal of some insurers from this market have focused the attention of health care providers, patients, and policymakers on reform of the medical liability system. Of additional concern is that the fear of liability causes…

  • Medical Liability Reforms: Comparison of the Candidates’ Proposals

    Fact Sheet

    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. Opposes capping damages. Supports limiting lawsuits to cases where a qualified specialist determines a reasonable claim exists. Supports sanctions for…

  • Update on Individual Health Insurance

    Report

    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. It is the first in an up-coming series of reports jointly produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation and eHealthInsurance to provide trend information in such areas of interest as premiums and cost sharing, and…

  • Statement by Drew Altman on Select Survey Findings on Medicare Rx Drug Law

    Poll Finding

    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 will be. That may or may not prove correct but it is not what our analysis suggested. We found that…

  • AIDS at 21: Media Coverage of the HIV Epidemic

    Poll Finding

    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 Kaiser Family Foundation study examining 22 years of news coverage finds that overall media coverage is decreasing, while the amount…

  • New Kaiser Family Foundation Survey Shows Seniors Confused About Medicare Rx Drug Law

    Poll Finding

    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. – A survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows seniors are confused about the outcome of the Medicare prescription drug…

  • Long Term Health Policy Implications

    Poll Finding

    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). ""

  • Medicaid and Block Grant Financing Compared

    Issue Brief

      - 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. This paper compares the current Medicaid financing system to a generic block grant financing system to illustrate the key differences in the structure and incentives of these alternative approaches. Issue Brief (.pdf)  

  • National Survey of Latinos: Education – News Release

    Poll Finding

    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, DC - (January 26, 2004) Hispanics support the use of standardized testing and are less likely than African Americans to…