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The debate over whether women should be able to get "the pill" without a prescription has been going on quietly for years. Now, some women's health advocates are asking if emergency contraception, birth control that can be used to prevent pregnancy after sex, should be available over-the-counter.
HIV/AIDS care is financed by multiple sources in the United States, yet many people with HIV/AIDS face barriers in accessing care. This issue brief, created for the Kaiser Family Foundation's Capitol Hill Briefing Series on HIV/AIDS, provides an overview of how HIV/AIDS care is financed, including a discussion of spending, programs, and policy changes.
A 2-page issue brief that discusses significant trends in prescription drug coverage, expenditures, utilization, along with how the pharmaceutical industry prices drugs.
Immigrants account for 20 percent of the uninsured. There are many reasons for immigrants' lack of coverage, but the welfare reform law of 1996 was significant in restricting Medicaid eligibility for certain immigrant populations.
A policy brief that provides an overview of Medicaid eligibility and citizenship status, including a discussion of recent legislative changes.
This issue brief, prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation's Capitol Hill Briefing Series on HIV/AIDS, provides an overview of key HIV/AIDS research issues and activities. It includes information about the types of HIV/AIDS research, who conducts HIV/AIDS research, funding for HIV/AIDS research, and remaining challenges for such research over the next several years. Issue Brief (.
This issue paper updates the July 1999 report and provides a general overview of federal Medicaid eligibility policy for the low-income disabled population.
This issue brief, prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation's Capitol Hill Briefing Series on HIV/AIDS, provides an overview of AIDS cases and trends in the United States since the beginning of the epidemic, with particular attention to the impact of the epidemic on racial and ethnic minority Americans, women, and young people.
In June, 1999, the Supreme Court rule in Olmstead v L.C. that states were required to provide services to persons with disabilities in community settings rather than institutions, if certain conditions were met. This Policy Brief provides an overview of the Olmstead case, including the facts, the court ruling, and the disposition of the case.
Health coverage is of critical importance to low-income women. This study was undertaken to assess how low-income women with Medicaid, private insurance, or no insurance vary with regard to personal characteristics, health status, and health utilization.
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