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How Unaffordable is Health Care and What Can We Do About It?

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During this Health Wonk Shop, panelists considered affordability from a variety of perspectives, including how to define affordability and the question of affordability for whom, how to measure it, and what can be done to address affordability and the underlying cost of health care.

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  • New Survey Indicates Medicaid Enrollment Declines For First Time In Nearly A Decade

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    The annual 50-state survey of state officials on Medicaid and state budget actions reports enrollment in Medicaid declined for the first time in nearly a decade. The 0.5 percent enrollment decline in fiscal year 2007 was driven primarily by two factors. States reported that the new citizenship documentation requirements were causing significant delays in processing applications, affecting mostly individuals already eligible for the program. State officials also cited the good economy and lower unemployment for…

  • Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Progress Report: Findings From A 2006 National Survey of Seniors

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    The share of seniors without drug coverage dropped significantly under Medicare’s new drug benefit, according to this August 2007 Health Affairs Web Exclusive article based on a Kaiser Family Foundation, Commonwealth Fund and Tufts-New England Medical Center survey of more than 16,000 seniors. Seniors with drug coverage from any source were less likely to face high monthly drug costs or to skip prescribed medications due to cost than seniors who remained without drug coverage. However,…

  • Health Care in New Orleans from the People’s Perspective

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    Diane Rowland, executive vice president of Kaiser, testified to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation about the health care needs of New Orleans' residents and their access to health services in the area. Her testimony was a part of the hearing, "Post-Katrina Health Care in the New Orleans Region: Progress and Continuing Concerns, Part II." Testimony (.pdf)

  • The Digital Opportunity: Using New Media for Public Education Campaigns

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    The Ad Council and Kaiser Family Foundation hosted forum, , to explore how health-related and other nonprofits and government agencies can use new digital media such as social networking, user-generated content, and gaming to enhance their communications strategies. Vicky Rideout, vice president and director of Kaiser’s Program for the Study of Entertainment Media and Health, and Barbara Shimaitis, senior vice president, Interactive Services, Ad Council, moderated a discussion with Jeff Berman, general manager for MySpace…

  • Parents Say They’re Gaining Control Over Their Children’s Exposure to Sex and Violence in the Media

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    Parents Say They’re Gaining Control Over Their Children's Exposure to Sex and Violence in the Media Parents say they are gaining control over their children's exposure to sex and violence in the media, but they remain more broadly concerned about inappropriate content in the media, according to a new national survey of parents released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report, Parents, Children & Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey, is a national survey of…

  • Maternity Care and Consumer Driven Health Plans

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    Maternity Care and Consumer-Driven Health Plans With maternity care representing one of the most common and costly medical interventions that women experience, Kaiser and the March of Dimes co-hosted a forum to release new studies that analyze the costs of maternity care and assess coverage under consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs). Kaiser released a new study that compares the out-of-pocket costs of maternity care under CDHPs and traditional health insurance plans. The March of Dimes released…

  • Private Fee-For-Service Plans In Medicare: Rapid Growth and Future Implications

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    Kaiser Family Foundation Vice President Patricia Neuman, Ph.D., testified May 2007 before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health on the rapid growth of private fee-for-service plans in the Medicare program and its implications for seniors and people with disabilities. Dr. Neuman is director of the Foundation's Medicare Policy Project. Testimony (.pdf)

  • National ADAP Monitoring Project, Annual Report, April 2007

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    The National ADAP Monitoring Report provides the latest data on state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs). ADAPs, part of the Ryan White Program, provide HIV/AIDS-related prescription drugs to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS. ADAPs operate in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and associated jurisdictions. The report, the 11th in an annual series, was prepared by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Alliance of State and Territorial…

  • ADAP in the Age of Living with HIV/AIDS, April 2007, DVD

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    This video, about the role of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), profiles several ADAP clients who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the program and others who are on a waiting list. It features interviews with state officials in South Carolina and Michigan, highlighting the importance of ADAP for people with HIV/AIDS, as well as challenges the program faces. It was first shown on April 10, 2007, at an event to release The National ADAP Monitoring…

  • The State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Lessons and Outlook

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    The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Lessons and Outlook Barbara Lyons, a vice president of the Foundation and deputy director of the Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified before a field hearing of the U.S. Committee on Finance about lessons learned from ten years of the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the outlook for the program's future. Testimony (.pdf)