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  • Former Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Former Senator Olympia Snowe Elected to KFF Board of Trustees

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    Menlo Park, CA – The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) announced today that the Honorable Olympia Snowe, former U.S. Senator from Maine, and the Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former governor of Kansas, have been elected to its Board of Trustees. Snowe had a longstanding career of service in public office for the state of Maine and is the first woman ever to serve in both houses of…

  • Visualizing Health Policy: HIV Awareness and Testing, 2013 and 2014

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    This Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides a snapshot of HIV-related awareness and experiences among adults in the United States, including two demographic groups that make up a disproportionate share of people with HIV: black adults, and gay and bisexual men. Four in 10 black adults, and more than half of gay and bisexual men said they personally know someone who is HIV-positive (HIV+) or who has died of HIV/AIDS, compared with only 28% of adults…

  • New Video Series From Greater Than AIDS Gives Voice to Trans Women About High Rates of HIV Facing Their Community

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    MENLO PARK, Calif., – At a time of growing dialogue about transgender people and issues, the impact of HIV on the community has been largely absent. Transgender women are among those at highest risk for HIV today. The CDC estimates that one in four trans women in the U.S. is living with HIV, and among Black trans women it is one in two. In response to these overwhelming statistics and the vulnerability of trans women,…

  • Majorities Across Party Lines Support Investing More Money in Zika Research and Preventing the Virus’ Spread

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    Democrats More Favorable to ACA in June, Leading to 44% Unfavorable, 42% Favorable Overall Split Majorities of the public say the United States should invest more money in Zika research and in preventing its spread in this country, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds. More than seven in 10 people, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, say they support investing in Zika research and to prevent its spread. About two thirds of the…

  • Modifying Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design Could Reduce Federal Spending But With Cost Tradeoffs Between Beneficiaries and The Federal Government

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    Revamping traditional Medicare’s benefit design and restricting “first-dollar” supplemental coverage could reduce federal spending, simplify cost sharing, protect against high medical costs, decrease out-of-pocket spending for many beneficiaries, and provide more help to those with low incomes -- but would be unlikely to achieve all of these goals simultaneously.

  • Visualizing Health Policy: A Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes

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    This Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides details on cancer spending and outcomes in the United States. The U.S. cancer mortality rate, 203 deaths per 100,000 population, was slightly lower than in comparable countries in 2010. Among cancers, lung cancer is the largest contributor to disease burden for both men and women. The United States spent $124 billion to treat cancer in 2012, which accounted for about 7% of the nation’s disease-based health expenditures. However, growth…

  • A Comprehensive Review of Research Finds That the ACA Medicaid Expansion Has Reduced the Uninsured Rate and Increased Access to Care in Expansion States

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    Multiple studies find that the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion has increased coverage, with enrollment exceeding expectations in some states, while producing budget savings for states and reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation review of 61 studies and policy reports. The literature review provides a useful reference on the effects of the ACA Medicaid expansion at a time when the future of the expansion – and the ACA more…

  • A Study of Medicare Advantage Plan Networks in 20 Counties Finds That Plans Include About Half of All Hospitals in Their Area 

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    A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of private Medicare plan networks finds that Medicare Advantage plans include about  half of area hospitals in their network, on average, while one in five plans have no  Academic Medical Center in-network.  Among plans in an area with a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, more than two in five did not include the cancer center in their network. The new study of the hospital networks of Medicare Advantage plans, which…