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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 will consider 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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  • Policy Workshop on Formularies and Medicare

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a March 14, 2005 policy workshop on the use of drug formularies in the private sector and their potential implications for beneficiaries under the new Medicare drug benefit, set to go into effect January 1, 2006. The workshop involved an expert panel, including perspectives from a health plan, a pharmacy benefits manager, a physician, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and policy experts. Agenda (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf) Speaker Biographies…

  • Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Yr-olds

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    A national Kaiser Family Foundation survey found children and teens are spending an increasing amount of time using “new media” like computers, the Internet and video games, without cutting back on the time they spend with “old” media like TV, print and music. Instead, because of the amount of time they spend using more than one medium at a time (for example, going online while watching TV), they’re managing to pack increasing amounts of media…

  • What Has Caused the Growth in Medicaid Spending in Recent Years?

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    A new study published in Health Affairs explains what caused Medicaid spending to rise from 2000-2003 and confirms the role Medicaid played in covering people during the recent economic downturn, and that Medicaid per enrollee spending grew at a slower rate than private insurance spending. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Health Affairs cosponsored a briefing to discuss the findings of the study. News Release Understanding the Recent Growth in Medicaid Spending,…

  • Online Tools for Consumer-Directed Health Plans

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    On Jan. 25, 2005, Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a demonstration of the online tools made available to enrollees in consumer-directed health plans. Executives from Humana and Lumenos -- two major firms in the consumer-directed care market -- conducted real-time demonstrations of their consumer web tools to show how enrollees might manage the costs and quality of their care. Consumer-directed, or consumer-driven, health plans are intended to give enrollees a financial stake in their health care…

  • Update on ADAP Waiting Lists for HIV Medications

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    AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists have been an ongoing challenge for people with HIV/AIDS in many states. On June 23, 2004 President Bush announced the availability of an additional $20 million for HIV medications for the 10 states that had ADAP waiting lists at that time. The Initiative began distributing medications to eligible individuals last month. ADAPs are federally funded to provide medications to people with HIV/AIDS who cannot get them elsewhere. Each…

  • Prescription Drug Spending Under The MMA: Modeling The Impact On Out-of-Pocket Costs

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    This report projects the impact of the new Medicare drug benefit on out-of-pocket spending for people who enroll in 2006. The analysis is based on a model developed by the Actuarial Research Corporation for the Kaiser Family Foundation. The model generally conforms to the Congressional Budget Office’s assumptions and projections about Medicare drug benefit spending and participation rates for the new benefit and for the low-income subsidy. The report was released at a briefing in…

  • HIV/AIDS Public Education Campaign Wins Emmy

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    “Be Safe/Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself,” a partnership of the Kaiser Family Foundation and MTV to inform young people about sexual health issues such as HIV/AIDS, was awarded the 2003 National Public Service Emmy by the National Television Academy on Thursday, October 21, 2004. Foundation campaign partnerships with Viacom, BET, and MTV, which also focus on HIV/AIDS, were nominated for the 2003 National Public Service Emmy. Nominated MTV Be Safe/Fight For Your Rights PSAs:…

  • XV International AIDS Conference Satellite Session: Resource Tracking and Priority Setting

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    UNAIDS hosted this panel that featured the work of the UNAIDS Consortium on Resource Tracking. The session highlighted the importance of tracking global HIV/AIDS financial information; reviewed the methodological approaches used to track HIV/AIDS resource flows; and determined gaps in HIV/AIDS financial information and coverage as well as strategies for moving forward. Report: Financing the Expanded Response to AIDS (pre-publication copy) Presentations:- Resource Tracking and Priority Setting: UNAIDS Global Resource Tracking Consortium for AIDSPaul Delay,…

  • The U.S. Supreme Court’s Olmstead Decision:  Five Years Later

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision: Five Years Later Five years after the Supreme Court’s landmark Olmstead decision applying the Americans with Disabilities Act to the right of individuals with disabilities to receive health care in a community-based setting, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured releases two new reports and a video examining what progress has been made and the impact on the Medicaid program. Policy Brief - Olmstead v. L.C.: The Interaction…