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This updated issue brief, Trends in U.S. Government Funding for HIV/AIDS: Fiscal Years 1981 to 2004, provides an analysis of U.S. federal funding for HIV/AIDS since fiscal year (FY) 1981.
2001 Kaiser Women's Health Survey and Issue Briefs The Kaiser Women's Health Survey was designed to better understand how the health system is working for women, in terms of health coverage, access to services, and in meeting their health needs.
Using data from the 2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of nearly 4,000 women between the ages of 18 to 64, this issue brief explores racial and ethnic disparities in health care among women.
This issue brief looks at the coverage impacts and costs of two components of the administration’s FY 2005 budget proposals to increase the affordability of health insurance: a new tax credit for people purchasing non-group health insurance and a new tax deduction for premiums for high-deductible, non-group health insurance policies.
This issue brief examines low-income women’s health insurance coverage, experience with health plans and providers, and access to care. The analysis is based on data from the 2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of nearly 4,000 women between the ages of 18 and 64. Issue Brief (.
The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity This Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief that reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation’s dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity explores what researchers do and do not know about the role media plays in childhood obesity.
The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity This Kaiser Family Foundation report that reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation’s dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity explores what researchers do and do not know about the role media plays in childhood obesity.
- 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.
, Issue Brief An issue brief examining the legal and historical roots of health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. Issue Brief (.
Is the State Fiscal Crisis Over? A 2004 State Budget Update - Issue Brief This paper, which updates a September 2003 analysis by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, finds that although the state fiscal situation is improving, states are by no means out of the woods yet. Issue Brief (.
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